MPD0045 Quality and safety in wound care
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPD0045 Quality and safety in wound care is a level 1, 12-credit-point, undergraduate and postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2026. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2026
- Other periods
- Monash Medical Centre
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 16 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
You will explore essential aspects of skin and wound care management, focusing on quality and safety to ensure optimal person-centred outcomes. You will learn the core principles of wound care and how to apply them in various aged care settings.
You will also recognise and classify different wound types, understand frameworks for assessing quality and safety, and apply evidence-based wound management principles.
In this unit you will learn how to emphasise person-centred care to improve healthcare outcomes and provide strategies to prevent wounds, particularly in at-risk populations, with practical preventive measures to enhance care.
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Trimester 2 | Monash Medical Centre | Online |
Assessment
- Quiz (1 hour)Quiz / Test25%
- Quiz (2 hours)Quiz / Test40%
- Promotional communicationArtefact35%
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the concepts of quality and safety in the context of skin and wound care management.
- 2
Describe the fundamental principles of skin and wound care and how they can be applied to individuals in a range of aged care settings.
- 3
Recognise and classify wound types in older populations.
- 4
Outline relevant frameworks for assessing quality and safety in skin and wound care and discuss their role in improving care for those in aged care settings.
- 5
Describe basic evidence-based principles of wound management and explain their application in aged care settings.
- 6
Explain how person-centred wound care improves healthcare in the aged care sector.
Workload and teaching
8 hours of teacher directed study per week, 8 hours per week of self-directed study.
Total per week = 16 hours
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ben Bullen
- Unit Coordinators
- Ben Bullen
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPD0045?
MPD0045 has no prerequisites.
When is MPD0045 offered?
MPD0045 has no offerings listed in the 2026 handbook.
How much work is MPD0045?
The handbook expects about 16 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MPD0045 have an exam?
No. MPD0045 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.