Virtual Medical Academy

Overview

This course provides an evidence-based approach to wound management to assist health care providers in staying current with the latest standards of care and sharpening their bedside skills and clinical judgment in the use of the most recent therapies. It also has a special feature that includes a professional practice core curriculum that is pertinent to building wound care programs and incorporates the most recent standards of practice and patient-centered principles for an integrated interdisciplinary care approach to wounds.

This Activity for

Nursing and Midwifery
Resident / Fellow
Physician

What I will learn?

By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
- Identify Skin Anatomy and Physiology
- Identify the wound types and what dressing/treatment modality to use accordingly for safe practice and enhanced patient outcomes
- Discuss Guidelines and Assessment tools for Wounds
- Discuss the care planning process and main hospital interventions aligned with assessment findings for improved patient outcomes
- Recognize the mechanism for conducting wound assessment using telehealth
- Explore the essential elements needed to initiate a successful wound care program
- Identify the quality improvement components of a wound care program

Main Them

In this 2-days course, the aim is to build the capacity and competency of all healthcare providers in wound care management at the bedside using the most recent evidence-based updates and provide comprehensive content to build and manage a wound care program at the healthcare system level.

This course is divided into a clinical and professional practice components:
- The...