March 2013 - The Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy

ET COMMUNITY NEWS
ASPIRING STUDENT RESEARCHES AND DESIGNS
OSTOMY CUTTER
Submitted by: Karen Bruton, RN, BScN, CETN(C), Past President of CAET. kbruton@nhh.ca
Tiange Li, a Grade 12 student in Toronto, contacted Mary Penner (Ostomy Toronto President) looking for
information on ostomy care as he was developing useful tools. In turn Mary forwarded Tiange to me and
we later met. Tiange, a volunteer who has worked at several nursing homes, had overheard nurses discussing
ostomy flanges and how possible cutters would really benefit patients and nurses. Tiange used this idea to
develop a science project for the annual Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Tiange began with some preliminary ideas then approached an engineering professor who provided help to Tiange Li
improve his design. He then took drawings to a machinist who made a prototype of his ostomy flange cutter
model. The project won the Regionals in Toronto and later received several bronze medals at the Nationals in Charlottetown, PEI.
One of the judges at the Toronto fair offered Tiange a student position at the "Intelligent Design for Adaptation, Participation and
Technology" (iDAPT) lab. iDAPT’s mandate is to research and design rehabilitation-focused products and technologies. Tiange has
since been refining the ostomy flange cutter in addition to working on several iDAPT projects. Tiange recently entered the Life
Sciences program at the University of Toronto and has said he will also be looking in to the CAET Enterostomal Therapy Program.
Congratulations Tiange on all your great work!! As an aspiring scientist your vision and product development has the potential to
provide great value for patients with ostomies. cd
WORLD COUNCIL OF ENTEROSTOMAL THERAPISTS
Submitted by: Karen Bruton, RN, BScN, CETN(C), Past President of CAET. kbruton@nhh.ca
Louise Forest Lalande, WCET President
WCET members - have you had the time to open your latest
WCET Journal or Bulletin? Louise Forest Lalande, RN, ET,
Med, and WCET President, has been very busy fulfilling the
obligations of her role. Canadian ETs are very proud of Louise,
who is from Quebec, as she shares her knowledge, skill and
expertise with fellow healthcare professionals around the
world! She is an inspiration to international healthcare leaders
who are promoting positive patient outcomes through
knowledge translation.
Benefits of WCET Membership
There are many benefits in being a member of WCET so keep
your membership current and active! Benefits include:
• 4 issues per year of the WCET Journal and access to back
issues;
• Norma N Gill scholarship opportunities;
• Membership rates for WCET Biennial Congress
registration;
• Opportunities to join committees or hold executive
positions; and
• Excellent opportunity to meet and network with other
international colleagues and to receive news from around
the world.
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March 2013 The LINK
WCET Journal Articles
Elizabeth Ayello, WCET Journal
Executive Editor, encourages
members to submit articles for
publication in the WCET
Journal. Consider submitting
your work to this international
journal. Topics may include an
interesting case study, unique
practice implementation,
completed research study, a
professional practice issue, or an
essay/paper on wound, ostomy and continence care. The
submission process was outlined in on page 6 of the
October/December 2012 issue of WCET Journal (Vol 32, Issue
4) and submission guidelines are available at
http://www.wcetn.org/journal-submissions.
Attend the 20th WCET Biennial Congress, in Gothenburg,
Sweden, June 15-19, 2014
Consider attending 2014 WCET – Let’s create the largest
contingency of Canadian ETs that have ever attended the
congress! cd
ET COMMUNITY NEWS
THE CAET – JWOCN CONNECTION
AUTHORS WANTED! … To share our Canadian perspective
What are the benefits to you as a CAET member and Journal affiliate?
• The JWOCN is rated in the top 2 percent of refereed nursing journals indexed in MEDLINE
and CINAHL
• This prestigious nursing journal has gained a significant increase in international readers
• A Canadian ETN perspective is now part of this international nursing readership
Do you have a clinical practice challenge or an innovative
project which is changing or advancing ET practice?
Have you developed an educational program to benefit
patient and or staff and would like to communicate this to
the ETN world?
Have you conducted a survey, clinical trial or would like to
collaborate in research?
If so, contact us NOW! Your CAET Editorial Board will
assist you to create a newsworthy submission to the JWOCN
and help connect you to the ETN world. Writing an original
manuscript for publication? Consider JWOCN first.
"Our affiliation (with CAET)
also enhances
the quality and quantity
of authors contributing
to our journal, and
expands networking
opportunities for everyone."
( Dr. Mikel Grey, Editor in
Chief, JWOCN)
For more information contact your regional editorial board representative:
BC/Yukon: Dorothy Phillips (dorothyphillips@shaw.ca)
Prairies/NWT: Mary Hill (mhillster@shaw.ca)
Ontario: Lina Martins (lina.martins@lhsc.on.ca)
Quebec & Atlantic: Kathryn Kozell (kkozell@rogers.com)
Le LIEN March 2013
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