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MWC5207 · Pressure injury management
2026 Handbook6 credit pointsLevel 5School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
In this unit you will develop and apply knowledge of pressure injuries and their impact on individuals, carers, health services and communities, incorporating psychosocial, cultural and economic perspectives. This knowledge and skill will enable you to appraise and apply contemporary clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based frameworks to inform effective pressure injury prevention and management strategies. Learning opportunities will enhance your clinical reasoning skills to assess risk factors and implement tailored prevention strategies across diverse care settings and patient populations. You will also develop expertise in planning and coordinating interdisciplinary care for individuals at risk of or living with pressure injuries, including comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, monitoring and appropriate escalation protocols. The unit will further build your advanced professional communication strategies to support patient and carer education, collaborative care planning and evaluation within multidisciplinary healthcare teams. The skills and knowledge that you will develop in this unit are fundamental to contemporary pressure injury prevention and management and underpin your ability to deliver evidence-based, person-centered care across the healthcare continuum.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | First semester | Teaching is all online (ONLINE) |
Assessment
The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Report (1,500words) | Written | 30% | — |
| 2 | Health promotion activity (1,000 words) | Presentation | 20% | — |
| 3 | Case presentation (20mins via Zoom) | Examination | 50% | Competency |
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
- Evaluate the burden and impact of pressure injuries on individuals, carers, health services and communities.
- Utilise clinical reasoning to assess risk and implement tailored pressure injury prevention strategies across diverse care settings.
- Appraise and apply contemporary clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based frameworks to inform pressure injury prevention and management.
- Plan, coordinate and communicate interdisciplinary care for individuals at risk of or living with pressure injuries.
- Justify the strategies required for health promotion in the prevention and management of pressure injuries.
Workload
Two, 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
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Tutorials | 2 hours |
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