The Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (CPIAP) is proud to join the worldwide campaign to prevent pressure injuries on Worldwide Pressure Injury Prevention Day, observed on November 21, 2024. This annual campaign raises public awareness and promotes education on the prevention & management of pressure injuries, which impact thousands of Canadians each year and even more globally.
In support of this global initiative, CPIAP will host the Canadian Pressure Injury Summit: “A Nation Under Pressure” on Monday, November 18, 2024, from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM ET. The event will be supported by Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Canada (NSWOCC).
This free, hybrid event will gather key federal and provincial decision-makers, healthcare leaders, and interprofessional experts to address one of Canada's most pressing healthcare challenges: pressure injuries.
We invite you to join us to STOP Pressure Injuries!
This summit will cover critical topics in pressure injury prevention, including:
"Nursing Change to Support 'A Nation Under Pressure'" – Dr. Leigh Chapman, Chief Nursing Officer, Health Canada
"The Canadian Pressure Injury Landscape: Strategies to Address Healthcare Systems Issues" – Dr. Chester Ho, University of Alberta, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
"In Their Own Voices: Addressing the Challenges Related to Pressure Injury Care" – Dr. Sharon Gabison, KITE Research Institute
"Research on Nursing Workload and Pressure Injuries" – Dr. Kevin Woo, Queen's University, and James Hanratty, PhD student
"Pressure Injury Experience: A Patient Voice" – Luz Odrial, Spinal Cord Injury Ontario
"Next Steps in Relieving the 'Nation Under Pressure'" – Kaylem Boileau, CPIAP President, and Joshua Moralejo, CPIAP President-Elect
This event provides a unique platform for healthcare professionals, policymakers, and advocates to explore solutions for improving pressure injury care across Canada. The summit aims to highlight gaps in patient outcomes and foster collaboration on actionable solutions, advancing CPIAP’s Strategic Plan to make pressure injury prevention a national priority.
Registration for this summit is free and open to the public at www.cpiap.com/summit.
Join us to STOP Pressure Injuries!
About CPIAP
About CPIAP The Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (CPIAP) is an inter-professional collaboration dedicated to improving lives of persons affected by pressure injuries across the continuum of care through research, knowledge translation, policy, and advocacy.
As a national body of interprofessional healthcare professionals with an expertise in pressure injury prevention and management across the continuum of care, CPIAP acts in an advisory role as the source of expert knowledge in Canada. Through organized workstreams, CPIAP supports making pressure injuries a national priority, drive standardization, advocate for policy solutions and optimize knowledge translation.
For more information, visit www.cpiap.com or contact us at admin@cpiap.com.
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