Webinar: Advanced Woundcare Solutions for Nursing Homes

Fleming Medical are hosting a series of educational webinars throughout 2021 that are focused on a range of healthcare topics like COPD, Woundcare and Hypertension for healthcare and pharmacy professionals. Following on from the success of the Women’s Heart Health webinar in February, they are now focusing on Advanced Woundcare for Nursing Homes.  

There will be two webinars in order to cater to the differing needs and perspectives of nursing home healthcare staff and pharmacies.  

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They will both have Prof. Georgina Gethin who works in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at National University of Ireland, Galway which is among the top 100 Schools of Nursing in the World QS 2017 and 2018 Rankings . She holds a PhD and fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and has an extensive background in wound management as a clinical nurse specialist, clinical consultancy, member of the diabetic foot research team in NUI Galway. She lectures at undergraduate and post-graduate level on wound healing and tissue repair and established the MSc/PG Dip Wound Healing and Tissue Repair in NUI Galway. Georgina is supervisor and examiner for MSc and PhD research programmes.

Georgina is Editor of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) Journal and has been involved in many EWMA projects including Home Care Wound Care, patient panel, Leg Ulcer Guidelines project and Lifestyle factors and wound healing. Her specialist areas of interest are in epidemiology of wounds, core outcome sets, wound bed assessment incorporating wound pH and temperature and palliative wound care. She is a member of the editorial board of 3 peer-reviewed journals, and has published and presented internationally on wound management. She is currently PI on many research projects with grant income of over €4m.  In 2017, she co-founded the Alliance for Research and Innovation in Wounds, a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency group dedicated to the advancement of wound care and improving patient outcomes.  

The first webinar takes place on Thursday 25th of March and is specifically for pharmacists and pharmacy retail staff. Maeve Kenrick, Pharmacy Sales Manager with Fleming Medical, will be presenting the Medicare Advanced Wound care product range in conjunction with Prof. Gethin’s treatment and will also be highlighting the importance of leveraging business opportunities that pharmacies have when it comes to nursing home wound care solutions.

The next webinar on Friday 26th of March is dedicated to nursing home healthcare workers. James Reihill, who is a Clinical Training Specialist with Fleming Medical and a qualified General Nurse, will be joining Prof. Gethin. His experience in the healthcare industry has been invaluable for his role as he understands the needs of healthcare facilities and workers. James provides training on diagnostic and emergency equipment as well as chronic and acute first aid.

Make sure to register so we have your details, if the time doesn’t suit you, we will send you a recording of the webinar. If you have any queries, please email us at training@flemingmedical.ie.

This Webinar is in Association with ARIW 

The Alliance for Research and Innovation in Wounds is a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency group dedicated to the advancement of wound care and improving patient outcomes.

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