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increase the efficacy of the learning process on
students or professionals on pressure ulcer
evaluation, diagnosis and care or pharmacological
interventions. The development and validation of
this e-learning module will be concluded in a few
months. Finally, a remarkable issue to be considered
is the possibility of using this same technology
implemented in PULAB for the evaluation and
diagnosis of other sort of skin wounds that require a
teleassistance management similar to the one used
with pressure ulcers and implemented in PULAB.
That could be the case of burn wounds or even
different types of melanomas.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project has been supported by the Consejería
de Salud, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, of the Junta de
Andalucía, project id. PI-0502/2009.
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