University research into wound models wins awards

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A West Yorkshire university has scooped national awards for its research into creating skin wound models for healthcare training.

The team based at the University of Huddersfield have been developing a range of models to help train student medics before they encounter patients in clinics.

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Dr Jessica Senior, a senior lecturer at the university's Department of Pharmacy, said the designs gave students confidence before tackling real-world examples.

"Because they have had that model it has bridged a bit of that gap between a model and the real patient," she said.