Principles and Practice of Podiatric Medicine

Part 1 Principles: podiatric medicine - the evolution of practice and formal education; anatomy of foot; biomechanics of the lower limb; pathomechanics. Part 2 Patient evaluation: physical diagnosis - the podiatric history and examination; diagnostic procedures - general radiography of the foot and ankle; special procedures (for example, MRI, CAT scan); biopsy; non-invasive vascular examination; laboratory values (outline form). Part 3 Clinical disorders and the special patient: infections; neoplasms that involve the skin, soft tissues and bone; arthritis; peripheral nerve disorders; vascular disorders; dermatologic and soft tissue disorders; nail disorders; nail surgery; the diabetic and insensitive foot; disorders associated with aging; the paediatric patient; podiatric sports medicine; the handicapped and disabled podiatric patient; behavioural medicine and the podiatric physician; HIV; AIDS and the podiatric physician. Part 4 Patient management: clinical procedure - basic operative procedures, techniques and instrumentation, orthodigital techniques, padding and taping therapy, basic concepts of rehabilitation, wound and ulcer management; surgery for the primary care podiatric physician - anaesthesia, forefoot surgery, rearfoot surgery, soft tissue injuries, fractures, implant arthroplasties of the first metatarsophalangeal joints, surgical complications, surgical wound closure in foot and ankle procedure.