International Scholarship

The R. Gary Sibbald International Scholarship is designed to foster networking and mentoring between the Canadian Association of Wound Care and wound care professionals in developing countries. The value of the scholarship is $2500 toward attendance at the Canadian Association of Wound Care annual meeting. Every attempt will be made to arrange preceptorships or additional clinical experience around the time of the meeting if requested by the successful candidate.

Note: This is the only scholarship for which the applicant is not required to be a member of the CAWC.

Candidates are required:

• to be involved in the care of patients with chronic wounds
• to arrange to use their experience at the Canadian Association of Wound Care to report back to other healthcare providers in their country.
• to write a 2- to 3-page summary of current wound care practices in their country, their vision for the future and possible partnerships with the
  CAWC to improve the care of persons with chronic wounds in their country.
• to present a short 10-minute summary of wound care in their country to the annual meeting of the CAWC when they attend.

Please contact us at: cawc@sympatico.ca.

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Last modified: June 13, 2006