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| Course name | Elective subject - Antimicrobial activities in wound infections |
| Course ID | 12.0-WL-LekAM-ElS_AInfE- 22 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Field of study | WLiNZ - oferta ERASMUS / Medical |
| Education profile | - |
| Level of studies | Long-cycle studies leading to MS degree (6 years) |
| Beginning semester | winter term 2023/2024 |
| Semester | 5 |
| ECTS credits to win | 1 |
| Course type | obligatory |
| Teaching language | polish |
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| The class form | Hours per semester (full-time) | Hours per week (full-time) | Hours per semester (part-time) | Hours per week (part-time) | Form of assignment |
| Class | 15 | 1 | - | - | Credit |
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the principles of identification, diagnosis and antimicrobial agents stewardship in wound infections as well as preventive methods of wound infections.
Completed Microbiology course
1. Difference between wound contamination and infection; stages of infection development: colonization, local infection, spread of infection and systemic infection. The microbiome of skin and wounds. The role of bacterial biofilm in wound infections.
2. Methods of preventing the development of infection. Factors predisposing to wound infections.
3. Principles of diagnosis of wound infections; methods of collecting material for diagnostics, the role of microbiological swabs.
4. Antimicrobial treatment of wounds; the use of antiseptics and lavaseptics in wound infection, resistance to antiseptics; use of natural antimicrobials.
5. Principles of optimal antibiotic therapy, principles of using antibiotics in the treatment of wounds; antibiotic resistance, ways to reduce the development of antibiotic resistance.
6. Examples of antimicrobial activities in wound infections in clinical practice.
Providing content with the use of multimedia presentations, discussion - classes adapted to the form of direct implementation and using e-learning platforms.
| Outcome description | Outcome symbols | Methods of verification | The class form |
Final credit based on the prepared description of a clinical case with the proposed treatment regimen. During the course, one excused absence is allowed, which must be made up in writing or orally, within the time limit agreed with the teacher.
1. Kramer A, Dissemond J, Kim S, et al. Consensus on Wound Antisepsis: Update 2018. Skin Pharmacol Physiol. 2018;31(1):28-58.
2. Lipsky BA, Dryden M, Gottrup F, Nathwani D, Seaton RA, Stryja J. Antimicrobial stewardship in wound care: a Position Paper from the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and European Wound Management Association. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016;71(11):3026-3035.
Further reading
1. European Wound Management Association publications: https://ewma.org/
Modified by dr Justyna Mazurek-Popczyk (last modification: 07-05-2023 23:26)
