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Overview

Course Code

CH806

Instructor

Adrian Dobrowsky

Credential Earned

Certificate of completion

Course Type

Part-Time

Course Length

Maximum 6 months

Course Delivery

Virtual

Application Method

Self-service Registration

OSAP Eligibility

No

About the Course

This self-paced course will allow practicing chiropodists to update their skills involved in reading and interpreting foot and ankle x-rays.

Topics covered include:

  • Review of pedal radiographic views
  • Approaches to reading pedal radiographs
  • Radiographic biomechanical evaluation
  • Common arthridities
  • Infectious arthropathies and osteomyelitis
  • Tarsal coalitions
  • Diabetic charcot foot
  • Lower extremity bone tumours

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will gain a comprehensive review of the radiographic views commonly ordered in the chiropodist setting, such as reading normal foot and ankle radiographs, and identifying and interpreting radiographs of various foot pathologies.