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major wound healing event of 2004 was obviously that of the Second World
Union of Wound Healing Societies meeting held in Paris in July. The ETRS
made a commitment in Melbourne at the first meeting in 2000 to be part
of this as well as a co-hosting society. Over the last four years the
ETRS Business Office has worked closely with Luc Téot and the organisers
to support the excellent and successful event which resulted, both scientifically
and socially. This success has been highlighted in the coverage in number
of Wound Healing Journals ranging from the Journal of Wound Care in UK
to Primary Intention in Australia. Luc Téot worked extremely hard,
often with many uphill battles, to carry off this event and in my opinion
members of our Society should be very pleased with the results that he
achieved and the opportunity it provided for our society.
In this issue
Luc gives his views as new President of the ETRS highlighting both the
problems he feels the society faces as well as its challenges for the
future. Hopefully these suggestions will become a reality.
Esther Middelkoop our last President summarises the results of the questionnaire
which she initiated and was sent to our members. This makes interesting
reading and should be followed up with a working group. Please read the
summary of her survey and contact her or the Business Office if you have
any comments or suggestions on how we can be more effective in meeting
the needs of our members.
Wound care education is a major challenge which was highlighted at the
World Union of Wound Healing Societies’ meeting where this was stressed
in a number of sessions. The ETRS over the years has sponsored a number
of focus meetings a recent one being on Topical Negative Pressure (TNP)
held in London 2003. A book on the proceedings of this meeting edited
by Paul Banwell and Luc Téot has been published and is available
from TXP Communications (e-mail: txp@btinternet.com).
Our industrial sponsors of the Bulletin also have major education
programmes and in this issue of the Bulletin (as well as on our
website: www.etrs.org) the ConvaTec medical education team share their
approach to education in the wound healing field.
Two Focus meetings are scheduled for the coming months. The first, ‘Tissue
Repair, contraction and the myofibroblast’, takes place on 18–20
November 2004 in Nyon, Switzerland, and the second, ‘Diabetic Vascular
Disease and Wound Complications’, takes place in Southampton, UK,
on 22–23 March 2005. Details of both meetings can be found in this
issue. We urge members to support these occasions.
Lastly, in this issue Jerry Dzikowski provides us with an interesting
article that follows up on ‘glowing wounds’, which we published
in regard to his letter on this subject in the ETRS
Bulletin (9.3). The response to this earlier request resulted
in contacts throughout the world. His article is an excellent example
of how curiosity and scientific method stimulate knowledge.
Dr George W. Cherry
Editor
Figure 1: From left to right:
Geoff Sussman and Mike Stacey, organisers at the 1st WUWHS Meeting, Melbourne,
2000
and Luc Téot, President of the 2nd WUWHS Meeting, Paris, 2004
  
Figure 2: From left to right:
Speakers at the Second World Union of Wound Healing Societies
Meeting in Paris, 2004.
Prof T Ohura, President of the Japanese Pressure Ulcer Society.
Dan Berlowith, President of the NPUAP.
Denis Colin MD, President of the European Pressure Ulcer Society.
Figure 3: Wound care educational session
with
representatives from throughout the world.
Figure 4: Wound care in developing countries
session, Paris, 2004.
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