Here’s a curriculum example demonstrating the breadth of topics that will be covered
Project ECHO Ontario Skin and Wound Care curriculum is based on the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC). The IWCC is grounded in adult learning principles and designed for health care professionals with education and experience in the wound care field or related industry.
An example of the curriculum, set up as four sections (A thru D), each with 8 sessions, is below. To adapt to the specific needs of each cohort, there is some flexibility built into the curriculum; however, this gives you a good idea of the breadth of skin and wound care topics that are covered.
A. ADULT EDUCATION, WOUND BED PREPARATION, LOCAL WOUND CARE
A1. Adult Education and ECHO Basics
A2. Team Dynamics
A3. Navigating health care Systems
A4. Wound Bed Preparation holistic care paradigm (Sibbald et al. 2015)
A5. Treat the Cause – address the patient as a whole
A6. Patient Centered Concerns- pain, activities of daily living
A7. Healability- healable, non-healable, maintenance
A8. Local Wound Care – D.I.M.E.
- Debridement, Infection/ Inflammation, Moisture Balance, Edge Effect
B. LEG AND FOOT ULCERS – INFECTION
Diabetic foot care and related foot ulcers
B1. Person with diabetes in general – Simplified 60-Second Screen, HbA1c, etc.
B2. Vascular Supply
B3. Infection: Surface Critical Colonization, Deep and Surrounding Infection
B4. Infection and the Diabetic Foot
B5. Plantar Pressure Redistribution
B6. Differential diagnosis of leg ulcers
B7. Venous and mixed Venous/ Arterial Ulcers
B8. Arterial and mixed Arterial/ Venous Ulcers
C. PRESSURE ULCERS, SKIN TEARS, MOISTURE ASSOCIATED SKIN DAMAGE, SKIN CARE
Pressure Ulcers
C1. The patient in general, Spinal Cord Injuries
C2. Classification of Pressure Ulcers and Differential Diagnosis
C3. Pressure Redistribution/ Shear
C4. Moisture, Nutrition, Mobility and other factors
C5. Skin Tears/ trauma
C6. Moisture Associated Skin Damage
Skin and Peristomal Care
C7.Skin integrity and principles of topical therapy
C8.Special considerations for Peristomal skin
D. SPECIALIZED WOUNDS
D1. Pilonidal sinus
D2. Hidradenitis Suppurativa
D3. Post-surgical wounds
D4. Burns and acute trauma
Palliative and malignant wounds
D5. Palliative wounds, skin changes at end of life
D6. Malignant wounds
D7. Lymphedema
D8. Acute Infections
More information about the International Interprofessional Wound Care Course can be found on WoundPedia.
