Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Inter-university certificate in wounds and healing | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
"Skin microbiota and wound prevention" course (Partim P.Melin):
Contents
- Skin microflora: introduction/ Commensal or mutual relationship/ Quorum sensing/ situations at risk for infection/ resident and transient flora/ Content and density/ Intra and inter individual variations/ Pathological modifications/ Bacterial and exogenous factors/ Hand hygiene
- Infections associated with skin flora
- Prevention
- Advantages of antiseptics on topical antibiotic use
- Prophylaxis and antibiotic therapy (WHO and others), including management of bite wounds and burns
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
"Skin microbiota and wound prevention" course (Partim P.Melin):
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- describe skin microbiota, role, fluctuations and variations
- identify the infectious risk of the skin flora and modulating factors
- describe the microbiological effect of the different hand washing methods
- identify the different risk factors with wound infections
- understand prevention strategies for infection of the different types of wounds
- describe the characteristics of two important bacterial pathogens Clostridium tetani and Clostridium perfringens and associated prevention strategies
- comments the WHO guidelines for prevention of wound infection
- refer to different specific protocols for the management of different types of wound, including bites and burns
- argue the expected benefits from antiseptics when compared with topical antibiotics
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
"Skin microbiota and wound prevention" course (Partim P.Melin):
- The course is taught as lectures, supported by PowerPoint-type slides.
- Students are invited to ask their questions during lectures, after or by email.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
"Skin microbiota and wound prevention" course (Partim P.Melin):
- Face-to-face
- The slide sets, an electronic version is made available through the coordinating secretary
Recommended or required readings
Written exam with multiple choice questions
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Lecture on "Skin microbiota and wound prevention" (Partim P.Melin):
Clinical microbiology Department
University Hospital of Liège,
B-23 Sart Tilman,
4000 LIEGE
Belgium
Secretary
For any contact or to fix an appointment, please contact the secretary Mrs MC Lhote
- Phone : 00.32.4.366.24.39
- Telecopy: 00.32.4.366.24.40
- email : micromed@uliege.be
- Pierrette.Melin@uliege.be