Education in wound care: Curricula for doctors and nurses, and experiences from the German wound healing society ICW

The German wound healing society ICW (Initiative Chronische Wunden) started a training program for nurses in 2005. Certified by TÜV Rheinland the courses are regularly audited and the quality is ensured. More than 30000 nurses attended these courses in Germany. In three Chinese hospitals the ICW cou...

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Autor principal: Münter, Karl-Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Editorial
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27602234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40779-016-0094-1
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Sumario:The German wound healing society ICW (Initiative Chronische Wunden) started a training program for nurses in 2005. Certified by TÜV Rheinland the courses are regularly audited and the quality is ensured. More than 30000 nurses attended these courses in Germany. In three Chinese hospitals the ICW courses have been adopted. A close collaboration between Chinese and German experts in wound healing let to their further development and improvement. The article reviews the need for education in the treatment of chronic wounds for medical personnel - nurses and doctors. Experiences and perspectives are discussed.

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