Education & Training
Higher Degree Research Students Under the CRC’s post-graduate scholarship program 3 new PhD students, 1 Masters and 2 Honours student commenced their studies in FY2016 and as of June 30th 2016 the program included a total of 39 students actively engaged with the CRC along with 22 CRC alumni who have completed all requirements for their degrees: • • •
33 PhDs (an additional 9 complete) 4 Masters (an additional 5 complete) 2 honours students (an additional 8 complete)
The CRC has achieved or exceeded all milestones relating to PhD student commencement, publications and patents to date. CRC students are productive and fully engaged in the CRC Projects with over 70% of CRC publications or presentations involving CRC students. Student completion milestones and graduate destination milestones are delayed due to the extended length of time taken over thesis preparation and the lengthy examination process associated with PhDs and the substitution of scholarships for one year honours students with two years’ master student scholarships.
The WMI CRC anticipates that PhD completion milestones will be achieved. The WMI CRC has instituted a student completion bonus scheme to ensure that students remain engaged with the CRC through their write up and examination periods and beyond. The CRC has provided online IP training to ensure that all students are aware of their IP obligations.
Complementing the educational strategies, the CRC is aiming to implement two credentialing strategies: 1.
A healthy Skin accreditation reward program for both products and services will be developed and operated from the Healthy Skin Node in order to promote and reward adherence to best practice guidelines, through a program similar to the Heart Foundation tick program. Apart from providing a competitive edge to companies adhering to best practice guidelines, the program will also help to empower staff in their decisions and lead to better wound care outcomes.
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Developing a professional recognition scheme for specialist wound care clinicians, powered by an online portal and with endorsement and support from Wounds Australia and built for sustainability.
Professional education and credentialing The WMI CRC has established WHIA to provide online education on wound healing and skin care with endorsement as a continuing professional education provider by the Australian College of Nursing, The Royal College of General Practitioners and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. Complementing the online education provided by WHIA, the WMI CRC Healthy Aging node focuses on customising educational module provision, face-to face training in wound prevention and care and workshops in the aged care sector while the Australian Wound Innovation Centre will provide face to face training in wound management best practices. These integrated approaches will improve outcomes for patients with wounds and promote organisational, clinical and
Lecturers:
Research associates:
Dr Christina Parker (QUT Dr Jane O’Brien (University of Tasmania)
Dr Daniel Broszczak (QUT) Dr Thomas Michl (UniSA) Andrew Stevenson (Fiona Wood Foundation) Dr Ais Jenie (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) Dr Fransiska Krismatuthi (Indonesian Institute of Sciences) Dr Chen Fan (ASTAR – Singapore) Dr Dario Stupar (ASTAR – Singapore) Dr Hashim Alhmoud (UniSA) Dr Htwe Mon (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA) Dr Roshan Vasani (UniSA)
Other:
The next generation of wound researchers trained by the CRC are now working as:
educational strategies for the prevention of wounds and maintenance of skin integrity.
Dr Michelle Gibb (Clinical Director, WMI CRC) Dr Mehmood Nasir (Independent consultant)
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