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Prof. Beeckman presenting at the 3rd Confederación Multidisciplinaria Latinoamericana de Heridas, Estomas e Incontinencia - International Congress in Costa Rica.
17/11/2023 - by Anika Fourie
Prof. Beeckman presenting at the 3rd Confederación Multidisciplinaria Latinoamericana de Heridas, Estomas e Incontinencia - International Congress in Costa Rica.

During this congress 16-18 November, Prof. Dimitri Beeckman contributed as a guest speaker, addressing the challenges in the prevention and treatment of skin lesions resulting from incontinence and delving into the health-economic impact of wounds at local, national, and global levels. Congratulations on a great conference!

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25/10/2023 - by Anika Fourie

Have a look! The International Skin Tear Advisory Panel and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care are hosting this free webinar in lieu of creating awareness regarding skin tears.

Registration at: https://bit.ly/3FqBgev

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Prof. Dimitri Beeckman was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing!
07/10/2023 - by Anika Fourie
Prof. Dimitri Beeckman was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing!

Congratulations, Dimitri! This is a high-level recognition to selected nurse leaders within academia, education, research and practice globally. At SKINT we are honoured to have you leading our research group. A true inspiration to many.

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A captive audience at the 2023 Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Reykjavik, Iceland
04/10/2023 - by Anika Fourie
A captive audience at the 2023 Nordic Conference in Nursing Research - Reykjavik, Iceland

Keynote speaker, Professor Dimitri Beeckman, shared his experience with developing and sustaining an international nursing research group, representing the Skin Integrity Research Group (SKINT) at Ghent University, Belgium and the Swedish Centre for Skin and Wound Research (SCENTR) at Örebro University, Sweden. #leadership #collaboration #internationalisation.

The consequent presentation focused on the pragmatic RCT as a methodological approach in nursing research.

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EPUAP 2023 Conference - Leeds, UK
13/09/2023 - by Anika Fourie
EPUAP 2023 Conference - Leeds, UK

The School of Health Sciences at Örebro University and the SKINT research group at Universiteit Gent have again been very active on the international scene. It was a pleasure to see our talented researchers presenting their work at the Annual EPUAP - European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel conference in Leeds 🇬🇧! We presented about transdisciplinary collaboration in woundcare, leadership, smart technologies, trials, diversity and skin tones, patient proning education, patients with spinal cord injuries, etc.

Our ProneTect international project was awarded the 2023 Excellence in Education Award! Congratulations to Anika Fourie! 💐

More information about the project:

https://pronetection.com


A big thank you to all national and international friends and colleagues for their continuing support!

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