Stellenbosch University (South Africa) in conjunction with the University of Toronto (Canada) is hosting an International Interprofessional Wound Care Course (IIWCC) in South Africa.

The goal of the course is: To train persons from any professional discipline who are delivering wound care in practice, to provide scientific grounding in the elements of wound healing science, establish interdisciplinary wound healing provision as a field of speciality and to translate new knowledge into practice.

The 12 month course combines 2 residential weekends with online self-study modules and a course selective.

The first residential weekend is February 4-7, 2010 at the Stellenbosch University/Tygerberg Campus near Cape Town, South Africa

Health professionals working in wound care should fill out the application form on the course website: www.sun.ac.za/woundcare

Registration closes on January 15, 2010.

There will be a limited number of bursaries supporting course fees and travel for African students. Bursary selection will be made on the following criteria: 1) clinical experience in wound care; 2) ability to come as interprofessional team (doctor, nurse, rehab); 3) country representation; 4) commitment to introduce interprofessional model in practice; 5) commitment to national wound care leadership.

This course is an important step towards development of continent-wide evidence-informed interprofessional wound care.

Regards,
Brian Ostrow MD, FRCSC
Co-editor,
Surgery in Africa Monthly Review
brian@bookshelf.ca   

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HIFA2015 profile: Brian Ostrow works with the Office of International Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada. His interests include the Ptolemy Project http://www.ptolemy.ca which provides Surgeons in the Developing World with online access to the University of Toronto library; and Surgery in Africa http://www.utoronto.ca/ois/SIA.htm which publishes reviews on the topic.