Manipal College of Nursing conducts workshop on Interprofessional Advanced Wound care
Manipal, March 03, 2022: Manipal College of Nursing, MAHE conducted a one-day workshop on Interprofessional Advanced Wound care in collaboration with HBS Kollagen India on Feb 28.
The workshop was attended by MBBS & Nursing interns of Manipal College of Nursing and Kasturba Medical College.
Dr. Naveen S Salins, Professor & Head, Palliative Medicine and Supportive care, KMC, was the chief guest. Satyendra Bhat, Vice President HBS Kollagen was the guest of honor.
Dr. Judith A Noronha, Dean MCON, MAHE Manipal, Dr. Elsa Sanatombi Devi, Professor & Convener, and also the Coordinator of the Manipal HEAL Academy Wound care center, Raj Bommakanti, Vice President HBS USA and Selvam Joseph Watts, the N S M HBS India attended the workshop.
The Chief Guest Dr. Naveen S Salins, Professor & Head, Palliative Medicine, and Supportive care, KMC, MAHE Manipal emphasized health professionals’ awareness and skills towards varying wounds across the specialty.
Dr. Naveen stressed that treating the right wound with the right material with a holistic approach to suit every patient needs a mandated protocol of practice and interprofessional team.
Satyendra Bhat was impressed with the response of the medical and nursing team that took a leap into this specialized area where skills are a mandate for MBBS and Nursing graduates. He promised a positive journey towards wound care and supporting future training and research in a bigger picture in collaboration with MAHE Manipal.
Speaking on the conduction of the workshop Dr. Judith A Noronha, Dean MCON, MAHE Manipal said that the importance to have a competency-based approach to wound care cannot be stressed enough.
“Workshops like these play a critical role in this regard. We firmly assure our support towards the Manipal HEAL Academy activities to train graduates of both the institutes -MCON & KMC graduates over the years and bring forth research outputs. Working with an interprofessional team serves the right view of quality patient care” Dr. Judith said.
Dr. Raj Bommakanti, Vice President HBS USA addressed the graduates via virtual mode. Selvam Joseph Watts, the N S M HBS India, provided hands-on products and their uses in the kinds of wounds.
The workshop was attended by many doctors and professors of both KMC Manipal and MCON who imparted their experiences and knowledge to students in wound management. The workshop included live videos of wound debridement and dressings that emphasized the importance of skills to the young graduates. The students were also shown the importance of patients’ clinical environment and also correct practice in terms of sample collection, diagnosis, and management of medication that needs authenticity.
