Treating and offloading foot ulcerLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You have knowledge of the origins of various wounds and healing and therapeutic principles. You are familiar with the evidence-based knowledge and documentation in wound care.
You know the wound management principles in health care and are familiar with the care of foot ulcers and offloading in wound care.

Content

What is wound etiology and which are the steps in healing processes?
What kind of wounds are there and how are they classified?
What does the classification of woudcare products mean?
How is wound care documented?
What are the local treatment principles and how do you take samples of foot wounds?
How are wounds offloaded?
What is multidciplinary team work in wound care?

Qualifications

High risk clients in podiatry
Clinical practice I and II

Evaluation

Students can
- use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
- evaluate information sources critically.
- work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
- evaluate operations in client, user and target group situations.
- choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
- apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.