Wound Care Education for the Health and Care Workforce

Wound Care Education for the Health and Care Workforce

The Wound Care Education elearning programme supports the health and care workforce in developing the knowledge and skills required to deliver appropriate wound care to people in any healthcare setting.

The high-quality, engaging elearning sessions are aligned to the UK NHS’s National Wound Care Core Capabilities Framework for England and give learners the requisite wound care knowledge and skills and provides a certificate to those who successfully complete the programme.

The Wound Care Education programme is suitable for nursing staff around the world, working in a variety of care settings.  The wound care programme supports the development of Tier 1 and Tier 2 knowledge and skills as set out in the framework.

Tier 1 gives a comprehensive overview of the essentials of wound care, covering topics such as:

  • Skin care
  • Wound assessments
  • The causes of leg ulcerations
  • The principles of taking good quality digital images of wounds.

Tier 2 sessions explore topics in more depth and include cases studies and a knowledge assessment which must be passed to gain certification.

Written by the UK’s Top Clinical Specialists

This online training has been developed in the UK by the experts at NHS England’s National Wound Care Strategy Programme – which aims to implement a consistently high standard of wound care by reducing variation, improving safety and optimising patient experience and outcome – and the online learning experts at NHS England, elearning for healthcare.

This ensures this course meets the highest training standards and offers a world-class elearning experience.

Made to Fit Your Busy Life

The engaging, interactive content, that’s delivered online, means you can study at home, in work or even on the move.

Plus, the bitesize modules track your progress, so it’s possible to dip in and out of sessions, and allow you to access them in any order, as frequently as you need.

Making this the perfect course to enhance your knowledge and skills even when you have a busy life.

Course Content
Certificates

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