ABWM Newsletter April 2018
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The Golden Apple Award Goes to. . .
Pamela Cole, PT, CWS
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Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) is pleased to announce
Pamela Cole, PT, CWS is a recipient of the thirteenth annual HVO Golden Apple Award. As part of its World Health Day observances and in celebration of World Health Worker Week, HVO recognizes the extraordinary contributions of HVO members, volunteers and supporters. Each individual honored with this award has demonstrated a commitment to HVO’s mission to improve global health through the education, training, and professional development of the health workforce in resource-scarce countries.
Ms. Cole has contributed to HVO as both a volunteer and leader. She first traveled to HVO’s wound project at Hopital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Deschapelles, Haiti in 2013. She has visited the site each year since, becoming project director in 2014. Her work with the site has demonstrated her commitment to relevant and practical education and her profound dedication to improving the lives of the Haitian people. Her colleagues have noted her persistence and drive, highlighting her effective use of time and resources at the site, and her ongoing pursuit of new opportunities to meet the changing needs of staff at HAS. In addition to her service in Haiti, Ms. Cole serves on HVO’s Physical Therapy Steering Committee.
Ms. Cole is a physical therapist and clinical specialist at the Methodist Hospital Wound Clinic in St. Louis Park, Minnesota and associate faculty at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth. She is a certified Clinical Wound Specialist and received her master’s degree in physical therapy from Boston University. She is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care.
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- ABWM will be at the SAWC Spring in Charlotte, NC, Thursday, April 26 - Saturday, April 26, 2018 at booth #237 for some great giveaways and meet our Board of Directors!
- The American Academy of Physicians Assistants meeting will be in New Orleans on May 21-23, 2018. Come chat with us at booth #1110.
- The Exam Committee will reconvene March 20-22, 2019 and June 17 - 19, 2019. If you are interested in applying to serve on our exam committee, please email vlindsey@abwmcertified.org.
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Board Member Spotlight:
Todd Mann, DPM, CWS, DABMSP
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I have been practicing podiatry since 1997 and was first certified in wound care by ABWM in 2002 and re-certified in 2012. The gratification I get from treating patients, healing wounds and improving a patient’s quality of life is immense. My practice is unique in that we not only treat patients in our office but, if a patient is home bound, we will bring our expertise to them. Home bound patients present another layer of complexity to the already challenging field of wound care.
Obtaining certification thru the American Board of Wound Management requires in-depth knowledge and experience in wound care. Obtaining my CWS was my way of challenging myself to be a better wound care practitioner as well as give my patients confidence that the provider they have chosen to care for them is highly qualified. Podiatry can be a broad field from performing routine foot care to treating sports injuries to providing forefoot and rearfoot surgery. I have chosen to focus my practice primarily on lower extremity wound care. I want the staff I work with and the providers that refer and entrust their patients to my care to know that I am qualified as well as passionate about what I do and having my CWS helps to demonstrate that.
As a board member of the ABWM, I am able to help ensure that the ABWM continues to provide a comprehensive and challenging exam as well as help figure out ways for the ABWM to continue to certify and promote other practitioners who demonstrate knowledge and expertise in wound care. I would encourage anyone who practices wound care to pursue certification through the ABWM and, for those already certified, to get involved in the ABWM to help shape the future of wound care certification.
Todd Mann, DPM, CWS, DABMSP
Member of ABWM Board of Directors
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