The First-level Short Specialisation Degree in Management of Skin Lesions and Difficult Wounds (wound care) was created because skin ulcers have an enormous impact on quality of life, on the social lives of patients and on healthcare costs. It is of fundamental importance to use a shared language, uniform and standardised, among the professionals in the same multi-speciality department and the various external professionals with the objective of coming up with the most suitable and appropriate treatments for patients.
It is only by developing and creating a network that includes various diversified professional figures – with the concept of “people taking care of people ” – that the patient can be treated in the most responsible way, with a positive impact on the effectiveness, proper care, and interventions focused on the well-being of the patient and lowering costs.
Therefore, the Master’s degree has the following academic objectives:
- using the same technical and scientific language,
- educating on technical innovations, new materials and devices,
- acquiring a shared sense of responsibility in taking on a patient.
The First-level Short Specialisation Degree in Management of Skin Lesions and Difficult Wounds (wound care) allows for acquiring knowledge not just about theories but also in terms of understanding the important issues in the correct diagnostic framing of the patient affected by chronic cutaneous lesions and how to direct him/her toward the proper medical or surgical treatments.
It is to include live multi-disciplinary discussions, live surgery sessions, with Master’s students frequenting operating rooms and clinics for at least six hours per day, with skills that range from diagnostic framing to outpatient and specialist ward dressings, to surgery, to treatment at local facilities.
Independent judgement is, therefore, one of the primary objectives of the Master’s course, presenting dressing techniques applied by the various lecturers who will rotate throughout the operating rooms, specialised wards, and outpatient clinics throughout the year.
The First-level Short Specialisation Degree in Management of Skin Lesions and Difficult Wounds (wound care) is meant for professionals, such as nurses, in order to make them experts in theory and practice in the treatment of ulcerative pathologies. Having completed the course, students can seek employment in the increasing number of public and private healthcare centres for the treatment of difficult wounds. The ultimate goal is to train professionals who are able to understand and follow the correct treatment pathway for patients with skin ulcers.
The First-level Short Specialisation Degree in Management of Skin Lesions and Difficult Wounds (wound care) is to provide training in:
- principles of anatomy and histology
- biological basis of the healing process
- treatment of healthy skin, children and the elderly
- skin tears…
- WBP- TIME
- diagnostic framing of ulcers
- treatment of vascular ulcers
- medical and surgical treatment
- skin grafts and flaps
- burns
- advanced dressings
- negative pressure therapy
- nursing clinic management
- pressure ulcers
- infected lesions
- diabetic foot
- paediatric ulcers
- neoplastic and autoimmune ulcers
- surgical wounds
- complex trauma
- tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- new technologies in managing patients affected by vascular ulcers
- management of vascular ulcers, therapy in critical ischaemia lesions
- elements of medical therapy in phlebostatic ulcers
- elements of instrumental diagnostics
- superficial and deep venous thrombosis: clinical and instrumental diagnosis
- post-thrombotic syndrome
- bandaging techniques
- educating patients and family members
- stripping of varicose veins
- situation with the health districts
- wound-care research and databases
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2023/24 will be published on the Italian page of this Master according to the timing provided in the Call.
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The Master’s takes place over nine months in monthly cycles. A cycle lasts one week per month, from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. for a total of 40 hours per week. Each cycle will include introductory lessons held in the classroom as well as live lessons in the surgical ward. During the weeks the Master’s course is held, participants will visit hospital wards following their tutor in diagnosing and treating patients affected by cutaneous ulcers.
The academic portion of the Master’s will include lessons, laboratories, practice sessions, seminars, expert accounts, and apprenticeships, with this experience all summed up in the final project (thesis), which will be discussed during the final exam.
Yes, in addition to the final exam, there will be learning checks, typically at the end of each module.
There are to be 200 hours of practical training at the University of Padua Hospital and in the departments that have an agreement with the University of Padua. It is not possible to carry out the internship in centres that don’t have a special agreement with the University of Padua for Master’s course participants.
No, there are no scholarships offered.
There will be some research activities in the university institutions taking part and in collaboration with the main industries involved in skin-ulcer therapy to learn about the biological principles of the main types of advanced dressings and medical devices currently in use for the treatment of skin ulcers (i.e., negative pressure therapy). Research activities will include attending seminars, visiting laboratories, and possibly writing theses papers.