High-Risk Foot, Level I

Course description

This workshop gives you the specialized knowledge and skills to assess and manage clients with high-risk foot conditions. Topics include: pathophysiology and disease of the lower leg, clinical presentations, assessment skills (including Doppler and ABPI), wound and disease management, client and family education. Designed for foot care nurses, community nurses, RNs and LPNs in other areas of practice, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and others who care for clients with high-risk foot conditions. Learn in collaboration with an expert instructor and your peers through discussion, slide presentations, videos, preparatory readings, in-class case studies, and resources for further developing hands-on assessment and management skills.

For more on diabetic foot, Charcot foot, neuropathy, and more advanced assessment and management skills, see High-Risk Foot, Level II.

To learn more about all of our wound courses, see our article: Which wound program is right for you?