MWC5209 Clinical risk management and wound care
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MWC5209 Clinical risk management and wound care is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2024 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MWC5209
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MWC5209
No unit lists MWC5209 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Students must have completed 48 credit points, including PGC5101 (PGC5001) and PGW5205 (PGW5127) or MWC5205. Students must also be working in clinical practice while enrolled in this unit.
Prohibition: PGW5126 (PGW1126) and PGW5209
Overview
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 ulcers, diabetes-related foot wounds and pressure injuries. Students will not only explore patient related issues associated with prevention but also examine the local environment and organisational factors that influence prevention in both the hospital and community setting.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Online |
Assessment
- Minor assignment 120%
- Minor assignment 220%
- Major assignmentCompetency hurdle40%
- Participation in online discussions20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Examine clinical risk management in relation to wound prevention.
- 2
Critically evaluate prevention strategies and the evidential basis supporting best practice guideline recommendations.
- 3
Formulate a prevention pathway for pressure injuries, skin tears, venous ulcers or diabetes related foot ulcers using a clinical risk management approach.
- 4
Examine patient, local and organisational barriers to wound prevention and develop a plan for overcoming them.
- 5
Investigate appropriate measures for monitoring effectiveness of wound prevention strategies for the individual and the healthcare service.
- 6
Design suitable communication strategies for distributing the findings of clinical audits.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
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 online discussions or discussion groups, research and preparation for assignments.
Learning resources
Technology resources
For information on Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) specifications
https://www.monash.edu/esolutions/students/bring-your-own-device-byod
Technology requirements, as well as systems and services available to students, review the Student Technology Essentials Handbook
https://www.monash.edu/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1041220/student-it-brochure.pdf
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MWC5209?
MWC5209 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MWC5209 offered?
In 2024, MWC5209 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton, with an online option.
How much work is MWC5209?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MWC5209 have an exam?
No. MWC5209 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.