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Skin Anatomy, Physiology and Healing
Gain the introductory knowledge on wounds and wound healing
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Dana Palmer
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Dana Palmer

Dr. Dana Palmer specialises in the integumentary system, wound healing, and amputation prevention

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Introduction

This course provide provides an introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the skin, and the basic principles of wound healing including the skin's response to injury, normal tissue healing, the phases of acute wound healing, and the altered healing in chronic wounds.

Aims

This course aims to introduce the basic principles of wound care.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.
Types of Activities - Reading Physiopedia pages, journal articles, book chapters. Watching videos. Attempting quizzes. Participating in an international discussion forum.
Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1.2 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

  1. Respect the Plus Community Culture.
  2. Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
  3. Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
  4. Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
  5. Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

  • discuss the functions and roles of the skin to maintain overall health
  • describe the anatomy and physiology of the skin
  • identify the categories and phases of normal wound healing
  • describe the causes of wounds and explain how they can become chronic
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