EWMA curricula
EWMA has published several curricula aiming to standardise education of physicians and nurses involved in wound management.
Recently, a curriculum for student nurses (pre-registration) was added.
You can read more and download these curricula below.
Wound management curricula for pre- and post registration qualification of nurses
In the period 2017-2020, EWMA has published a series of European curricula for post-registration qualification of nurses.
This initiative aims to support more standardised content in the existing and future educational programs used in levels 5-7 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
The curricula have been published as online supplements to the Journal of Wound Care.
EWMA works towards a close collaboration with European nurse organisations as well as educational institutions to implement these common curricula.
Wound healing curriculum for physicians
In Spring 2014, a EWMA working group developed a curriculum for physicians involved in wound care, with the aim to ensure that they have a sufficient level of expertise within the area to provide efficient and safe treatment of their patients.
The curriculum was submitted for adoption by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) in April 2015 and has formed the basis for the development of European Training Requirements (ETR) developmed by the UEMS Multidisciplinary Joint Committee – Wound Healing.
The courses offered in the programme offered by the European Fellows in Wound Healing (EAFWH) are based on these ETRs.
Implementation of the EWMA Wound Curricula
Podcast
In this episode of the EWMA podcasts, Samantha Holloway, Chair of the EWMA Education Committee and Teacher Network, speaks to Sebastian Probst and Ida Verheyen-Cronau about the standardisation of the wound education in Europe. Both podcast guests share their experience in implementation of the EWMA level 5 and 6 post-registration curricula for nurses in Switzerland and Germany.
Articles
In this open access article, you can read about in implementation of the EWMA Wound Curricula targeting EQF levels 5 and 6 into an existing E-Learning and Blended-Learning Program in Wound Care for Undergraduate Nursing Students in Switzerland.
Working groups
Wound Curriculum for Student Nurses
EQF level 4
- Elisabeth Lindahl (Sweden)
- Samantha Holloway (UK)
- Paul Bobbink (Switzerland)
- Luc Gryson (Belgium)
- Karen Ousey (UK)
- Andrea Pokorna (Czech Republic)
- Raymond Samuriwo (UK)
- Pedro Luis Pancorbo Hidalgo (Spain)
Wound Curriculum for Nurses EQF level 5
- Andrea Pokorna (Czech Republic)
- Samantha Holloway (UK)
- Robert Strohal (Austria)
- Ida Verheyen-Cronau (Germany)
- Sebastian Probst (Switzerland)
- Sara Rowan (Italy)
Wound Curriculum for Nurses EQF level 6
- Sebastian Probst (Switzerland)
- Samantha Holloway (UK)
- Sara Rowan (Italy)
- Andrea Pokorna (Czech Republic)
Wound Curriculum for Nurses EQF level 7
- Samantha Holloway (UK)
- Andrea Pokorna (Czech Republic)
- Alexandra H. J. Janssen (The Netherlands)
- Karen Ousey (UK)
- Sebastian Probst (Switzerland)
For more information about this initiative, please contact the EWMA Secretariat, ewma@ewma.org
