The knowledge, skills and understanding required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of patients with wounds are specialised. These specialised practices are discussed /debated/ demonstrated and experienced by the students in this module, from an evidence based perspective. 

 

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Perform a wound assessment and be able to identify tissue type(s) and phase(s) of wound healing.
• Formulate a wound management plan from holistic assessment and re-assessment.
• Select appropriate dressings and/or wound care technologies to be applied.
• Identify and treat abnormalities in relation to woundcare.

 

Module Content: Strategies for practicing effective wound management within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment. Programme participants will be required to reflect on practice to identify strengths and weaknesses in supporting the wound management role of the health professional.Indicative module content:

 

The knowledge skills and understanding required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of patients with wounds is specialised and will be discussed/debated from an evidence based perspective in this module. Lectures will be presented by the multi disciplinary team and supported by interactive practical workshops. Students will also engage in developing an independent project and assignment preparation.