title: The Wound CARE Instrument: the process for developing standards for wound management education and programming.
abstract: This article describes the collaborative process undertaken by the Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy and the Canadian Association of Wound Care in an effort to improve the quality of wound prevention and management education and programming. The end result of this process is the Wound CARE Instrument which promotes an interprofessional, collaborative appraisal process to support the development, adoption or adaption of wound management educational events and programs.
authors.affiliation: eQuadra, Calgary, Alberta T3B 1M2. heather.orsted@equadra.ca
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Orsted
authors.forename: M Gail
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Woodbury
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000193:education*; D016730:Program Development; D017592:Skin Care / Q000592:standards*; D012958:Societies, Scientific / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*