Council member
MSc Nursing, Medical and Hospital management, MA professional education
Director WZC Clep Nursing Home
Military Hospital Brussels Chronic Wound Clinic (Offr)
Lecturer CNPV - HBOV
Academic Education:
- 1984-1985: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven afd. Kortrijk 1ste kandidatuur geneeskunde
- 1985-1988: Sint-Jansinstituut voor Verpleegkunde Brugge, Bachelor in Nursing.
- 1988-1991: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, MSc Nursing, Medical and Hospital management. MA professional education.
- Thesis: ‘The educational profit of clinical practice for undergraduate and graduate student nurses’
- 2002: PG in Enterostomy, Wound healing and Tissue repair
- 2003: Doctor of Acupuncture and TCM
Previous employments and relevant professional experience:
- 1988-1992: Part -time Community nurse
- 1992-1993: Head nurse of the operation theatre St Jozefs Hospital Ostend
- 1993-1995: CNS St Remberts Hospital Torhout
- 1995 -1996: Director home for the elderly Brugge
- 1996-1997: Lecturer in Nursing Catholic College for Higher Education Brussels
- 1996 –2003:
- Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Wound management Catholic College for Higher Education Brussels
- Guest lecturer Christelijke Hogeschool EDE The Netherlands, Polytechnic Hogshule TURKU Finland
- 2003 - 2008:
- Senior Lecturer University College Brussels. Wound Management, Enterostomy care and Tissue repair
- Coordinator Centre for Continuous Education. Acupuncturist
- Military Hospital Brussels Chronic Wound Clinic (Offr)
- 2008- :
- Coordinator Wound Expertise and Knowledge Centre Wound-Ex University College
- Military Hospital Brussels Chronic Wound Clinic (Offr)
- 2011-2015:
- Director WZC Clep Nursing Home. Military Hospital Brussels Chronic Wound Clinic (Offr)
- Lecturer CNPV - HBOV
- 2015- :
- Director WZC Minnewater Nursing Home MintusMilitary Hospital Brussels Chronic Wound Clinic (Offr)
Professional:
- 1995-2002: Secretary CNC VZW ( Flemish Wound Management Society)
- 2002 -: President CNC vzw
- 2006-: Co-President BEFEWO (Belgian Federation of wound care society’s)
- 2002 - 2005 and 2006 – 2012: Council member of EWMA (European Wound Management Association)
- 2005 – 2009: EWMA treasurer
Duty:
- Major, in the Belgian Army Medical service- Nursing Staff member Military Hospital Brussels
Languages:
- Dutch, French, English
- German Notions
Several presentations in Belgium and Abroad:
- 1995:
- Second Asian pacific Burns conference. The use of Glycerin in wound dressings and the treatment of burns
- 2001:
- 29 January: Wound care in Europe. Education as a goal. SAWCS congres Durban. Kwa Zulu Natal
- EWMA Conference (Dublin 2001) deelnemer.
- 2002:
- 1 March: Opstellen van procedures; een must in de wondzorg. Symposium wondzorg KHBrussel
- EWMA Conference, Granada 2002, deelnemer
- 13 March: Classificatiemodellen in de wondzorg Week voor Verpleegkunde Oostende
- 2003:
- EWMA Conference, Pisa. Dagvoorzitter en deelnemer.
- 2004:
- Week voor verpleegkunde. Dag van de ziekenhuisdirecties. Terugbetaling en wondverbanden; een “status questionis”
- WUHWS Conference, Paris. Spreker en deelnemer.
- 2005:
- Week voor verpleegkunde. Voeding en wondzorg.
- EWMA Conference, Stuttgart. Dagvoorzitter en deelnemer
- NVKVV Week voor de verpleegkunde 2005. Dagvoorzitter en spreker.
- 2006:
- Zakendoen en internationale handel Kamer van Koophandel Zeeuws Vlaanderen 2006
- American Advanced Wound care Conference (AAWC) (San Antonio 2006)
- EWMA Conference, Prague. Dagvoorzitter en deelnemer
- NVKVV Week voor de verpleegkunde. Dagvoorzitter en spreker
- South African Wound care Conference, Pretoria. Spreker en deelnemer.
- 2007:
- Week voor verpleegkunde. Etische aspecten bij wondzorg
- RCSI conference Spreker, Nutrition and wound healing
- Gastspreker HES Geneve, How do wounds interact
- BEFEWO Eerste Nationaal Belgisch Wondzorg congres dagvoorzitter
- EWMA conference Glasgow, Dagvoorzitter.
- 2008:
- Lissabon Spreker Acupuncture and Woundcare EWMA Conference May 2008 Education and wound healing EWMA Conference
- Gastspreker aan de Universidad de Atlantico
- WUHWS Wound care Conference (Toronto 2004) deelnemer.
- Week voor verpleegkunde. Spreker / dagvoorzitter Wetgeving en Wondzorg
- Gastspreker 2de Landelijk decubituscongres Nederland
- BEFEWO Tweede Nationaal Belgisch Wondzorg congres dagvoorzitter
- 2009:
- RCSI Dublin gastdocent in het postgraduaat wondzorg.
- RCSI conference Speaker, MMP’S and wound healing
- 1st tweedaags Vlaams wondcongres dagvoorzitter – Spreker MMP’S en wondheling
- EWMA Conference Helsinki
- BEFEWO Conference Brussels - Conference Chair
- NVKVV Conference Legislation and wound management in Belgium.
- 2010:
- EWMA Conference Geneva
- BEFEWO Conference Brussels - Conference Chair
- Second Flemish wound management conference
- The Netherlands 3de Landelijk decubituscongres Nederland
- BEFEWO vierde Nationaal Belgisch Wondzorg congres dagvoorzitter.
- 2011:
- EWMA Conference Brussels.
- 2012:
- EWMA Conference Vienna
- BEFEWO Conference Brussels - Conference Chair
- 2013:
- February Masterclass Wound management Jakarta Indonesia course leader.
- February Fifth Flemish wound management conference – Biofilms and wounds from theory to understanding / the Belgian guidelines in pressure ulcer prevention / Prevalence of wounds in health care institutions in Belgium.
- EWMA conference speaker Copenhagen.
- 2014:
- February sixth Flemish wound management conference
- March NVKVV nursing conference
- EWMA conference speaker Madrid
- EWMA council treasurer UCM teacher – EWMA Patient outcome group.
- 2015:
- February seventh Flemish wound management conference –
- March NVKVV nursing conference
- EWMA conference speaker London
- Member educational committee EWMA – EWMA Patient Panel - UCM teacher – EWMA Patient outcome group.
- 2016:
- February seventh Flemish wound management conference –
- March NVKVV nursing conference
- EWMA conference speaker Bremen
- Member educational committee EWMA – EWMA Patient Panel - EWMA wound care centre endorsement group - UCM teacher - EWMA Patient outcome group.
- 2017:
- February: Seventh Flemish wound management conference –
- March NVKVV nursing conference
- EWMA conference Amsterdam, speaker
- Member educational committee EWMA – EWMA Patient Panel - EWMA wound care centre endorsement group - UCM teacher.
- 2018:
- February Seventh Flemish wound management conference –
- March NVKVV nursing conference
- EWMA Krakow conference, speaker
- Member educational committee EWMA – EWMA Patient Panel - EWMA wound care centre endorsement group – UCM teacher.
Publications / Books:
Books:
- Wondzorg in de thuiszorg Kluwer (2003)
- Specifieke wondzorg Kluwer (2003)
- Ouderenzorg Kluwer (2005) co author
- Infections in wounds (2005) co author
- Wondzorg (Kluwer 2006) co author
- Wondfysiologie (Kluwer 2006) co author.
Several articles:
- Collumnist NURSING magazine wound management column (Dutch version)
- Editor Wondzorg.be (2009)