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Programme

Monday, 23 January 2012
 
 
09:50 Opening Remarks by the Chairpersons:
Emilio Galea, Head of Nursing Education, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Jan-Marie Morgan, Practice Development Nurse and Wound Care Specialist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
   
Session 1: Cost Effectiveness
Moderator: A. Prof. Jane Griffiths, Director of Nursing, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
 
10:00 Keynote Presentation: Why Wound Management Matters
Madeleine Flanagan, Programme Director MSc Dermatology Skills & Treatment, School Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
 
10:30

Good Wound Management Outcomes = Economic Sense
Stuart Newman, Lecturer in Health Services Management, Sydney Nursing School, The University Of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

 
11:00 Q & A
 
11:15 Coffee Break
   
Session 2: Chronic Wound Care
Moderator: Jan-Marie Morgan, Practice Development Nurse & Wound Care Specialist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
 
11.45 Pressure Ulcers: An Inexpensive Solution to a Very Expensive Problem
Emilio Galea,
Head of Nursing Education, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 
12:15 Diabetic Foot Complications: The Burden on Health Care Systems
Dr. Timothy Fisher,
Consulting Podiatric Surgeon and Diabetic Foot Specialist, Dr. Sobeh's Clinic, Dubai Health Care City, Dubai, UAE
 
12:45 Q & A
 
13:00 Lunch break
   
Session 3: Best Practice
Moderator: Emilio Galea, Head of Nursing Education, Al Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
 
14:30 Nutrition and its Impact on Wound Healing
Wafaa Helmi Ayesh,
Director of Clinical Nutrition Department, Clinical Support Services Sector – DHA, Dubai, UAE
 
15:00 Protocols, Policies and Guidelines, an Effective Way of Improving Wound Healing Outcomes
Jan-Marie Morgan,
Practice Development Nurse & Wound Care Specialist, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
 
15:30 Q & A
 
15:45 Coffee Break
   
Session 4: Education in Wound Care
Moderator: Stuart Newman, Lecturer in Health Services Management, Sydney Nursing School, The University  Of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
 
16:15 Education: Building Wound Care Knowledge and Skills
Madeleine Flanagan, Programme Director MSc Dermatology Skills & Treatment, School Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK
 
16:45 Wound Care Teams for International Healthcare
William Ruschhaupt, M.D.,
Chair, Global Patient Services, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Mario Skugor, M.D.,
Co-Director, Endocrinology and Reproductive Organ Block, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
   
17:15  Q & A
 
17:30 Close of Wound Care Conference 2012
 
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