Poster Prizes

These awards are designed to reward the considerable work that goes into preparing a poster for presentation at the conference. To be eligible for consideration you must have a paper accepted for poster presentation at the EWMA 2008 conference.

Posters that have been submitted/presented elsewhere are not eligible for a poster prize. A panel of judges will attend the poster session, and authors are strongly encouraged to be present at these sessions in order to answer questions concerning their work.

Value of poster prizes:

The value of each poster prize is € 200.

Winners of the poster prizes 2008

Veronika Woskova, Czech Republic:

115: The Neuropad: A Simple Test to Evaluate Diabetic Neuropathy and Risk of Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Anna Marie Nielsen, Denmark:

199: Methods for Evaluation of Bacterial Contamination as a Result of Treatment with High Pressure Irrigation

Pedro Pacheco, Portugal:

216: Compression Therapy in Treating Venous Ulcers in a Healthcare Sub Region

Javier Hernández Toledo, Spain:

270: Clinical Evidence of Infection and its Correlation with the Microbiological Diagnosis in Diabetic Foot Wounds

Poster prizes for centres
This year the poster award committee decided to award centres with poster prizes. The reason was that these centre contributed with a number of high class posters across a range of topics, involving a team of people. The following centres were awarded poster prizes:

University of Pisa, Italy

University of Essen, Germany

Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland