We're excited to announce a new Skill Track in Wound Fundamentals presented in partnership with Ausmed – Wounds Australia Gold Partner and Australia's leading provider of continuing professional development in health. 

Endorsed by and designed with Wounds Australia, the online Skill Track is led by renowned wound care educator Sue Templeton and aimed at nurses and other health professionals caring for people living with wounds. 

Its three modules describe best practice in these aspects of wound management: 

• Wound Assessment 
• Wound Cleansing and Debridement 
• Wound Dressing. 

Complete the modules and pass a capstone assessment – around six hours in total – to receive a Certificate of Accomplishment endorsed by Wounds Australia. 

Supporting better wound care delivery

Wounds Australia's mission is to improve wound care for more people, and education in best practice is one of the ways in which we strive to achieve this. 

Wounds Australia CEO Jeff Antcliff said: "We're incredibly pleased to present such high-quality professional development with our Gold Corporate Member Ausmed, true innovators in online learning. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with William Egan and the Ausmed team over the last 12 months to make this a reality and we know it will support more clinicians to deliver the absolute best wound care and improve healing." 

Ausmed CEO William Egan said: "Ausmed is highly focused on building the capability of Australia's healthcare workforce at scale. You simply can't offer wound care skills to the 400K nurses, let alone the 2.2 million people working across our acute, aged, community and disability sectors, unless it's online. Jeff and the team from Wounds Australia share this vision for the large scale distribution of effective wounds education and assessment online. 

"We think that these types of industry certified micro-credentials will play an increasingly bigger and bigger part of the future of skill acquisition for Australia's health workforce." 

Additionally, Wounds Australia will receive a donation from each enrolment that will help fund research, education and awareness-raising activities. 

Hear from Sue Templeton

What you will learn

The Wound Fundamentals Skill Track has nine intended learning outcomes, including: 

• Taking a holistic approach to assessment and care 
• Describing wound type, size and other characteristics 
• Applying the aseptic technique in practice 
• Understanding how to select wound cleansing agents and techniques, and dressings and other products, appropriate to the wound type 
• Debridement 
• Evaluating healing progress. 

Find out more about the Wound Fundamentals Skill Track. 

Enrol for your chance to win!

Ausmed are giving 30 lucky professionals the chance to win a year's membership (worth up to $110) to Wounds Australia, the only national peak body for wound care. 

The draw is open to: 

• Professionals with relevant qualifications in health or science 
• New Wounds Australia members or, for existing members, renewals only (no refunds) 
• Everyone who enrols in the Wound Fundamentals Skill Track between 17-30 April 2025. 

Thank you to Ausmed for this generous offer. Winners will be drawn at random and notified by 7 May 2025.

About Skill Tracks

An Ausmed Skill Track is a comprehensive learning path designed to teach and assess you on your knowledge and skills in a specific subject. Skill Tracks include a final capstone assessment to validate your learning and ensure practical application of your knowledge. 

About Ausmed

Ausmed supports lifelong learning with comprehensive online education solutions that help individuals and organisations meet training, compliance, and workforce capability needs. Trusted by thousands of healthcare professionals, Ausmed delivers high-quality, evidence-based learning across nursing, aged care, and broader healthcare settings. 

Beyond just education, Ausmed partners with healthcare organisations to build and sustain a capable workforce by ensuring real skills are developed, demonstrated, and applied in practice. Combining learning with practical implementation, Ausmed helps healthcare teams stay competent, compliant, and ready to meet industry challenges. 

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