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16843
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
L0
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| ECTS Credits |
2
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| Workload |
O (12H)/T(21H)/TP(17H)
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| Scientific area |
Public Health
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Entry requirements |
not applicable
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Learning outcomes |
The main aim of this course is to equip healthcare professionals with skills to optimize wound care in clinical practice, ensuring an evidence-based and patient-centred approach.
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Syllabus |
• Skin: the sacred mantle that covers us
• Presentation of the 3D Model (diagnosis - decision - dialogue)
• Healing process
• Physiology of Wound Healing
• REAL model concept
• Wound cleaning and debridement
• Wound bed preparation: general concepts
• Focus on Infection vs Inflammation
• Metalloproteases and biofilm
• Burns,
• Chronic wounds, generalities, diagnosis and treatment
• Complex wounds, diagnosis, prevention and treatment
• Moisture Associated Injuries (LAH)
• Pressure ulcers, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and protocols
• Diabetic foot ulcers, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and protocols
• Leg ulcers, diagnosis, prevention, compression and protocols
• Malignant wounds, diagnosis, treatment and referral
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Main Bibliography |
• IWGDF guidelines on the prevention and management of diabetes-related foot disease.
• Address difficult-to-heal wounds with an antibiofilm early intervention strategy: wound hygiene; International Consensus Document; journal of wound care.
• Association between dermatoporosis and history of major osteoporotic fractures: A French prospective observational study in a general practice population; Delphine Villeneuvea, Olivier Lidove.
• ] Kaya G, Saurat J-H. Dermatoporosis: a chronic cutaneous insufficiency/fragility syndrome. Clinicopathological features, mechanisms, prevention and potential treatments. Dermatologia 2007;215:284–94. [2] Saurat J-H. Dermatoporosis. The functional side of skin aging. Dermatology 2007; 215:271–2. [3] Kaya G. [Dermatoporosis: an emerging syndrome]. Rev Med Suisse 2008; 4:1078–8,
• Kluger N, Impivaara S. Prevalence of and risk factors for dermatoporosis: a prospective observational study of dermatology patients in a Finnish tertiary care
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The methodology used will be eminently active, emphasizing student interaction during theoretical classes and practical activities within the community (application of assessment of patients with wounds in a community environment and in institutions).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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