Information Package / Course Catalogue
Diabetes and Foot Health
Course Code: POD126
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

To learn diabetes, its systemic effects, diabetic foot syndrome and its treatment

Course Content

Definition of Diabetes Mellitus Classification of diabetes Epidemiology of diabetes Clinic, prevention and treatment of diabetes Medical nutrition therapy and exercise in diabetes Oral antidiabetics Insulin therapy Microvascular complications of diabetes Macrovascular complications of diabetes Definition and classification of diabetic foot frequency Diabetic foot etiopathogenesis

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Learning Outcomes
1.Makes the definition and classification of diabetes.
2.Defines the clinic, prevention methods and treatment of diabetes.
3.Explains the microvascular and macrovasculer complications and treatment of diabetes.
4.Explains the definition and etiopathogenesis of diabetic foot
5.This list completely outlines the duties and responsibilities of a podiatrist in the management of diabetic foot.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Diyabetik ayak Atlası- Oğuzhan Kurşun
2.Diyabetik Ayak- Prof. Dr. Serhat Ünal
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition, Classification, Epidemiology of diabetes
Week 2 - Theoretical
Signs and symptoms of diabetes, diagnotic methods of diabetes, classification of diabetes
Week 3 - Theoretical
Prevention of diabetes, medical nutrition therapy and exercise in diabetes
Week 4 - Theoretical
Oral antidiabetics and Insulin therapy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Diabetes and its systemic effects
Week 6 - Theoretical
Microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes
Week 7 - Theoretical
Signs and symptoms of diabetic foot, diabetic foot diagnostic methods, Classification of diabetic feet(Midterm Exam)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Diabetic foot treatment methods. Evaluation of the exam questions
Week 9 - Theoretical
Midterm exam evaluation
Week 10 - Theoretical
Types of medical and surgical treatment of diabetic foot wounds
Week 11 - Theoretical
Angiopathies and neuropathies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Diabetic foot care
Week 13 - Theoretical
Diabetic foot care and application
Week 14 - Theoretical
Multidisciplinary approaches in the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome and the duties and powers of the podiatrist in the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
Assessment Methods and Criteria
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