University Centre forNursing and Midwifery

SKIN INTEGRITY RESEARCH GROUP (SKINT)

Generating and implementing evidence- based woundcare and skin integrity prevention and treatment in healthcare 

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PuClas4 is a new e-learning tool about pressure ulcers and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). Access to the tool is granted after online registration. 

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recent news

Best Student Oral Presentation Award EPUAP2024 Conference in Lausanne!
27/09/2024 - by Anika Fourie
Best Student Oral Presentation Award EPUAP2024 Conference in Lausanne!

We are proud to congratulate our SKINT colleague, Julie Deprez (PhD student at the School of Health Sciences at Örebro University), and Nils Ohde (PhD student at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), for jointly winning the Best Student Oral Presentation Award at the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP2024) conference in Lausanne, Switzerland!

This systematic review identified prognostic risk factors for the development of Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD).

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Congratulations Dr. Charlotte Raepsaet!
19/09/2024 - by Anika Fourie
Congratulations Dr. Charlotte Raepsaet!

Many congratulations to Dr. Charlotte Raepsaet on successfully defending her doctoral thesis titled “Caring for Patients at Increased Risk for Skin Frailty: Prospects for Developing and Testing New Interventions in a Clinical Context”.
Her research focused on various populations at risk of and suffering from wounds, using different methods to study interventions, their economic aspects, technology requirements, and trial outcomes.

Supervisor: Prof. dr. Dimitri Beeckman. Co-Supervisor: Prof. dr. Amit Gefen

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