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The Master’s program aims to train nurses to become specialists in skin lesions. The course is designed to deepen participants’ understanding of difficult-to-heal wounds—that is, lesions that have not progressed through the normal stages of healing for at least 4 weeks despite standard treatment. For this type of lesion, it is essential to understand the proper multidisciplinary approach and the roles of all the professionals involved in the diagnostic and therapeutic process. The course aims to explain the organization of a tertiary-level center for complex wounds, the clinical pathways within it, the epidemiology and statistical data on this phenomenon in our region, the classification of wounds, and how to arrive at an accurate diagnosis. The various types of difficult wounds will then be discussed: post-traumatic and burn ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, vascular ulcers, neoplastic ulcers, vasculitic ulcers, pediatric ulcers, pressure ulcers, and home management of these wounds. The course will then explain the proper use of wound care products through a description of the advanced dressings currently available on the market and the principles of Wound Bed Preparation, with particular focus on each phase of the process—namely, debridement, infection treatment, exudate management, the re-epithelialization phase, pain management, and the principles of compression using bandages. The session will then cover new technologies used in wound management, particularly new debridement devices, negative pressure therapy—which will also be addressed through hands-on exercises—indications for hyperbaric therapy, and future prospects. The session will cover surgical indications for patients with difficult-to-heal wounds, reconstructive techniques, and biomaterials. Specifically, it will demonstrate debridement techniques, surgical indications, how to perform skin grafts, pedicled and microsurgical flaps, the use of biomaterials, diabetic foot surgery, and the surgical treatment of pressure ulcers. This will be followed by observation of surgical procedures in the operating room and a discussion of postoperative patient management. Finally, the course will cover research prospects, cell therapy, and the establishment of a skin bank. By the end of the course, nurses will have a comprehensive overview of the management of patients with difficult-to-heal wounds.

The results of the admissions will be published in this section.