Part 1 - Anatomy of the Lower Limb Crash Course with Emma O'Callaghan

***Please have a highlighter/washable marker pen with you as we will be drawing on our feet!***

Emma O'Callaghan graduated from University of Galway in 2017 and has a special interest in biomechanics. She has worked as a podiatrist in Achilles foot clinic in Cork and has since been involved in leading the training for colleagues in musculoskeletal assessment. She has guest lectured in biomechanics for the Irish College of Osteopathic Medicine and in the owner of Elite Biomechanics Academy, an online mentorship program for podiatrists seeking to improve their clinical biomechanics.

This series will run over three evenings in December and January, each session will be recorded and available to all registrants for a period of two weeks afterwards.

Please see learning outcomes for all three evenings below.

Lecture 1 - Do I know what I am palpating? Surface anatomy crash course of the foot

Learning outcomes:

1. Revision of Anatomy of the foot and ankle

2. To improve surface anatomy palpation technique to help locate bone, joints and muscles of the foot.

3. To learn practical ways, you and your colleagues can improve your surface anatomy knowledge.

Lecture 2 - Do I know what I am palpating? Surface anatomy crash course of the lower leg

Learning outcomes:

1. Revision of Anatomy of the lower leg

2. To improve surface anatomy palpation technique to help locate bone, joints and muscles of the lower leg.

3. To learn practical ways, you and your colleagues can improve your surface anatomy knowledge.

Lecture 3 - Narrowing your differential diagnosis through functional anatomy.

Learning outcomes:

1. To revise lower limb functional movement of muscles and joints of the foot and lower leg.

2. To learn how to use functional anatomy to help become more specific with my diagnosis and thus treatment.