Conference
Join us for the 17th Annual Wound Care Conference!
The Canadian Association of Wound Care is pleased to report that plans for the 17th Annual Wound Care Conference, to be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre from November 3 to 6, 2011, are well underway. This year’s conference theme is Surgical Wounds, Burns and Infections.
Once again, the conference will feature four educational streams: basic clinical, advanced clinical, research, and public policy and education.
Conference co-chairs Mariam Botros, a chiropodist with Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, and Marc Despatis, a vascular surgeon with Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, note: “This year’s conference promises interesting and informative sessions for all healthcare professionals. The focus will be on the challenges of wound care at all levels – in the ER and hospital, in long-term care, and in the community.”
With respect to surgical wounds, sessions will focus on such issues as open surgical wounds and pilonidal sinus wounds. The burn management theme will feature sessions addressing pediatric and adult burns, as well as burn management in the rehabilitation setting. As always, says Botros, “the conference will explore the transdisciplinary role of wound care, while ensuring that the patient’s point of view is addressed.”
Speakers will be local, national and international wound care experts. Sessions that participants can look forward to include:
- International consensus on skin tears
- Challenges in wound care research
- Best practice: Open surgical wounds
- Diagnostic challenges: Inflammation vs. infection
- Complex wounds in the emergency room
- Research on negative pressure therapy
- Allied health – a hidden gem
“We are very excited about this year’s conference agenda,” says Patricia Coutts, President of the Canadian Association of Wound Care. “There are sessions of interest for everyone who attends, and we’re looking forward to the tremendous opportunities for collaboration and interaction between speakers and attendees.”
We look forward to seeing you in Ottawa!