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Education Committee Report
January 25, 2003
CAWC Board Retreat

Education Committee

  • David Keast (Chair)
  • Heather Orsted
  • Connie Harris
  • Laura Teague
  • Kathryn Kozell
  • Patti Barton
  • Cathy Burrows
  • Terri Lebate
  • Marilyn McQueen
  • Steven Landis
  • Christine Pearson
  • Julie Forman
  • Gary Sibbald
  • Nancy Parslow

CAWC Approach to Education

The CAWC has a graded approach to education taking responsibility for three basic levels:

  1. Basic knowledge in wound bed preparation and the prevention and management of pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcer and neurotrophic (diabetic) foot ulcers. (S1 Workshop)
  2. Practical skills in lower leg assessment, compression therapy and debridement. (S2 Workshop)
  3. Integration of knowledge and skills through exposure to experienced clinicians. (S3 Preceptorships)

For those wound care clinicians who wish to go beyond this basic level, the International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course at the University of Toronto (S4) is available and can lead to the Masters (S5) course currently under development. Exciting work is underway at the international level to foster international approaches to education and S6 represents the international level. This approach is summarized in the following figure.

The annual national conference is also viewed as part of the CAWC’s overall education program and will continue to provide opportunities for participants from novice to expert by providing education opportunities and an opportunity to network with colleagues. The national conference is also viewed through its Forums as providing wound care clinicians with opportunities for input into public policy and clinical practice guidelines and educational approaches.

Education Levels

Accomplishments for the Past Year

  1. 7th Annual Conference in London – 600 participants
  2. Development and piloting the S1 Workshop in Toronto – 500 participants
  3. Development and piloting the S2 Workshop in Toronto – 240 participants
  4. 8th Annual Conference in Vancouver – 540 participants
  5. Development of CD ROM’s to support the workshops and other educational initiatives.
  6. Committee met once in Vancouver and has regularly exchanged information and feedback via e-mail group.
  7. First Educational Forum at the Vancouver Conference

Work Plan for the Year

  1. Roll out S1 and S2 Workshops across Canada
  2. Pilot the S3 Preceptorship
  3. Develop a template for the annual conference
  4. Begin development of S1 and S2 in French
  5. Regular schedule of committee conference calls

Roll Out of S1 and S2

The goal is to have both the S1 and S2 workshops offered regionally at least once in each calendar year. Regional workshops would be in

      1. Maritimes
      2. Ontario
      3. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
      4. British Columbia
      5. Quebec (once developed)

Guiding Principles

  1. The CAWC will maintain tight control of the content and the quality of the workshops.
  2. The CAWC will maintain copyright control of all materials
  3. The workshops will operate at no net financial cost to the CAWC and where possible will generate a small profit for other initiatives.

Two Models of Workshop

These two models are not mutually exclusive.

Model 1: CAWC Sponsored

  • Initiated by the education committee in each of the regions
  • Local organizing committee
  • Supervised by education committee
  • Initial workshop should involve previous faculty as well as local wound care clinicians
  • Full logistical support

Model 2: CAWC Supported

  • Initiated by local interests
  • Local organizing committee
  • Supervised by education committee
  • May involve local faculty but CAWC will supply the main faculty and will approve local presenters
  • May opt for full or partial logistical support
  • Must include an agreement on fees which covers all costs and returns a small profit to the CAWC

S3 Pilot

There are 240 wound care clinicians in Ontario who have completed both S1 and S2 and who may wish to move onto a supervised clinical experience to integrate the skills and knowledge components. Previous experience suggests that we have to organize placements for about 120 people in 2003.

Educational Goal

To provide an opportunity for wound care clinicians to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired in the S1 and S2 workshops by pairing with experienced wound care teams or clinicians.

Educational Objectives:

By the completion of the S3 participants will have had opportunities to:

  1. Conduct a global assessment of a person with a wound
  2. Complete a full lower limb assessment including physical examination, Doppler assessment and neurosensory testing
  3. Assess for bacterial load
  4. Observe debridement of non-viable tissue
  5. Develop a plan of care which takes into account patient centered concerns and takes a global approach to wound management
  6. Observe the application of compression therapy
  7. Observe interdisciplinary practice models*
  8. Meet personally set educational goals*

*optional

Proposed Approach

  1. The CAWC will develop a resource list of potential Precetorship sites and obtain their agreement to participate. Sites may be an individual or a group. All sites must be able to meet objectives 1 through 6. Sites will be asked to specify what other experiences they can provide. (Target completion – March 2003)
  2. The CAWC will develop educational materials for a mail out package to include
    1. Educational Objectives
    2. Participant planning sheet for developing personal educational objectives
    3. List of approved sites
    4. Participant code of conduct (Target completion – March 2003)
  3. The CAWC will act as a clearinghouse, matching participants to their proposed sites.
  4. The CAWC will collect a registration fee, which will cover all administrative costs, and an honorarium for the site which will be forwarded to the site after successful completion.
  5. Participants to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements and negotiate their educational experience based on their personal educational objectives.
  6. Participants will negotiate their own times of attendance with the site.
  7. The precetorship should include at least two days experience, which may or may not be continuous.
  8. The CAWC will assume no liability regarding the experience but will set the framework and act as broker.
  9. Sites will not certify participants as competent to perform any activity.
  10. Participants, on successful completion, will receive a Certificate of Attendance, which will name the site and list the activities experienced.
    
         
   

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