Pharmacist Wound, Ostomy and Continence Course

Welcome to our online, on-demand course designed specifically for pharmacists. This comprehensive course covers essential foundation education on wound care, ostomy, and continence care, empowering you to enhance your practice and patient outcomes. Engage with interactive modules and expert insights at your own pace, ensuring you gain the knowledge and skills needed to excel in these vital areas of care. Join us today and take the next step in your professional development!

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Are you a Canadian pharmacist interested in expanding your knowledge and strengthening your contributions to the care of individuals living with wound, ostomy, and continence concerns?

The Pharmacist Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Course is a state-of-the-art interactive online course developed by Canadian Nurse Association (CNA)-certified Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence (NSWOCs®) in collaboration with pharmacists and physicians. The course is designed to equip pharmacists with evidence-informed foundational knowledge to enhance the patient-centred, interprofessional care of individuals living with wound, ostomy, and continence issues across care settings.

About the Program

The Pharmacist Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Course is an opportunity for pharmacists to deepen their clinical knowledge of wound, ostomy, and continence-related conditions to provide evidence-informed support to pharmacy clients.

Emphasis is placed on developing a holistic understanding of skin health, wound types, ostomy care, and continence challenges to provide comprehensive assessments, identify risk factors, and recommend management strategies.

Learners will develop skills to differentiate common ostomy, continence, wound & skin issues, select appropriate management products, and provide accurate education to support individuals’ independence and self-management.

Upon completion, pharmacists will be prepared to apply a holistic understanding of skin health, wound types, ostomy care, and continence issues to strengthen assessment, identify risk factors, recommend appropriate management strategies and product selection, and collaborate effectively with NSWOCs and the broader healthcare team.

Course Structure

The course is a 20-week, self-paced, interactive, online course based on the Canadian Standards of Practice and Professional Competencies for pharmacists. Students can expect to spend 4-5 hours per week completing educational content.

4 separate sections (Review, Wound, Ostomy, Continence)

Interactive workbooks and online resources

Integrated module knowledge checks

Weekly mentorship hours with a CNA-certified NSWOC®

Interactive online discussion boards

Final online quiz

Learners will develop key skills and knowledge with practical application:

Skin & Wound

Apply foundational principles of wound healing in pharmacy practice, including intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting healing.
Differentiate common wound types, assess and mitigate risk factors, and recommend appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management strategies.

Ostomy

Explain the foundational principles of ostomy management as it relates to pharmacy practice, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of output.
Differentiate ostomy-related complications and recommend management strategies, product selection, and appropriate referrals to support individuals living with an ostomy.

Continence

Apply foundational principles of continence management in pharmacy practice, including types of incontinence and associated risk factors.
Recommend appropriate product selection and management strategies to promote and protect skin health.

Clinical Integration and Education

Explain the mechanism of action, indications, contraindications, and the appropriate application and removal of commonly used wound, ostomy, and continence care products.
Integrate wound, ostomy, and continence considerations into routine patient histories and medication reviews to identify factors that may impact an individual and collaborate with the interprofessional team to improve outcomes.
Develop and deliver comprehensive education for individuals with wound, ostomy, or continence issues to support dignity and quality of life.
Develop confidence in educating pharmacy assistants and technicians on key wound, ostomy and continence issues to support ongoing learning, optimizing efficiency, and improving customers’ experience.

Registration Process

Step 1: Start your registration

Registration is quick and easy!

When you're ready to begin the course, simply click on the "Register now" button below. This will bring you to a site called Dual Code, which we use to host our on-demand courses.

When you register, it is very important to enter your full name into the "name" field, as this will be the name reflected on your certificate.

Step 2: Create a free account

You will be redirected to the Dual Code platform. If you don't have an existing account, click on the "Sign Up" or "Create Account" option.
Enter your email address (used as a username) and a password.
After creating your Dual Code account, you will be directed to the Wound, Ostomy and Continence (WOC) Institute course page.

Create an account

Step 3: Purchase the course

On the course page, click "Purchase Course"
After clicking "purchase course", you will be presented with 3 payment options:
- a) Pay for yourself only,
- b) Pay for everyone in your organization at a group rate, or
- c) Pay for a specific number of users.
Click on the "Checkout" button to proceed to the payment confirmation page.

Sign into your account

Step 4: Begin the course

After successful payment, you will gain access to the enrolled course.
Begin the course at your convenience by following the provided instructions.

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Step 5: Course Completion

Progress through the course content at your own pace.
Upon completion, you will automatically receive a certificate of completion.

Congratulations!

Thank you for choosing the WOC Institute to advance your career in wound, ostomy, and/or continence care. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact our support team.

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Costs & Tuition:

$950

Course Fee

For individual users.

10%

Discount

For greater than 10 users

$50,000

Site License Fee

For up to 1000 users.

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute

Pharmacist Wound, Ostomy and Continence Course

Are you a Canadian pharmacist interested in expanding your knowledge and strengthening your contributions to the care of individuals living with wound, ostomy, and continence concerns?

About the Program

Course Structure

Learners will develop key skills and knowledge with practical application:

Skin & Wound

Ostomy

Continence

Clinical Integration and Education

Registration Process

Step 1: Start your registration

Step 2: Create a free account

Step 3: Purchase the course

Step 4: Begin the course

Step 5: Course Completion

Congratulations!

Costs & Tuition:

$950

Course Fee

10%

Discount

$50,000

Site License Fee