MWC5203 · Wound management principles

Overview

In this unit you will build fundamental skills in wound management, including appraising and implementing appropriate consumables, therapies and interventions. This knowledge will enable you to successfully manage individuals with wounds to further enhance their ongoing care. Learning opportunities will build your skills in high level documentation and ongoing communication with multidisciplinary team of health professionals. The skills and knowledge that you will develop in this unit underpins subsequent units in the wound care course.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Select and apply appropriate treatment modalities based on a comprehensive assessment of the holistic patient.
2. Utilise clinical reasoning skills to formulate a wound care management plan to inform optimum patient outcomes.
3. Appraise evidence-based treatment strategies used in wound care practice.
4. Communicate effectively with patients, their carers and the multidisciplinary team to improve wound healing outcomes.

Workload

Three, two hour, interactive seminars delivered during the semester. 10 hours of self-directed learning and independent study including preparation for assessments per week. Total per week =8- 12 hours

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.