Overview

This newly designed innovative course, which can be studied as both standalone modules or a full MSc, has been developed to meet the needs of interdisciplinary healthcare practitioners working in partnership with people in relation to wound healing and tissue repair. This course aims to address the very significant challenges associated with wound healing and tissue repair, providing a global perspective, whilst drawing upon existing expert knowledge and experience of working with international partners. The course team are dedicated and committed staff who are experts in the speciality.

The principal aim of the course is to support and enable you to critically explore and analyse existing and developing theories and concepts that underpin wound healing and tissue repair. This will equip you to embrace a strategic leadership role in the development and delivery of efficient, innovative, evidence based wound care services.

The course will build upon your previous educational and clinical experience, supporting you as a life-long learner. This innovative programme is designed to help you gain a greater understanding of the complexities of a range of wounds and how best to support and enable effective individualised management.

It is suitable for healthcare professionals including nurses, allied health professionals and doctors registered with their relevant professional councils or within their country of practice for international partners.

You will develop a wide range of skills, learn about new and emerging evidence and gain critical understanding in wound healing and tissue repair. You will acquire knowledge to develop and improve clinical practice in the care of people with wounds across the age span. You will critically explore the evidence base towards your provision and delivery of individualised wound healing and tissue repair.

Teaching Approaches

During the course you will experience a range of learning and teaching approaches delivered online in both a synchronous and an asynchronous manner. You will attend online lectures, discussion forums, small group discussions, simulations and chat facilities with your peers and members of the teaching team. These approaches recognise that students have different learning styles with some reacting best to the voice while others prefer the written word, therefore a range is offered to suit all needs. You will access the learning materials via our Virtual Learning Environment – Moodle, Microsoft Teams and other means subject to the modules undertaken.

Employability

The programme will enable practitioners working in various aspects of care who want to advance their skills, knowledge and practice, in working with people with skin integrity issues or wounds. You will develop critical analysis skills through interactive online learning opportunities, so that you are able to critically examine practices within the context of the legislative and professional frameworks of your own country.

There will be a strong focus on relevance to practice, practice development, leadership, transformation and strategic planning. An important focus will be your development of higher levels of understanding. Decision-making, critical analysis, appraisal of evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines are strong themes throughout the course.