Wound Management & Skin Integrity Course (Intermediate)

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The SLEC CommCare Academy aims to be a thought leader in eldercare training and education, and a premium training provider in the community care sector. We will employ innovative pedagogy to deliver a comprehensive range of educational programmes, especially in areas such as palliative care, skin and wound care, dementia care and rehabilitation care.

Check out the courses available below. For additional information, please email commcareacademy@slec.org.sg.

Wound Management & Skin Integrity Course (Intermediate)

Description
Course Trainer
Course Fees
Date, Time & Venue
Registration

Course Overview

This course focus to provide relevant and useful information to guide healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of skin and wound care of lower body. Foot ulcers can occur in any person, and is described as broken-down skin, appearing on the lower leg or feet. Even small ulcers on the foot can turn into a serious risk because they may heal very slowly and need rigorous treatment to heal. Foot ulcers can also develop into serious infections, with the probability of amputation at an advanced stage for a person with Diabetes ¹.

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Course Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

promote best practice in maintaining patient skin integrity, ensuring consistency of clinical practices related to prevention and management of skin breakdown / tear.
perform monofilament test for DFUs and ABPI accurately with handheld doppler.
identify and describe skin lesions and conditions among the elders.
adopt the ABC Model for Leg Ulcer Management, apply compression bandaging / hosiery effectively.

Who should attend

This course is opened to nurses who had completed basic skin care course or SLEC Wound Management and Skin Integrity course (Basic):

Registered Nurses
Enrolled Nurses

Training Hours
16

Ms Susie Goh
Director of Nursing, Residential-based Nursing in St Luke’s ElderCare

Susie Goh has extensive experiences as a wound and ostomy nurse across a variety of settings. She is the Master Trainer at St Luke’s ElderCare, Learning Hub. She has attained her Stoma Care and Continence Management Certificate, Singapore, Wound Management Certificate at University of South Australia, Faculty of Nursing, and Post Graduate Certificate in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, Cardiff University, UK. Susie has a deep passion and interest in wound care, particularly in the management of skin tear, pressure injury, and ostomy care and has conducted many wound courses and workshops for nurses. Currently a committee member for the Wound Healing Society (Singapore) and member of the National Quality Council, Nursing Subcommittee Pressure Injury Workgroup .

The full course is $327.00 (including prevailing GST). Prevailing course fee subsidy at 90% for Singapore Citizens/Permanent Residents and 45% for work pass holders working in eligible community care organisations.

Available date(s):

a. Dates to be advised

Time:
9am to 6pm

Venue:
To Be Confirmed

* The training venue may change due to unforeseen circumstances and the trainees will be informed accordingly.

For AIC Community Care Organisations, please register via AIC LMS at

AIC Learning Network

For additional information, please contact CommCare Academy at commcareacademy@slec.org.sg