PGW5211 Non-healing wounds and pain management
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
PGW5211 Non-healing wounds and pain management is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Parkville. It needs PGW5202, PGW5203, PGW5201 and PGW5204.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Parkville
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for PGW5211. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before PGW5211
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After PGW5211
No unit lists PGW5211 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: PGW5113 (PGW1113)
Overview
Wounds can become non-healing due to factors related to the patient, wound, healthcare professional or resource/treatment availability. This unit explores these complex issues and challenges associated with care of individuals with non-healing wounds. The challenges of integrating pain assessment into an effective management plan are also investigated.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Parkville | De online |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Examine the differences between chronic and non-healing wounds including identifying factors which may lead to a wound become non-healing.
- 2
Apply holistic patient assessment and realistic goal setting in the management of an individual with a non-healing wound.
- 3
Critically appraise treatment options for a patient with a non- healing wound.
- 4
Develop and implement a multi-disciplinary team approach in the management of a patient with a non-healing wound.
- 5
Formulate a pain management plan incorporating the use of validated pain assessment tools.
- 6
Critically appraise treatment modalities for pain.
- 7
Investigate barriers to effective pain management and develop strategies for overcoming them.
- 8
Examine quality of life issues in relation to the individual with a non-healing wound or who is experiencing pain.
Workload and teaching
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.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Adriana Tiziani
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for PGW5211?
You need PGW5202, PGW5203, PGW5201 and PGW5204 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is PGW5211 offered?
In 2020, PGW5211 runs in Semester 1 at Parkville.
How much work is PGW5211?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
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