Advanced Wound Debridement Program
Are you a graduate of a clinical wound program? Interested in increasing your knowledge around wound debridement?
This unique program offers healthcare practitioners the foundation to develop and enhance their theoretical and practical knowledge when managing complex, hard to heal wounds that require debridement.
Program Objectives
The primary objective of this program is to provide learners with advanced theoretical knowledge pertaining to all aspects of debridement. Learners are encouraged to seek out mentorship opportunities within their work environment and to work within their scope of practice.
At the end of this program learners will have advanced debridement knowledge beyond the WOC-EP/ SWAN programs.
The program will be self-paced online with access to virtual mentorship and knowledge consolidation opportunities with our team of CNA certified NSWOCs. Enrolment is limited. Contact programmanager@wocinstitute.ca for more information.
Program Design
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Competency and Standards of Practice Based
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Designed by nurses for nurses, but open to all healthcare professionals
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Follows the Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada’s (NSWOCC) Canadian best practice recommendations for wound debridement
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Weekly mentorship rounds with an experienced Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) certified Nurse Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence (NSWOC)
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Hands-on debridement workshop during the National NSWOCC Conference
Course Length
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6 weeks self-paced, online
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Rolling start, start at anytime
Learning Outcomes
Program Prerequisites and Application Eligibility
The competency-based, advanced debridement course is designed by nurses for nurses and follows the Canadian best practice recommendations for nurses; however, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute recognizes the course may be of interest to other disciplines.
Healthcare professionals without a nursing background are responsible for recognizing their own scope of practice and jurisdictional policies related to their profession. That is, non-nurse Healthcare Professionals meeting the prerequisite education requirements will be accepted into the program.
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In-depth knowledge of wound management is essential prior to enrolment in a competency-based debridement educational program.
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Prerequisite education is identified by the successful completion of a rigorous curriculum-based wound management program including stringent outcome measures such as examination.
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Learners must have completed the NSWOC Program (WOC-EP), SWAN Program or equivalent program prior to taking this program
