title: Education saves lives.
abstract: I was asked recently to run a one-day leg ulcer course. The expectation was that participants could do patient assessment and Doppler in the morning, bandaging in the afternoon and a competency test at the end (and could we finish by 3.30, please).
authors.affiliation: Principal Lecturer Tissue Viability, Reader in Learning and Teaching in Healthcare Practice, University of Hertfordshire.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000451:nursing; D013192:Staff Development