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A wise decision when choosing adequate products to treat chronic wounds depends on
proper diagnosis and characterization of the chronic wound. Developing skills for treating and
diagnosing chronic wounds requires not only academic knowledge, but also other types of
knowledge not easily acquired through traditional instructional methodologies. The expertise
obtained by individuals, when they are solving real life practical cases, is very important to
diagnose and correctly treat chronic wounds. This additional empirical knowledge is not easily
transmitted in classrooms, and so the academic instruction should be completed with real life
practical examples and practical cases. The e-Fer Web Based Learning Environment for chronic
wounds, is a case based learning tool for assisting nursing students to develop skills for
diagnosing and treating chronic wounds. This paper will briefly describe some characteristics of
the platform, and our main goal is to present our novel approach to implement the adaptive
version of the learning environment. We are also going to discuss our user model, and the types of
learning support that we decided to implement in the system.
; Costa, Rogério 
