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Surgical Wound Care
This year's topic is Preventing Surgical Site Infections & Promoting Healing with Early Compression and Advanced Therapies.
Surgical wounds and compression best practice, or are we too scared?? by Rebecca Aburn
Her professional interests include innovation in patient care, lymphedema, pyoderma gangrenosum, surgical site infection prevention, and the management of complex vascular patients. Rebecca has contributed to the field through presentations at national and international conferences and has published in reputable journals, including Wounds UK. In 2022, she co-established the first conservative sharp wound debridement course in New Zealand.
Post op surgical care from hospital to home by PROFESSOR KYLIE SANDY-HODGETTS
Experienced Senior Research Scientist and clinical trialist, with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry with a research specialty in surgical wound care.
Click on the links below to access each section of the webinar, which ran on the 21st July 2025.
2. Post Op Surgical Care From Hospital To Home - Professor Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts
Frail Skin or Dermatoporosis
Wound Awareness Week 2024 (WAW 2024) aims to focus on the unique challenges and considerations associated with wound care for individuals with Frail or Aged Skin (Dermatoporosis). The primary goal is to enhance awareness, knowledge, and best practices among healthcare professionals, caregivers, and the community to promote effective wound management and improve patient outcomes.
Introduction/Background:
The aging population faces distinctive skin-related challenges, and Dermatoporosis, or Frail Skin, is a condition characterized by increased frailty and vulnerability of the skin in elderly individuals. As the world's demographics shift towards an older population, it becomes crucial to address the specific concerns related to wound care for aged skin. Wound Awareness Week serves as a platform to delve into these intricacies, offering insights, education, and practical solutions.
In 2022, the ACC recorded 7,300 new claims for skin tear injuries among individuals aged 60 and above. Within the same age group, there were 7,093 active claims during the year, contributing to a total cost exceeding 5.4 million dollars for the ACC. (ACC, 2023)
The focus of WAW 2024 will be to improve the quality of care delivered to individuals who are at risk of Dermatoprosis, protection of frail skin and understanding of management of this often overlooked issue. Both sessions will cover important topics such as Deep Dissecting Haematoma management and c.a.m.p and dermatoporosis.
We invite you to watch these free informative webinars, particularly beneficial for those who are active in wound care.
Session One
Click on the links below to access each section of the webinar which ran on the 22nd July 2024:
2. Dermatoporosis And Camp - Rebecca Aburn
Session Two
This session was hosted by Mobile Health. The webinar is on the Mobile Health website
You have an opportunity to obtain a CPD cert/CME points if you watch through Mobile Health
Presenters:
- Anj Dickson: Wound Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, focusing on pressure injury prevention and management.
- Kate O'Dwyer: Nurse Practitioner at Cicada Health Ltd., with extensive experience in vascular, district nursing, and aged care. Moderator: Sasha Drennan, Vice-President of the NZWCS.
Session two was kindly sponsored by 
https://www.molnlycke.co.nz/
Frail Skin or Dermatoporosis
Wound Awareness Week 2024 (WAW 2024) aims to focus on the unique challenges and considerations associated with wound care for individuals with Frail or Aged Skin (Dermatoporosis). The primary goal is to enhance awareness, knowledge, and best practices among healthcare professionals, caregivers, and the community to promote effective wound management and improve patient outcomes.
Introduction/Background:
The aging population faces distinctive skin-related challenges, and Dermatoporosis, or Frail Skin, is a condition characterized by increased frailty and vulnerability of the skin in elderly individuals. As the world's demographics shift towards an older population, it becomes crucial to address the specific concerns related to wound care for aged skin. Wound Awareness Week serves as a platform to delve into these intricacies, offering insights, education, and practical solutions.
In 2022, the ACC recorded 7,300 new claims for skin tear injuries among individuals aged 60 and above. Within the same age group, there were 7,093 active claims during the year, contributing to a total cost exceeding 5.4 million dollars for the ACC. (ACC, 2023)
The focus of WAW 2024 will be to improve the quality of care delivered to individuals who are at risk of Dermatoprosis, protection of frail skin and understanding of management of this often overlooked issue. Both sessions will cover important topics such as Deep Dissecting Haematoma management and c.a.m.p and dermatoporosis.
We invite you to watch these free informative webinars, particularly beneficial for those who are active in wound care.
Session One
Click on the links below to access each section of the webinar which ran on the 22nd July 2024:
2. Dermatoporosis And Camp - Rebecca Aburn
Session Two
This session was hosted by Mobile Health. The webinar is on the Mobile Health website
You have an opportunity to obtain a CPD cert/CME points if you watch through Mobile Health
Presenters:
- Anj Dickson: Wound Care Clinical Nurse Specialist at Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau, focusing on pressure injury prevention and management.
- Kate O'Dwyer: Nurse Practitioner at Cicada Health Ltd., with extensive experience in vascular, district nursing, and aged care. Moderator: Sasha Drennan, Vice-President of the NZWCS.
Session two was kindly sponsored by https://www.molnlycke.co.nz/
NZWCS Research Grants
The New Zealand Wound Care Society (NZWCS) Research Grant has been established to support New Zealand-based research into any area that is related to wounds, wound healing or wound management (including prevention). While the Society recognises the importance of injury prevention, projects focused on general injury prevention outside clinical settings fall outside the scope of this funding.
The NZWCS will award one or more grants up to a maximum budget of $5,000 (including GST).
The number and value of the awards that are made will depend on the quality of the applications that are received. These grants are likely to be used as seeding funds, which will enable researchers to gain preliminary information that can be used to prepare applications for large-scale grants from different funding bodies.
Applications
Online applications open on 1 October and close on 30 November. Applicants must read the Instructions and Guidelines for Research Grant (below box) before starting the online application.
Only applications using the online application form will be considered. Supporting documents are to be emailed the same day. Supporting documents must be submitted as an attachment, either MS Word or PDF, in a single file.
Please read the following Research Grant Questions before completing the online form
The application process is comprised of two parts: an Online Application Form and an email with a Supporting Document. Both are to be completed on the same day.
Only applications using the online application form will be considered.
The Supporting Document is to be emailed the same day, either MS Word or PDF, in a single file. Please email the administrator for the template.
Research Grant Application Conditions PDF
Online Application Questions
This information is to be brief; it is used to track research applications.
Contact Details
1. Contact Details of Principal Applicant
2. Name
3. Organisation / Department / Position
4. Address
5. Telephone
6. Email
7. Contact Details of Co-applicants (if applicable) List the Names and positions of co-applicants. (Further information will be required in the supporting documents)
Research Project
8. Research Project Title
9. Brief outline of the project, including aims (full details are to be emailed to the administrator)
10. Budget:
a. Total Cost of Research Project (GST exclusive)
b. Other support: Please give details of any other support sought (or received) for this project and the expected date of decisions
c. Amount applying for through NZWCS
Email any supporting documents.
Coloplast Professional (was HEAL e-learning programme)
HEAL was an EWMA-endorsed, medical educational programme supporting clinicians managing wounds and skin care complications. With HEAL you will get clinically relevant and evidence-based medical education through 10 general and specialised wound care topics. To provide you with credible and non-biased education, the HEAL programme is authored by internationally renowned wound care experts and endorsed by local wound care associations.
Through the HEAL programme, we offer both live seminars and e-learning courses. In these courses, you will find videos, holistic assessments, quizzes and interactive tasks to help you expand and strengthen your knowledge in wound care.
With the HEAL medical programme, you will deepen your wound care knowledge with 10 e-learning modules ranging from general to specialised wound care topics. These courses include patient cases and best practice wound management principles and guidelines. See the overview below.
HEAL endorsements
Through close collaboration with EWMA and local wound care organisations, you are ensured high-quality materials that are innovative, peer-reviewed and comprehensive. HEAL is endorsed by the following wound care associations: EWMA, Dansk Selskab for Sårheling, South African Medical Association, Wound Australia, New Zealand Wound Care Society (NZWCS)* and Seminaranbieter Initiative Chronische Wunden.
* NZWCS does not endorse any specific wound companies or their products
Coloplast Professional is an educational platform for healthcare professionals working in the field of intimate healthcare.
Regardless of your level of experience, the platform offers training and tools that will take your clinical expertise to the next level
For further information on the course, click here
A practical summary for the management of wound infections and biofilms Click here
The Wound Care Pathway - Your 5 step guide to wound healing Click Here
NZWCS Biennial Conference Scholarship Application Questions
Applications must be submitted using the Microsoft Forms link which will be posted at the appropriate time.
The following are compulsory questions that you need to complete online. For your convenience, we suggest you create a Word document with the answers so you can copy and paste them into the form.
1. Name
2. Phone number
3. Email address
4. What is the name of your employer?
5. What is your Job Title?
6. How many years have you been a NZWCS member?
7. Which scholarship are you applying for? = Registration only to NZWCS conference
8. Will you be presenting at this conference?
Please give an outline of the abstract. Have you been accepted?
9. What is the estimated cost of your travel?
10. Are you applying for funding through other organisations or your workplace? If so, please answer;
Name of organisation.
Type of funding applied for.
Date when you expect to receive a decision on this other funding.
11. Outline your involvement in NZWCS activities:
12. Show how you intend to use this learning to benefit yourself, your employer, your clients and the NZWCS
13. Professional Qualifications
14. Include relevant details from your Curriculum Vitae (that are not previously given in this form).
Please put your professional Qualifications above. Limit approximately 500 words
15. State your practising certificate expiry date (if applicable)
16. Post-registration or post-graduate qualifications:
Include University/Polytech, Course, Year completed
17. Number of years working in an area where wound management forms part of your practice
18. Outline present contribution to wound management at a local and/or regional/national level.
19. List any publications:
20. Support letter from your manager
Please copy and paste the text only from your support letter here
21. Do you agree to complete a report suitable for the Tissue Issue within 3 weeks of returning from the conference?
yes
no
other
By submitting the form you agree to the terms.
Online Courses
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