Wound Care: A Case Study

Question: 1.3- Describe the steps for a proposed educational program in wound care. Explain your strategies and approaches.

Baranoski et al (9) described in detail their steps in developing educational programs.

Assessing learning needs is the first step mentioned. It is important to establish where our population of learners is in order to tailor the best educational program for them. In order to do so, a variety of methods can be used. Some of those proposed are surveys, interviews and quality assessment/improvement data, among others and will also be used to define the audience. Once the needs assessment has been done, it will provide the foundations from which we can move forward.

The program design would be the next step. It comprises

Then building a timeframe and a solid and precise action plan to complete the tasks at hand efficiently in a reasonable amount of time would be key in my organisation for potential teammates already has a busy schedule. Delegation of certain tasks would be essential to the development of the program and would range from approaching speakers, reservation of material and the teaching location. Building a complete and detailed action plan along with a strong, motivated team is the cornerstone of any organisation of an event. For example, in the Family Medicine Center in which I work, I would approach the physician education director, the wound care nurse of the affiliated hospital and a nurse from the outpatient clinic to discuss an outline of objectives and methods to use. A Likert scale would likely be used to first establish our evaluation protocol for each activity and for the complete

The reason behind this statement is that the cost of those studies is quite low and they do not need an extended team to perform. The case studies and case series are an interesting way to reflect on previous treatments and outcomes obtained with certain patients. It also allows to review the literature pertaining clinical issues in my practice. In a clinical setting with limited resources those studies can be of value in order to open discussions on previous management. The cross-sectional studies are especially important in order to develop hypothesis or to evaluate pre and post intervention prevalence of wound on wards. The ecological study would be interesting from a Health Canada perspective in the evaluation of disease, but less likely to be used in my community clinic and