Table 1 Content of the electronic Foot Health Promotion Programme (FHPP)
Foot Health Promotion Programme (FHPP) 4 weeks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Theme | A: Skin and toenail care | B: Footwear and hosiery | C: Foot structure and pain | D: Foot muscle strength |
Teaching method | ||||
Lecture (delivered via Adobe Presenter) | Opening lecture on the importance of foot health by a physiatrist and a podiatrist | Lecture on the importance of proper footwear and hosiery | Lecture on the importance of a healthy foot structure and pain-free feet | Lecture on the importance of muscle strength in everyday life and at work |
Self-directed learning using material collected to learning platform | - Principles of skin care (text and video) | - Properties of optimal professional footwear (text) | - Foot functions and structure (text) | - Foot training and exercises (text and video) |
- Care relating to skin problems (text) | - Identifying problems with foot structure, and providing the related care (text) | |||
- Care relating to foot oedema (text and video) | - How to measure footwear size correctly (text and video) | - Foot stretches (text and video) | ||
- Mechanisms of foot pain (text) | - Muscle balance (text) | |||
- Toenail care (text and video) | - Properties of optimal hosiery (text) | - Methods to alleviate foot pain (text and video) | ||
- Identifying toenail problems (text) | ||||
Asking questions | Each participant had the option to contact the researcher with questions by email via the learning platform | |||
Evaluationa | Test and feedback | Test and feedback | Test and feedback | Test and feedback |