Introductions

Pre-Workshop Evaluation

0915 – 1015

Aetiology of Pressure Ulcers

Cees Oomens

1015 – 1030

EPUAP/NPUAP PU Staging Systems including DTI

Cees Oomens
(President of the EPUAP)

1045 – 1135

Aetiology of Pressure Ulcers continued
Case studies

Dan Bader

1135 - 1225

Risk Factors of PU
Extrinsic – Intrinsic – new evidence

James Middleton

1330 - 1400

Risk Assessment and outcome prediction
Define desirable attributes of risk assessment tools
Evidence of reliability and validity
Interpreting these data
Using clinical judgment to supplement risk assessment

Barbara Braden

1400 - 1430

Training health care professional in use of the Braden Scale
Initial training
Maintenance of competency

1430 - 1515

Preventive Protocols
How to design them
Evidence behind certain interventions and the limits of evidence

1530 – 1630

Measuring Outcomes of Programs of Prevention
Examples of various studies and the types of measures used
Prevalence and incidence
What is it
How to gather data
The case of risk adjustment/data stratification
Interpreting stratification tables

Barbara Braden

1630 - 1700

Summarise day
Working in a multidisciplinary team for risk assessment, prevention strategies and treatment
Workshop evaluation

James Middleton