key Note Speaker

Jane Ratay RN BScN ETN IIWCC

 Jane Ratay received her basic nursing education at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After immigrating to Canada with her husband in the 1970s, she worked in Critical Care and Endoscopy. In 1997 she became a founding member of the wound clinic at the Misericordia  Hospital in Edmonton, received training in hyperbaric medicine and completed the International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course from the University of Toronto.

 

 Jane completed her BScN at the University of Alberta in 2003 and the Enterostomal Therapy Nurse Education Program, becoming an ET nurse in 2007. She has been a member of the Regional Wound Care Guidelines Committee since 1998 and is a member of the Canadian Association of Wound Care (CAWC) and the Canadian Association of Enterostomal Therapists (CAET).

 

 Currently, Jane develops and instructs wound management courses as part of the Post Diploma Certificate in Wound Management offered by Grant  MacEwan University. She maintains a part time position in WestView Community Care Clinic in Stony Plain.

 

 

 

 

guest Speakers

Richard Reive  MPH, CPHI

Environmental Health Officer Executive Officer
Environmental Public Health
Alberta Health Services

Gail Meara  RN, BScN
Infection Control Practitioner
Communicable Disease Control
Alberta Health Services

 

Tim Moffitt  C. Ped

Certified Pedorithist, Canada

 

Workshop

Limited seating available

 

Continental breakfast, lunch and beverages included

 

Vendor presentations

 

Cost:

Early Bird           $195.00 GST

Register before July 30/10 new date

 

Register after July 15/10

$250.00 GST 

 

Registration deadline August 15 2010

 

Where:

Radisson Hotel Edmonton South

 

Please mention you are with the Devon Foot Care workshop in order to receive reduced room rates

 

When:

September 16 2010

0830-1630

 

Contact Devon Foot Care for more information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOPICS

MORNING SESSION

 

How to identify the high risk foot

- including monofilament and Doppler testing;     

 an interactive session

- caring for the diabetic foot;                                     assessment, debridement and documentation

- foot care nursing and the wound care team;           

when to refer your patient; the next step

 

To soak or not to soak

- understanding the risks & benefits of a foot bath

- a look at skin care as it relates to the high risk patient and prevention strategies of additional foot problems

 

AFTERNOON SESSION

 

Infection Control Practices

- Sterilization practices of foot care equipment

- understanding the sterilization requirements for foot care professionals working in Alberta

 

Gait analysis

Speciality footwear

 

 

PRIZE DRAWS FOR FOOT CARE EQUIPMENT