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Organisations<br />
AAWC NEWS<br />
AAWC<br />
Association for<br />
the Advancement<br />
of Wound Care<br />
Robert J. Snyder,<br />
DPM, MSc, CWS<br />
President, AAWC<br />
ABOUT AAWC<br />
As the leading interprofessional<br />
organisation in the<br />
United States dedicated to<br />
advancing the care of<br />
people with and at risk for<br />
wounds, AAWC provides<br />
a whole year of valuable<br />
benefits! Be sure to join us<br />
for near daily updates and<br />
alerts on Facebook<br />
and LinkedIn.<br />
www.aawconline.org<br />
Thank you for the opportunity to provide the<br />
readers of the EWMA journal with updated news<br />
about the Association for the Advancement of<br />
Wound Care (AAWC). As my term as President<br />
comes to an end this April, I am pleased to note<br />
that we have concentrated on the escalating epidemic<br />
of diabetic foot complications over the last<br />
two years. In an effort to foster amputation prevention,<br />
two new guidelines are under development<br />
for wound infection and diabetic foot ulcers.<br />
We are honored to be partnered with EWMA and<br />
the Australian Wound Management Association<br />
(AWMA) to soon <strong>final</strong>ize a paper on the multidisciplinary<br />
approach to wound care. Further, we<br />
continue our partnership with Health Volunteers<br />
Overseas (HVO) to provide wound and lymphedema<br />
education in Haiti, Peru, Cambodia and India.<br />
We continue to work with US-based organisations<br />
such as National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel<br />
(NPUAP) and the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders.<br />
These opportunities strengthen dialogue<br />
and cohesiveness among professional organisations<br />
and societies involved in the wound care space.<br />
Made possible by an unrestricted grant from Shire,<br />
the Association for the Advancement of Wound<br />
Care (AAWC) is pleased to award two $50,000<br />
fellowship support grants for the <strong>2014</strong>-2015 academic<br />
year. The grants will provide salary and benefit<br />
support for two (2) physician fellows (MD, DO,<br />
DPM) who will conduct research in settings that are<br />
dedicated to the multidisciplinary approach to<br />
wound care. Winners will be announced at the<br />
SAWC Spring Opening Ceremony opening<br />
ceremony on April 24th.<br />
Among our strategic objectives is to educate the<br />
generalist practitioner. In coordination with AAWC’s<br />
Corporate Advisory Panel (CAP), AAWC is developing<br />
an “access portal” where the public can obtain<br />
wound care accredited education. This education is<br />
intended to help new wound care practitioners and<br />
non-wound care specialists learn the most current,<br />
evidence-based practices in wound care. Based on<br />
a wound care pathway, the educational links can<br />
be accessed at www.aawconline.org / education- forthe-generalist.<br />
Help AAWC “WIN” the fight against<br />
chronic wounds!<br />
AAWC is offering this 11x17 inch patient-focused,<br />
educational poster (shown to the left) for free from<br />
the AAWC online store. A small shipping / handling<br />
fee is all that is required. Order your poster today at<br />
www.aawconline.org and help your patients “take<br />
part” in their wound prevention and care.<br />
Last but not least, AAWC is proud to announce a<br />
tremendous increase in membership over the last<br />
two years. With nearly 2300 members, our commitment<br />
to community, collaboration and equal partnership<br />
is still paramount. AAWC provides numerous<br />
educational benefits to our professional and<br />
patient/lay-caregiver members. Unique benefits<br />
apply to both groups and can be viewed at<br />
www.aawconline.org.<br />
Thank you so much for allowing me to share<br />
our current activities and projects with our<br />
global partners.<br />
Invitation from the<br />
Association for the Advancement of<br />
Wound Care (AAWC) to EWMA<br />
The AAWC and EWMA have collaborated on<br />
wound care activities since 2009. The most<br />
recent collaborative activity is the elaboration<br />
and publishing together with the Australian<br />
Wound Management Association (AWMA) of<br />
the document “Managing Wounds as a Team”,<br />
which provides an update on the use of interdisciplinary<br />
teams in wound care.<br />
AAWC and EWMA will extend collaboration<br />
in <strong>2014</strong>-2015 by having a member from<br />
EWMA’s board on the board of AAWC directors.<br />
The EWMA Council has agreed to appoint<br />
Jan Apelqvist, EWMA Immediate Past President<br />
and chair of the EWMA Patient Outcome Group<br />
for this position.<br />
EWMA looks forward to a further year for the<br />
collaboration with AAWC.<br />
EWMA international<br />
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EWMA <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>2014</strong> vol 14 no 1