Wound Education, the subject everyone wants, from novice to expert, but where so many barriers exist to getting it just right. In this episode we burrow down into a recent Australian publication discussing recommendations for undergraduate wound education. This is another prickly concept our listeners will have dealt with and have opinions on, no matter what your discipline, experience level or clinical setting. So let's know what your thoughts are because we will talk more in future episodes about the status of wound education.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:34 Wound education for novice clinicians
01:34 Novices desperate for education
03:35 The needs of wound management education for medical staff
05:15 The assumption that everyone in the healthcare workforce has basic wound care knowledge
06:45 Critiquing research on wound education
09:32 How is the term wound expert defined
10:36 Academic wound education models versus clinical realities and the needs of clinicians
11:10 Irony of clinicians requesting advanced wound education when the basics are not understood
12:08 Fragmented, illogical, or misrepresented content
14:02 Polysemy in healthcare
14:32 What is a simple wound?
14:44 What is a wound?
15:34 Challenges of developing clinically realistic educational wound frameworks
15:47 A tiny wound
17:15 Sterile versus clean technique. Really really?
17:39 Coveting and naval gazing
19:35 Translating academic wound educational models into clinical practice
20:42 When “new” evidence is based on superseded guidelines
21:59 Clinically relevant undergraduate education
22:26 What about foundational content for consistent safe practice
23:04 What’s on the wall of your treatment room that can guide you
23:31 When foundational content is advanced in clinical reality
24:44 Recommended foundational content
26:54 Need for real-world research
28:10 Opportunities for nurse coaching/mentorship
29:10 Are wound management standards and expectations too high?
30:35 When non wound “experts” talk on expert wound topics
31:31 Profiling what wound management experts do
33:06 Read the antibiofilm and International Wound Infection documents for clinical pearls
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The views expressed in this podcast are our own. This podcast is intended specifically for healthcare professionals. Always follow your organisation's policies and procedures. Please consult your own healthcare provider for individual wound advice.
