Arne Buss, German Wound Healing Society (DGfW)

When I started my career in the field of nursing I was working in a long term care facility during my civil service and decided to undergo training in geriatric nursing where I made my first experiences in wound care. Having finished training I decided to study nursing science (BA) at a university in Osnabrück, Germany. After I had become a BA in nursing science I moved to Berlin to take part in the Charité Nursing Science Master course. Since 2 ½ years I am working part-time as a research assistant for the German Society of Wound Healing and Wound Treatment (DGfW). My occupation comprises tasks within the frame of research projects, educational activities, congresses, and others. My kind of special interest, as far as I can say, is prevention of pressure ulcers. Thus the topic of the Master thesis I am about to finish these days is about pressure ulcer prevention rather nurses’ knowledge in PU prevention. Moreover I just took up a position as a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg (HAW).

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Ann-Mari Fagerdahl, Swedish Wound Care Nurses Association (SSiS)

I am a registered nurse since 1998. Educated as OR-nurse in Oslo, Norway 2000. I have a master of science in nursing from Karolinska Institutet 2007. I am working as an OR-nurse and unit leader with development and education at the OR ward for general surgery at Södersjukhuset in Stockholm. I am also registered PhD-student at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset since 2008. My research topic is Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – treatment effects and the impact on the patient’s quality of life. I have done my half time seminars in 2011 and am expected to perform my dissertation in March 2013. I am also a board member for the Swedish Society of Tissue Viability Nurses.

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Jacques Oskam, Dutch Organisation of Wound Care Nurses (NOVW)

Dr Jacques Oskam is practising as a vascular surgeon in Zwolle, the Netherlands. He is specialized in the care of chronic en complicated wounds, especially of the lower extremity.

He gained national publicity by his vision of developing multidisciplinary wound care centers in dutch hospitals, moreover he promoted training for woundcare nurses and has written a textbook on wound care for health workers. He is also one of the initiators of a yearly national wound congress for wound nurses en doctors (NOVW practicum and this year National Wound Congres 2012). Jacques Oskam is president of the Dutch Advisory Board Woundcare for 2 years. He is an important advisor for the NOVW in the Netherands.

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Luc Teot, The French and Francophone Society of Wounds and Wound Healing, (SFFPC)

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