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.

PGW5126 - Clinical risk management and 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 PGW1126
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 provide students with a clinical risk management framework for managing and preventing wounds. This unit will explore the evidential basis for prevention strategies for wounds such as skin tears, leg ulcer and pressure ulcers. Students will not only explore client issues associated with prevention but also explore the local environment and organisational factors that influence prevention in both the hospital and community setting.

Outcomes

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

Demonstrate an understanding of clinical risk management in relation to wound prevention.
Identify and discuss the incidence and prevalence of wounds in the hospital and community setting.
Discuss the prevention strategies and evidential basis supporting wound prevention.
Utilise a clinical risk management approach to manage skin tears, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers.
Identify client, local and organisational barriers to wound prevention.
Determine appropriate measures for monitoring effectiveness of wound prevention strategies for the individual and the health care service.

Assessment

Two minor assignments: 30%
One major assignment: 50% (hurdle)
Participation in online tutorials: 20%

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

Prohibitions

PGW1126 (VCW1126)