Foundations of Wound Management B

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Expand your wound care management skills

Build on the knowledge and skills gained in Foundations of Would Management A and learn how to assist clients with complex wound management challenges

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Key facts

Course category
Nursing and Midwifery, Nursing
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Duration
10 weeks
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Prerequisite/s
Current registration with AHPRA as a health professional.
Certification
Certificate of Achievement

Why this course?

Designed for health professionals working in a variety of settings, including primary care, community care, acute care and specialised wound care services, this course builds on the skills and knowledged gained in Foundations of Wound Management A.

 

This course can be used to apply for advanced standing into postgraduate studies in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University.

Why study a short course at La Trobe

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Course content

This course is the second of two courses aimed at health professionals, and it focuses on developing your repertoire of skills aimed at assisting clients with complex wound management challenges. 

 

Case studies and online assessments are used to encourage you to draw from their learning, relevant research and experience to develop a holistic patient wound management plan.

 

Content presented includes the aetiology of the wound and how this impacts on wound decision making of the clinician to meet overall wound management goals.

 

Other topics include: 

  • Review of wound healing physiology
  • Nutrition and wound healing
  • Pain pathways and pain associated with wounds
  • Assessment of a burn patient aetiology
  • Burns management
  • Trauma injury and assessment of a traumatic injury
  • Trauma changes
  • Surgical wound management and innovations
  • Complex acute wound management.

The course is equivalent to 15 credit points at postgraduate level (AQF levels 8/9). Completion of this course will enable you to apply for advanced standing into postgraduate studies in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University.

You’ll learn:

  • To describe the decision-making process in respect to wound closure

  • How to differentiate between the different assessments and managements required for a patient who has been involved in a trauma or burn

  • To recognise how nutrition and pain impacts on the patient with a wound

  • How to apply evidenced based knowledge in the assessment and decision making of a complex patient requiring reconstructive involvement

Your study experience

Delivered online over 10 weeks, with tutor support, the expected time commitment for this course is up to 120 hours (50 hours of guided learning, with the balance being wider reading, consolidation of learning and assessment).

 

Your study commitment will be approximately 1.5 hours per week of in-class engagement, plus an additional hour of independent work. All sessions will be presented live, with the sessions recorded for participants who are unable to attend.

 

There assessment for this course includes:

  • Comprehensive case presentation, using supporting literature (60%)
  • Case reflection (20%)
  • Online quizzes (20%)

To receive a Certificate of Acheivement to submit towards your annual CPD hours, you will be required to meet activity and participation requirements. 

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions

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Email: LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au 

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I have paid the fee for a short course. When will I be able to access it?  

On completion of your registration, you'll be provided with an account on our Learning Management System (LMS) and the course material will be made available at the advertised date, or as outlined on your registration confirmation email.  For our on-demand courses, access will be immediate.

What payment options are there?

  • You may arrange to pay by BPAY or EFT
  • For group bookings, we encourage purchase orders.  Contact us for a quote, and upon receipt of your purchase order we can make the course available to you.
  • Unfortunately, we are not able to arrange instalment payments.

Contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au for assistance. 

Can I arrange payment with a Purchase Order?

Yes, we accept Purchase Orders. Please email to LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au and our La Trobe Professional team will provide you with payment details and access to your course. 

I am getting an error when I try to log into my LMS account. Can you help? 

  • The first thing to check is your order confirmation email - it will contain your Learning Management System (LMS) account and password.  Note that this account may not be the same as your staff, student or previous short course participant account. 
  • The second thing to check is that you're logging on as a short course participant and not as a student - choose 'Other Users' - select Short Course as your institution and use your account and password as provided.

If you need any assistance, contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au. 

I want to enrol multiple staff in a short course. How do I go about this? 

Contact LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au so that we can discuss options with you.  

What certification will I receive?

The type of certification depends on the assessment involved in the course. For example:

  • Microcredentials:  You will receive a digital credential that confirms the skills you’ve acquired, any assessments you’ve completed and potential pathways for credit or advanced standing towards a degree. 
  • Other assessed short courses:  This may include bridging programs or courses that prepare you for external certification from a professional body.  You might receive a certificate of achievement or a digital badge (a digital version of a certificate of achievement).
  • Non-assessed courses:  If a course doesn’t involve formal assessment, you’ll receive a certificate of attendance.
  • Single-subject enrolment: If you enrol in a single subject, you will receive an official transcript for that subject.

Please note that short courses or microcredentials are not formal qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework but may be eligible for consideration as advanced standing (credit) towards a degree.

What is a microcredential? 

Microcredentials are short courses that are assessed, carry academic credit, and to deliver specific skills or knowledge.  While they can be taken as standalone courses, many are designed to be combined or ‘stacked’ with other microcredentials to form the equivalent of a subject within a degree program.  Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a digital credential that outlines the skills and credit obtained, and any opportunities for stacking.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   

What is advanced standing?

Advanced standing refers to credit for prior study or formal learning that can be credited towards a qualification, thereby reducing the number of subjects required to complete a course. For short courses or microcredentials (if these have been completed through recognised institutions or platforms and are deemed equivalent to La Trobe University subjects), credit may be granted either for specific La Trobe subjects or as unspecified credit towards elective requirements of a La Trobe course.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a digital credential, which may be used when applying for credit for the relevant degree at La Trobe.

For more details, visit the University’s advanced standing web page.