EWMA2015_Programme_ENG_WEB_part_1

KEY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
KEY SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
The EWMA 2015 key sessions consist of 11 keynote lectures and include a mix of new topics that are important
to the European wound community in general, in addition to topics that have had enormous appeal
during previous EWMA conferences. The sessions deal with the advancement of education and research in
relation to the epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis, prevention, and management of wounds. Although mainly
theoretical, key sessions will include time for discussion among lecturers and audiences.
Wednesday 13 May
10:00-11:30
Platinum 1-4
Wednesday 13 May
16:45-18:00
Platinum 1-2
Wednesday 13 May
16:45-18:00
Platinum 3-4
Opening plenary session: Wound Care – Shaping the future.
A patient, professional, provider, and payer perspective
Interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration between patients, professionals and policy
makers is essential for facilitating good practice and providing continuity of care. This will
be even more important in the future as healthcare systems throughout Europe have to
cope with increasing pressure to demonstrate efficient and cost-effective use of resources
to optimise wound care with the help of innovative procedures and practices. It is
imperative that all these perspectives are considered if we are to realise the goal of
successful wound management.
The patient, professional, provider, and payer perspective is of high importance in wound
care, as in the rest of the health care system. The question is: Whose interest is prioritized?
The presentations focus on the barriers, challenges, and opportunities that providers,
payers, professionals, and patients face in modern healthcare systems. The perspective is
further linked to challenges, barriers, and opportunities specific to wound care.
The session seeks to answer questions and highlight challenges such as
• Who does the present systems benefit: The system, the professionals, or the patients’?
• What challenges do the patients, the professionals, the payer, and providers face?
• Comprehensive restructuring of the British healthcare system has taken place over
recent years, with coordination and payment moving from the Primary Care Trusts, first
to the GPs and now to Health Care Commissioners. What are the implications to the
wound care patient in terms of efficiency and value for money for the payers of the
current system?
• Opportunities and challenges caused by the gradual change of focus away from
hospital treatment towards increased use of community care and home care, and the
role of e-Health.
Palliative wound care –
Evidence-based practice for managing challenging skin lesions
Some wounds are associated with conditions that mean healing is not the primary aim.
Palliative wound care may be implemented in order to reduce suffering from woundrelated
symptoms, promoting patient comfort and dignity to improve quality of life.
Palliative wound care extends across the care continuum and can be used in conjunction
with curative treatment. Related concepts include symptom management and may extend
to end-of-life wound care and hospice care. Palliative wound care acknowledges the
psycho-social impact of wounds on the individual concerned, their family and friends, and
also their clinicians. It is driven by patient and family goals. The objective of this keynote
session is to present research-based evidence to guide the clinical management of skin
lesions that require palliative care.
Wound care & geriatrics / Dementia in wound care
Participants in the key session will:
• Learn about the implementation of strategies within the nursing home setting that
results in reduced incidences of pressure damage.
• Be given tips on how to successfully implement the SSKIN bundle within the nursing
home setting.
• Learn how relationship development between home staff and TVN facilitates an
enhanced learning environment
42