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Are you a NSWOC, SWAN or Healthcare Professional with Advanced Education in Wound Management?

  • Writer: WOC Institute
    WOC Institute
  • 15 hours ago
  • 2 min read

The WOC Institute's CNA-accredited Advanced Wound Debridement Course is Canada's trailblazing course designed for healthcare professionals who have completed a wound care course or program.


It provides a strong framework to expand theoretical knowledge in managing complex, hard-to-heal wounds requiring debridement.


The Advanced Wound Debridement Course is Accredited by the Canadian Nurses Association Accreditation for 60 Educational Hours.

What to Expect:


  • 7 interactive, self-paced online modules

  • Weekly mentorship with a CNA-certified NSWOC

  • Knowledge checks and final exam

  • Peer discussion boards

  • Optional in-person workshop during the WCET-NSWOCC Joint Congress, or NSWOCC National Conference (registration required)


Learning Objectives


By the end of this self-paced online course, participants will be able to:


  • Identify the legal and professional scope of practice considerations related to wound debridement, including consent, documentation, liability risks, and regulatory or institutional policies governing each type of debridement. 

  • Define wound debridement and explain its role in the wound healing process. 

  • Compare and contrast the mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, benefits, limitations, and adverse effects of various types of debridement, including how to safely initiate or perform each of the following: Autolytic, Enzymatic, Mechanical, Sharp/surgical, Biological (maggot therapy).

  • Outline and evaluate wound and patient-specific factors that influence the selection of debridement techniques, including comorbidities and differentiation of wound tissue types. 

  • Identify and integrate  pain management, infection control, and patient-centred care principles during debridement. 

  • Apply evidence-based guidelines and standards of practice in the selection, implementation, and documentation of debridement strategies. 


Whether you're looking to sharpen your clinical decision-making or prepare for hands-on debridement mentorship, this course will give you the tools to confidently manage complex wounds within your scope of practice.


Don't hesitate! Take the next step in your wound care journey today.


WCET® - NSWOCC® 2026 Joint Congress


In It Together: Moving Mountains to Create a World

of Better Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Care


Join us April 24-28, 2026 in Vancouver, Canada for the WCET® - NSWOCC® 2026 Joint Congress as we unite global expertise, promote interdisciplinary collaboration, and elevate care standards worldwide.


The Congress will feature five days of wound, ostomy and continence programming, hands-on workshops, and networking events in a welcoming, internationally focused environment.



Congress Workshops:


  1. Writing for Publication – Space available

  2. Educational Indigenous Blanket Exercise – Space available

  3. Pearls of Leadership – From the Bedside to the Boardroom – Space available

  4. Skin Tears Made Easy – Space available

  5. Lower Limb Assessment Masterclass – Only 8 spaces left

  6. “Managing the Bulge”: Parastomal Hernia Prevention, Assessment, and Management – Only 6 spaces left

  7. Continence Workshop – Only 4 spaces left

  8. Optimizing the Management of Complex Ostomies – Full (waitlist available)

  9. Enterocutaneous and Enteroatmospheric Fistula Management – Full (waitlist available)

  10. Advanced Conservative Sharp Wound Debridement – Full (waitlist available)


While the Advanced Conservative Sharp Wound Debridement workshop is currently full, you can put your name on the waitlist or sign up for another available workshops.


If you have registered for the Congress and would like to add your name to the waitlist or change your workshop preferences please email: administration@nswoc.ca



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