Wound Management for Health Professionals Level I

Wound Management for Health Professionals Level I is organized by University Of Victoria (UVic) and will be held from May 08 - Jun 19, 2020.

Course Description:
Proficient wound management is an ever-present challenge for professional health care clinicians. Chronic and acute wound prevention and treatment require a strong foundation in principles of wound management combined with evidence-based practice.

This comprehensive online course - newly revised in 2020? - provides health professionals with the essential tools to confidently practice evidence-based wound management within an interprofessional team. The course is taught over six weeks, followed by a one-week exam period. You will apply theory using visual case examples, interactive assessments, and collaborative discussion. The main course concepts include:
• prevention
• wound assessment and care planning 
• wound care product selection
• wound healing
• infection
• patient-professional collaboration

Learning objectives:
• Describe the wound prevention and management cycle and phases of wound healing
• Explain the anatomy and physiology of skin and soft tissue and internal and external factors that affect wound healing
• Explain principles of wound assessment and wound management, including infection prevention, assessment, and treatment
• Describe the process of wound bed preparation, including methods of debridement
• Classify factors contributing to skin damage, and identify best practices to prevent and manage skin damage
• Identify signs and symptoms of wound infection and interventions for treating infection
• List indications and contraindications for use of the range of wound care products
• Use principles of evidence-based care to evaluate and apply evidence to your clinical environment
• Identify attributes of change agents and demonstrate steps to propose implementation of a change in your workplace
• Compare and contrast a collaborative approach to patient-clinician communication and care planning with a compliance-based approach, and • identify strategies for effective patient education

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.