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The Wound Closure Advanced Practice: course aims to further expand students’ knowledge and skills required in the clinical management of local anaesthetic administration and closure of advanced wounds in a primary health care environment including community-based, educational, dermatological, occupational and in general practice settings.
The Wound Closure - Advance Practice Course enables healthcare professionals to further develop their knowledge and skills in suturing techniques, advanced wound flap management and closure, skin assessment utilizing dermoscopy, histopathology collection, safe handling and administering of local anaesthetic, advanced wound support and scar management in primary healthcare and community-based settings.
Course content for Wound Closure: Advanced Practice includes:
At the successful completion of the Wound Closure: Advanced Practice students will have advanced knowledge and skills to determine the best wound closure technique to achieve durability and simplicity.
Students will learn the ability to close wounds using a variety of advanced methods and materials including multiple layer closure, elliptical excision and z-plasty Closure.
As a general guide, one (1) hour of active learning equates to one (1) hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
Learners have the option of completing Course in Wound Closure (10762NAT) Fundamentals Day 1
Further development of wound closure knowledge and skills increases capability of wound clinical management across a range of primary healthcare settings including general practice, community-based care, dermatological, and educational. Understand guidelines for administration of local anaesthetics, infection management, post-operative care, MBS billing item numbers, professional indemnity considerations, all covered in this Advanced Practice Program.
This course includes both online theory and a one-day face-to-face workshop where students will practice skills including Local anaesthetic administration, Introduction into Dermoscopy, Skin biopsy and histopathology collection, Deep tissue wound closure, Elliptical excision, Elliptical excision Z-Pasty and Advancement flap closure.
Students enrolled in The Benchmarque Group courses should adhere to the following principles:
As a general guide, one (1) hour of active learning equates to one (1) hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
The Wound Closure: Advanced Practice course requires you to complete a 1 day face-to-face workshop. Below are the current available workshop dates. The ‘Apply Now’ button will take you to accessIQ, our online learning and assessment platform. Simply log in using your existing details or create a new account, and then follow the prompts to apply.
To ensure you have the foundational skills of wound closure prior to developing advanced skills, it is recommended you complete the Course in Wound Closure, however this is not mandatory. Students are able to complete either one of the workshops, or both.
The Course in Wound Closure is an accredited introductory wound closure course covering knot tying, and introductory wound closure techniques such as staples, steri-strips, glue, and single interrupted suture. Wound Closure: Advanced Practice is a non-accredited workshop where you will develop advanced skills in local aesthetic administration and histopathology collection, specifically shave and punch biopsy and advanced flap repair and closure.
Yes, suturing and wound closure can be added to your scope of practice as long as certain conditions are met. You must be qualified and you must be authorised (a policy or procedure stating the conditions that need to be met for you to perform wound closure in each workplace that you are employed in, as these conditions may differ from city to rural or remote location with regard to autonomy). If these criteria are met, then you can safely perform wound closure.
Continuing professional development is the means by which members of the clinical profession maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge, expertise and competence, and develop the personal and professional qualities required throughout their professional lives.
The CPD cycle involves reviewing practice, identifying learning needs, planning and participating in relevant learning activities, and reflecting on the value of those activities.
As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.
For all other health professionals completing this program, your continuing professional development (CPD) requirements may vary and it is important to remember that it is your responsibility to maintain and register CPD with your professional body. In many instances, your regulatory authority will recognise hours of learning as stated above.
At the completion of the program, successful students will receive a certificate of attendance for Wound Closure: Advanced Practice.
To move your workshop date, you will be required to pay a non-refundable fee. Please choose your workshop carefully as it is a requirement that your pre-requisite learning is completed and assessed before you can attend your scheduled workshop. If you do not complete your pre-requisite learning in time for the workshop, you may be required to pay further fee(s) to reschedule.
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