Education

Learn, grow, and stay current in wound care

A qualification, a research and publishing programme, a growing archive of past Wound Awareness Week content by subject, and the wider organisations shaping wound care education across Aotearoa.


Featured qualification

Certificate in Wound Debridement

Delivered with Otago Polytechnic
Intake
April, each year
Practicums
Dunedin or Auckland
Scholarships
Available to members

New Zealand’s only 700-level wound debridement qualification, delivered with Otago Polytechnic.

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Browse

By subject

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Core skills

Fundamentals

Recorded webinars and resources on surgical wound care, asepsis, surgical site infection, skin tears and the Coloplast Heal Programme.

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Complex wounds

Hard To Heal

Recorded webinars and resources on frail skin and dermatoporosis, and burns and scalds.

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Prevention & care

Pressure Injury

The Pressure Injury Resource Hub, free HealthEd prevention resources, and a recorded webinar on the clinical practice guidelines.

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Develop your practice

Research & publishing

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Members

Research Methods

Research webinars for NZWCS members, to help you plan, carry out and share your own wound care research.

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Case studies

Case Study How To

Guidance, awards and competitions for case study writing, including the annual Undergraduate Case Study Competition.

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Directory

Education Organisations

A curated directory of partner institutions and training providers, in New Zealand and internationally.

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Campaign

Wound Awareness Week — July

Webinars and resources from NZWCS’s annual awareness campaign. The 2026 theme was Wound Hygiene.

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