New Technologies in the Treatment of Complex Wounds

Code: ENF16089O

1 ECTS

Duration: 1 weeks/26 hours

Scientific Area: Health Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: B-learning

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Objective:
- To update knowledge on emerging and innovative therapeutic options in the healing and treatment of complex wounds.

Competences:
- Reveals clinical reasoning skills for differential diagnosis and decision-making in the approach to the person with complex wounds;
- Demonstrates skills in prevention, diagnostic judgement and treatment based on the latest scientific evidence;
- Demonstrates clinical competences based on the selection of innovative therapeutic options in the context of clinical case discussions.

- Skin architecture and functions
- Wounds and the wound healing process
- Conventional approaches to wound healing
- Innovative strategies and new technologies for wound healing (photobiomodelling, cell therapy, extracellular matrix-based approaches, platelet-rich plasma-based approaches and cold plasma treatment therapy)
- Challenges and future prospects

Teaching Methods

Strategies that stimulate the personal and professional development of health professionals will be prioritised, based on work that stimulates clinical reasoning and skills training, through interactive discussion of clinical cases using the Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methodology. Discussion and reflection on clinical cases that contribute to better application of knowledge and understanding of the person with a complex wound will be encouraged. The content taught by an expert in clinical practice is intended to contribute to the development of specific skills in assessing and making decisions about different therapeutic options, within the scope of new technologies and innovative approaches. This course, supported by the MedTech-Next Project, includes the use of advanced technological resources, namely digital environments and technological platforms applied to training. As an e-learning course, online sessions will be held (10 hours: 8T; 2OT). The assessment method for the course is continuous assessment, with students participating in the sessions and carrying out the proposed activities. The final assessment consists of an individual test on the Moodle Platform (100 per cent), in which the student must obtain a mark of no less than 10 on a scale of 0 to 20 in order to be successful.

Assessment

The assessment method for the course is continuous assessment, with students participating in the sessions and carrying out the proposed activities. The final assessment consists of an individual test on the Moodle Platform (100 per cent), in which the student must obtain a mark of no less than 10 on a scale of 0 to 20 in order to be successful.