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Join us for Breaking Barriers Symposium: Bolstering mental health & resiliency among skin patients, a free, two-evening, virtual event December 4th and 5th to learn how you can manage your mental health and wellbeing while navigating life with a skin, hair, or nail condition!

Session 1: December 4, 2024 - 6-8 PM ET

Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley, Registered Clinical Psychologist sharing insights and coping strategies for managing life with a chronic disease. Followed by a panel discussion with dermatology patients.

Session 2: December 5, 2024 - 6-8 PM ET

John Westhaver, resiliency expert and burn survivor sharing tools on resiliency. Followed by a panel discussion with dermatology patients.




American Breast Care (ABC)
Mastectomy Fitter Online Certificate Training Course

  

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FREE AND EXCLUSIVE INVITATION!

For New Fitters and Experienced Fitters wishing to recertify.

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Interested in becoming a Certified ABC Mastectomy Fitter? 

 

This is the course for you.

  

How do I get certified?

To obtain and/or maintain the ABC certified mastectomy fitter status, completion of the 2 part mastectomy fitter training course is required, as necessary.  A certificate of training will be provided upon completion of the 2 part course.

PART 1:  Online Training Course 

AGENDA:

1) Breast Care 101

2) Basic Foundations of Fitting
3) New Products Review
* A 10 min. break in between


PART 2:  Product Demo
For New or Experienced Fitters who do not have access to American Breast Care products only. To be scheduled after the completion of the online training course.

  


What is a certified ABC mastectomy fitter?

A certified ABC mastectomy fitter is a health care professional that is qualified to provide and/or supervise the assessment, treatment plan development, implementation, and follow-up and practice management of patients using American Breast Care's external breast prostheses and its other post-mastectomy products & services.

Certified ABC mastectomy fitters are recognized professionally as having completed rigorous education and training programs.


What does a certified ABC mastectomy fitter do? 

Pursuant to a physician’s order, a certified ABC mastectomy fitter measures a patient and properly fits, dispenses, and adjusts external breast prostheses, bras, and related supplies. They are integral to the physical and emotional well-being of patients, providing instruction and training on how to properly use and maintain American Breast Care's post-mastectomy products.

 

REGISTER TODAY.  CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE!

 

NOVEMBER


14

TIME: 12:00 pm (EST)

 

DURATION: 4 hrs.

 

COST:  Free 

 

CLASS SIZE: Limited to 20 Attendees. 

 

REGISTER HERE!

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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! LIMITED SPACE!!

 

Training Provided By:

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PARADIGM MEDICAL INC.

Exclusive Canadian Distributor of America Breast Care Products.


Instructors:

France Foster - 20 Year Breast Care Fitter & Trainer
Jennifer Wang - President of Paradigm Medical Inc.

For questions, please contact Meena at: info@paradigmmed.com.



Click here to watch the 2022 CCSN Webinar Series


 


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Alberta Lymphedema Association

Check out the webinar recordings from Alberta Lymphedema Association previous events:   Click here to visit their archive.

Other News

Bauerfeind

Bauerfeind is a medium-sized company founded in 1929 in Zeulenroda (Thuringia, Germany) and is one of the market leaders in its industry: Bauerfeind employs around 2,000 members of staff worldwide and is represented by subsidiaries in over 20 countries. The products are exclusively made in Germany and are partly manufactured by hand before being sent all over the world. They fulfill the most stringent requirements in terms of quality, effectiveness, and wearing comfort. This is confirmed by regular inspection procedures, for which their products are permitted to bear the seals and marks after successful testing by Bauerfind.


https://bauerfeind.ca/pages/lymphology


The Galien Group, representing Bauerfind, is located in Quebec, and they are now working on expanding operations in all provinces. Below are some notes about Galien and the product:

Product

  1. All garments are made in Germany and shipped within 10-15 days.
  2. The product to be presented is not new-to-market, but it is a significantly improved version of an existing product. It is called Curaflow.
  3. Garments are available in 20-30mmHg and 40-30 mmHg
  4. It is a flat knit with great reviews for comfort of wear; it comes in different configurations (pantyhose, sleeve) and colours
  5. The competition for the product in that market segment is Mediven; prices are also similar
  6. Templates for measurements are easy to follow

The Galien Group

  1. Has a full Health license for their product and has applied for ADP approval, which is pending.
  2. Has 6 full time employees in Ontario for support.
  3. They also have pneumatic pumps which will be available to try www.boesl-med.de/produkte/lymphamat.htm
  4. At the CLF conference in the Fall, they will demonstrate product measurements on actual patients to train professionals
  5. Lymphedema education presentation from a physician and physiotherapist



Host a Training.
Build Your Practice.
Lead the Field.


We're looking for sites to host our Norton School Lymphedema Training Courses in 2023 and 2024.
 

If you have the space and want to make a difference in your own practice, and the field as a whole, consider the advantages of hosting.
BENEFITS TO YOUR FACILITY IF YOU HOST:
  1. Free training for up to three staff members based upon total program enrollment, one spot guaranteed
  2. Grow your program’s skills and offerings
  3. Demonstrate leadership in the field (all course hosts are advertised on the Norton School website, and listed alongside such luminaries as the Mayo Clinic, the University of Pennsylvania, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Massachusetts General, and more)
  4. Great recruiting opportunity to fill open positions (and watch potential candidates in action)
  5. Meet other clinicians in the field and share ideas
  6. No offsite travel and accommodations for your staff
  7. Norton School handles all the external marketing to fill the class

Norton School of Lymphatic Therapy trains the majority of lymphedema specialists in the United States and is the only school hosted by many of the most prestigious facilities in the world. Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) is the most successful treatment for chronic extremity lymphedema. Post mastectomy lymphedema and other related conditions respond extremely well to this gentle, non-invasive, and highly effective therapy. CDT is sometimes referred to as Complete/Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy (CDP). Upon completion of the class, the therapist will be able to differentiate between a variety of peripheral edemas as well as understand the applications, medical indications, and contraindications of MLD and CDT. Additionally, the therapist will be able to establish a CDT treatment plan for individuals with primary or secondary lymphedema and perform the indicated treatment.

 

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED please contact Steve Norton, Executive Director, for more information toll-free at (866) 808-2249 or steve.norton@nortonschool.com

CDT Course Description




Watch the FREE Recording of our Live Webinar Now


This Presentation is Valuable For Canadian: Lymphedema Patients/Specialists, Vascular Disease/Wound Care Specialists, Rehabilitation Therapists, and Care Givers.

Learn from a World-Class Expert in Wound Care and Lymphedema.
 
Here's what you'll learn:
• Incidence, Prevalence & Trends
• Causes of Lymphedema
• Diagnostic Features
• Common (and not so common) Symptoms
• Lymphedema Patient’s Perspective
• Treatment & Management Options
• Quality of Life Issues
• Follow-up and Management Therapies
• Life-Style Changes & Expectations

• Defining Lymphedema

 

Speaker:
 

Oscar M. Alvarez PhD, CCT, FAPWCA

Program Director, Vascular and Wound Care Center
Director, Clinical Research, University Hospital
Professor (By Courtesy), Department of Surgery
Rutgers, New Jersey Medical School
 
Dr. Alvarez obtained a bachelors of science in Pre-Med and Chemistry from the University of Dayton, Ohio (1974). He received his doctorate in Nutritional Biochemistry from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1979. He was an NIH Postdoctoral fellow and a Wound Healing Fellow at University of Miami School of Medicine from 1979-1982. Dr. Alvarez has been the recipient of more than 90 research grants and awards. Among them, The National Institute of Health Training Award to study dermal-epidermal interactions during wound repair, U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command Award to study epidermal migration in partial thickness wounds and National Institute of Health grant to study Emotional Stress and Wound Healing in Diabetics.


Dr. Alvarez served as a member of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, a panel for guideline development in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Dr. Alvarez is the Founder and Chairman of FRAIL (for the recognition of the adult immobilized life). FRAIL is a panel seeking solutions for skin related complications of adults with chronic illness. Dr. Alvarez also served as a panel member of S.C.A.L.E. (an expert group to build a consensus proposal on Skin Changes at Life’s End. Dr. Alvarez has held faculty positions with: The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Cornell University Medical College; Rockefeller University and New York Medical College. Dr. Alvarez is a founding editor of the journal WOUNDS, the managing editor of ePlasty, the first open access journal in plastic surgery. He has authored over 100 peer- reviewed publications relating to wound care. Dr. Alvarez has also been principal investigator in more than 50 major clinical trials.


Hosted by:
      
PARADIGM MEDICAL INC.
Exclusive Canadian Distributor of Bio Compression Systems (Health Canada Approved Line of Pneumatic Compression Pumps).


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