This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

PGW5122 - Advanced clinical practice in wound care

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

Faculty

Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Coordinator(s)

Ms Adriana Tiziani

Quota applies

This unit is quota restricted. Selection is on a first-in, first enrolled basis. For more information please contact the faculty at http://www.monash.edu.au/pharm/future/contact/

Offered

Not offered in 2016

Notes

Previously coded PGW6122
For postgraduate coursework pharmacy discontinuation dates, please see http://www.pharm.monash.edu.au/students/pg-coursework/unit-discontinuation-dates.html

Synopsis

This unit will explore issues surrounding the development of advanced practice in wound care including ethics, evidence based practice, critical thinking and critical reasoning, reflective practice, cost-effectiveness, client-centred practice and the development of expertise and leadership.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the advanced wound practitioner.
Demonstrate the role of evidence based practice wound care in the management of complex wounds.
Identify and critically discuss issues surrounding effective planning, implementation and evaluation of interventions for a variety of complex wounds.
Critically discuss wound management interventions in light of current research.

Assessment

Clinical portfolio (the clinical portfolio will include 3 case studies focussing on the participant's evidence-based approach to clinical management of complex wounds): 50% (hurdle)
Wound care related teaching session: 10% (hurdle)
Reflective journal (participants will be required to maintain a reflective journal throughout the unit focussing on clinical and professional issues): 20% (hurdle)
Critical review of a wound care related journal article: 10% (hurdle)
Participation in online tutorial discussions: 10% (hurdle)

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. The unit requires on average 10-12 hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include teacher directed learning, reading time, participation in tutorials or discussion groups, research and preparation for assignments.

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Adriana Tiziani

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Wound care

Prerequisites

PGC5001 (VCG5011), PGW5101 (PGW1101, VCW1101), PGW5102 (PGW1102, VCW1102), PGW5103 (PGW1103, VCW1103), PGW5104 (PGW1104, VCW1104), PGW5105 (PGW1105, VCW1105), PGW5106 (VCW1106), PGW5108 (VCW1108), PGW5127 (VCW1127)

Prohibitions

PGW6122 (VCW1122)