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Orthopedic Shoes
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:21.08.2023 12:26:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_119 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ēriks Švēde | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 30 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The background knowledge of anatomy, biomechanics and physiology and orthotics with soft and rigid orthoses is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire the basic knowledge of orthopedic footwear manufacturing, customization according to the patient diagnoses. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Orthopedic shoes – groups of shoe, indications, types | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Orthopedic footwear cusstomisation, individual orthopedic shoes | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Orthopedic shoe for foot deformations | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Orthopedic shoes for diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Shoes for sports, orthopedic insoles | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Orthopedic footwear manufacturing stages, design of custom shoe | Classes | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Patient functional assessment, lasts or plaster cast selection and production of orthopedic insoles, modeling, and model building, cobbler work. Finished product fitting to the patient. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Lecture and class attendance, knowledge, skills and competence demonstration of orthopedic shoe manufacture and customization. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of orthopedic footwear products. Upon completion of the study course, students recognize cases in which there is the need to apply orthopedic footwear, in footwear systematization, the stages of production, main components of footwear and their role in solving the orthopedic problem. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course, students will be able to evaluate the patients who require orthopedic shoes and name the purpose for application of orthopedic shoes, chose type of production and create preferred shoe design specification. Will be able to perform specific measurements and draw up specifications for shoe production. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon completion of the course students will develop the competence to analyze the need for orthopedic shoe, options of choice, and to assess the shoe appropriateness. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Atlas of Orthoses and Assistive Devices by John D. Hsu MD, John Michael and John Fisk MD. 2018. | ||||||||
| 2 | Therapeutic Footwear: A Comprehensive Guide by Wendy Tyrrell MEd MChS and Gwenda Carter MChS MSSF A&FE Tutor(C&G) (Dec 8, 2009) (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Индивидуальное изготовление и ремонт обуви, Леденёва И.Н.; Академия, М. 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Orthopedic Shoe Technology for the Orthopedic Shoe Technician; Clyde A. Edwards; Precision Publishing (1981) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Praktiskās nodarbības tiek veidotas, balstoties uz pasniedzēja teorētiskajam un praktiskajām zināšanām. | ||||||||
