Program

BELGIAN INTERUNIVERSITY COURSE IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
INTERUNIVERSITAIRE OPLEIDING GERIATRIE
ENSEIGNEMENT INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DE GERIATRIE
BVGG – SBGG
November 22, 2014 –
9h00 – 12h30
PROGRAMME
Pressure ulcers
Organizer: prof. dr. I. Beyer - VUB
09:00 - 09:30 h
Welcome, coffee and breakfast
09:30 - 10:00 h
Pathophysiology and differential diagnosis
Dr. Tom Hillary, Prof. dr. Jan Gutermuth (VUB, UZ Brussel)
10:00 - 10:30 h
Prevention
Ms Valerie Hanssens (UZ Brussel)
10:30 - 11:00 h
Pressure ulcers – a geriatric syndrome
Prof. dr. Ingo Beyer (VUB, UZ Brussel))
11:00 - 11:15 h
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00 h
Local treatment (and case quiz)
Dr. Tom Hilary & Ms Valerie Hanssens (UZ Brussel)
12:00 – 12:30 h
Surgical treatment
Dr. Benoit Hendrickx (UZ Brussel)
Location: Hotel Best Western Carrefour de l'Europe,
Grasmarkt/Rue du Marché-aux-Herbes 110, 1000 Brussel/Bruxelles
(within a distance of 400m from the central railway station)