PGW5203 Wound management principles
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PGW5203 Wound management principles is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Parkville. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 6 units.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Parkville
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for PGW5203. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before PGW5203
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After PGW5203
6 units list PGW5203 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Overview
One of the principles of wound management is the maintenance of a physiologic wound environment to optimise each patient's wound healing potential. This involves preventing and managing infection, cleansing the wound, removable of nonviable tissue, maintaining moisture balance, controlling odour, protecting the wound and periwound area and eliminating or minimising pain. This unit will explore how these can be achieved using wound dressing products and technologies as well as alternative/adjunctive therapies.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Parkville | De online |
| Second semester | Parkville | De online |
Assessment
- Minor assignment 120%
- Minor assignment 220%
- Major written assignmentCompetency hurdle40%
- Participation in online discussion boards20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Formulate a wound care management plan incorporating skin and wound assessment to guide selection of appropriate products or technologies.
- 2
Critically review wound dressings and technologies describing their properties and place in therapy.
- 3
Evaluate the role of debridement in wound bed preparation.
- 4
Critically appraise adjunctive/alternative therapies used in wound care, including suggested mode of action and level of evidence to support use.
- 5
Communicate effectively with patients to improve concordance with wound care management plans.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based 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, 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
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PGW5203?
None, but you must take PGW5202 before or alongside it.
What can I take after PGW5203?
PGW5203 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 6 units, including PGW5204, PGW5205, PGW5206, PGW5207, PGW5210 and PGW5211.
When is PGW5203 offered?
In 2020, PGW5203 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Parkville.
How much work is PGW5203?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does PGW5203 have an exam?
No. PGW5203 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020