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Panel debate: Time to educate healthcare professionals
Wednesday 25 September 2024, 17:00 – 18:45, SwissTech Auditorium
Moderated by: Tom O’Connor, Andrea Pokorná
The panel discussion will provide different perspectives coming from a physician, nurse, physiotherapist, podiatrist, pre-clinical researcher and patient.
The provision of education for health care professionals is considered to be a fundamental aspect in preventing and treating pressure ulcers. Research suggests that by equipping healthcare professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes they will gain the necessary competencies. Based on this premise we can significantly reduce the incidence and impact of pressure ulcers, ultimately improving patient outcomes and quality of care. It is reasonable to assume therefore that pressure ulcer prevention and treatment are core curriculum topics across all professions. Indeed, ideally this would take place within an interprofessional education context. We do know however that there is a lot of variation across countries and professional groupings as to how and when PU education is delivered. In resource intensive and content heavy health professional curricula, there can also be barriers to ensuring that PU education is fully included. This panel discussion aims to explore these differences and similarities across the health professions and crucially also aims to include the voice of those who are at risk of, or suffering from, PUs.
Confirmed Key Session Speakers at EPUAP 2024
Dr. Elisabeth Ayello – Excelsior College of Nursing, USA
Prof. Katrin Balzer – University of Lübeck, Germany
Prof. Dimitri Beeckman – Ghent University, Belgium & Orebro University, Sweden
Dr. Joyce Black – University of Nebraska, USA
Dr. Mohamed Bouri – EPFL, Switzerland
Dr. Guido Ciprandi – Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Italy
Dr. Susanne Coleman – University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr. Matteo di Nardo – Bambino Gesu Childrens’s Hospital, Italy
Ms. Rie Fujisawa – OECD
Prof. Amit Gefen – Tel Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Georgina Gethin – University of Galway, Ireland
Beata Gress-Halasz PhD – University of P.J. Šafárik, Slovakia
Mr. Tino Jucker – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Jan Kottner – Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Dr. Ana Lamza – Sv. Duh, Croatia
Dr. Abigail Langton – University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Philip Larkin PhD – Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
Prof. Zena Moore – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Ms. Delia Muir – University of Leeds, UK
Mr. Diego Paez-Grandos – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Andrea Pokorna – Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
Prof. Sebastien Probst – Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland
Prof. Pierre-Yves Rohan – ENSAM, France
Dr. Anna-Barbara Schluer – Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
Ms. Dominique Sigaudo-Roussel – Universite Claude Bernard Lyon, France
Ms. Knaerke Soegaard – Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Dr. Silvia Thomann – Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Mr. Menno van Etten, Norway
Prof. Daphne Weihs – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Mr. Boas Wijker – Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Hannah Wilson PhD – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
Ms. Pauline Wilson – RCSI St. James’ Hospital, Ireland
Dr. Peter Worsley – University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Sofia Zahia PhD – University of Deusto, Spain
The Key session Speakers will be announced soon!
Download the EPUAP 2023 Abstract book here
Confirmed Key Session speakers
- Prof. Amit Gefen, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Prof. Andrea Pokorná, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic
- RN MSc. Anika Fourie, Ghent University, Belgium
- Dr. Anna-Barbara Schlüer RN, Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
- Prof. Barnaby C Reeves, University of Bristol, UK
- Prof. Brendan McCormack, University of Sydney, Australia
- Dr. Caroline McGraw, University of London, UK
- Dr. Clare Greenwood, University of Leeds, UK
- Dr. Chunhu Shi, University of Manchester, UK
- Ms. Delia Muir, University of Leeds, UK
- Prof. Dimitri Beeckman, Ghent University, Belgium; Orebro University, Sweden
- Prof. Franco Bassetto, University of Padova, Italy
- Prof. Guido Ciprandi, Bambino Gesu’ Children’s Hospital Rome, Italy
- Prof. Jan Kottner, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Prof. Joyce Black, University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, USA
- Prof. Jane Nixon, University of Leeds, UK
- Prof. Jo Dumville, University of Manchester, UK
- Prof. Lisette Schoonhoven, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Dr. Lisa Ledger, University of Derby, UK
- Prof. Liudi Jiang, University of Southampton, UK
- Dr. Neesha Oozageer Gunowa, University of Surrey, UK
- Dr. Noreen O´Brien, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- Dr. Paulo Alves, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
- Dr. Peter Worsley, University of Southampton, UK
- Prof. Sebastian Probst, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva
- RN Msc. Steven Smet, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
- Dr. Susanne Coleman, University of Leeds, UK
- Msc Zainaba Jones, Malmo Stad, Sweden
- Prof. Zena Moore, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland