The aim of the course is to acquire and deepen the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of non-medical healthcare workers in the treatment of wounds and skin defects. Non-medical healthcare professionals should have sufficient information about new trends and practices in wound care. The acquired knowledge and skills will enable them to treat wounds and defects more easily and effectively and will contribute to improving the patient's quality of life. The skills and knowledge acquired in this course should reduce the number of complications of patients with wounds and defects, shorten their hospitalization and rehospitalization.

 

Course Objective:

• prepare the general nurse, midwife and paramedic to independently perform specific activities related to the nursing care of patients with wounds and defects.

 

Entry requirements:

• completion of qualification studies and adaptation process,
• fitness to practice without a professional supervision
• practice in healthcare for at least 2 years.

 

Schedule:

The total number of hours of theoretical and practical part is 58 hours.

• Theory - 33 hrs.
• Practice - 25 hrs.

 

Course dates in 2025:

I. semester

17 – 19 March 2025 – theoretical part
24 – 26 March 2025 – practical part
23/04/2025 – final exam

 

07 – 09 April 2025 – theoretical part
14 – 16 April 2025 – practical part
06/05/2025 – final exam

II. half year

The dates for the second half of the year have not yet been determined.

 

Venue:

The theoretical part: 

Department of Education, University Hospital, Na Bojišti 1, 120 00 Prague 2

 

Practical part:

1st Surgical Clinic, General Hospital, U Nemocnice 499/2, 128 00 Praha 2,

Department of Geriatrics, Londýnská 545, 120 00 Prague 2,

Department of Dermatovenerology - wound treatment clinic FP VFN, Karlovo náměstí 32, 128 00 Prague 2,

Clinic of Pediatrics and Hereditary Metabolic Disorders, Ke Karlovu 2, 121 09 Prague 2

Clinic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Neonatology, Department of Neonatology, Apolinářská 18, 181 28 Prague 2.

 

Course completion:

The course will be completed by a practical examination in which the course participant will perform and justify the treatment of the wound in the patient. The final exam is a presentation (in the form of PowerPoint) of a case report of a patient with a wound.  

 

Price:

15 000 CZK

The participation of an employee of the General Teaching Hospital in Prague is CZK 1,000

 

Expert guarantors:

The theoretical part
Prof. PhDr. Dagmar Škochová, MBA, phone: +420 22496 4365, e-mail: dagmar.skochova@vfn.cz

Practical part
Mgr. Markéta Koutná, Ph.D., phone: 602 380 189, e-mail: marketa.koutna@vfn.cz

 

Contact to sign up for:

Jana Šimková Bc. Jitka Endlicherová, phone: +420 22496 9509, e-mail: jitka.endlicherova@vfn.cz

 

Login:

You can apply for the course by completing the course application form.   

Please send filled-in applications to:

Bc. Jitka Endlicherová
OV VFN in Prague
Na Bojišti 1 
120 00 Prague 2

or electronically to: jitka.endlicherova@vfn.cz