Volume 42 Number 3
Big shoes to fill! But nothing significant ever came from waiting in your comfort zone
Laurent O Chabal and Denise Hibbert
For referencing Chabal LO and Hibbert D. Big shoes to fill! But nothing significant ever came from waiting in your comfort zone. WCET® Journal 2022;42(3):10-11
Finally, we made it! After 4 years without Congress we have achieved a very successful biennial Congress. It was, as you know, a joint endeavour with our colleagues from the WOCN® Society in the USA. We thank them for their collaboration and hard work to make this event a success. Many thanks to Alison Crawshaw and Karen Hill for the hard work done on behalf of the WCET®.
It was great to meet all of you who attended in person. We are sorry that many of you were unable to be there, but we hope you enjoyed the virtual presentations. The good news is that all Congress content has been registered and will be available for participants to see online until the end of 2022. More about this Congress and attendee experience can be found in issue 2 of the BullETin; please take the time to read it.
We would also like to take this opportunity to invite speakers from this Congress to submit a manuscript for the WCET® Journal. To quote Dr Elizabeth A Ayello, WCET® immediate past President, in her closing Congress remarks – “Get the work that you have done PUBLISHED, regardless of whether you have developed new approaches into bedside enablers, tested or made creative clinical solutions or completed a research study, if it is not written, it is not done“. Dissemination is so important. We would like to thank our publisher, Greg Paull of Cambridge Media, for supporting WCET® at Congress, and we also thank Dr Jenny Prentice our journal editor.
During Congress we had the opportunity to thank the previous WCET® Executive Board (EB) for their hard work over the last term, and especially to our immediate past President, Dr Elizabeth A Ayello. To recognise and celebrate her great achievements, she was presented with a very special commemorative 52-page WCET® Journal reprint, gathering all of her editorials published within the journal over the past 18 years. Many thanks to Greg Paull and all the Cambridge Media team for their support.
It was also an opportunity to welcome the new WCET® EB, allowing us to start the new term straight away. It is a huge responsibility and a challenge to step into the shoes of such a prestigious and outstanding person. Elizabeth has guided her team through treacherous waters and onto safe shores during difficult times, such as COVID-19. We will do our very best to maintain this very high standard.
Also many thanks to Dr Elizabeth A Ayello, who has agreed to stay on as our liaison to the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS), and to Diana Gallagher (WCET® Treasurer), who has accepted the position of WCET® liaison to the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) after WCET® past President Susan Stelton stepped down. Alison Crawshaw has agreed to stay on as Congress Coordinator, for which we are very grateful. We thank our colleagues from the International and Interprofessional Wound Care Group (IIWCG) for their partnership as WCET® Journal is also their official journal. WCET® also continues its partnership with other affiliated organisations. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has just been signed with ASCN-UK. Others are under discussion.
We continue to promote WCET® through in-person and pre-recorded events and plan to start attending other none WCET® events and celebrations around the world. We cannot wait to see you in person once again. One of the up and coming major events WCET® will be involved in is the 31st Biennial International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS) Congress which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27–29 October 2022. We take this opportunity to warmly thank the ISUCRS for inviting the Turkish Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses association to organise this 1st Joint Nursing Conference, where stoma, wound and continence content will be discussed. Many thanks also to Dr Ayişe Karadaǧ for inviting the WCET® and the European Council of Enterostomal Therapists (ECET) to be a part of the faculty. Dr Elizabeth A Ayello will be its honorary President and some of us will be involved in presentations. For sure, it will be an amazing event.
We hope you have enjoyed our latest webinar on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); there is more to come so stay tuned for further notice regarding topics, international speakers, moderators and dates. We take this opportunity, once again, to thank all the WCET® Education Committee and its webinar taskforce, led by Julie Weng (Education Chair) and Michelle Lee (Webinar Coordinator), for their hard volunteer work in ensuring these educational webinars continue. A huge thank you to all the Barcami Lane Management team, especially Susan Barber, for their support and to all speakers for sharing your expertise and for supporting the continuation of Norma’s vision and mission, to educate nurses worldwide for better patient outcomes.
WCET® listens to its members’ voices; in so doing, we are planning for our next membership survey in 2023. Your answers will help us to review our strategic plan for 2024–2028. You will be able to complete it in different languages, as was done previously. In advance we thank you, and all of those who make it happen. We cannot wait to read your comments as much has happened since the last survey in 2019. The results will be published in the WCET® Journal by 2024–2025.
These COVID years have taught us much about the power of anticipation, planning, coaching and mentoring. The call for nominations for the new incoming EB members (2024–2028) will be sent out in a few months from now. Having the election results by the end of 2023 will allow the new incoming EB members to attend EB calls and meetings, as non-voting members, facilitating the current EB members to introduce them to their new position.
To rephrase some of the last WCET® WOCN® Joint Congress messages, we will keep reminding ourselves that “a team is more than the sum of its parts”, and that what can seem impossible can become possible when I AM becomes WE ARE. Thank YOU all for being a part of this amazing global team.
Sincerely
Laurent & Denise
任重道远！但在舒适区里等待没有任何意义
Laurent O Chabal and Denise Hibbert
终于，我们做到了！在4年没有举办大会之后，这个两年一度的大会终于再次成功举办。如大家所知，这是与我们美国WOCN®协会同事共同努力的结果。我们感谢他们的合作和辛勤工作，让这次活动获得成功。非常感谢Alison Crawshaw和Karen Hill代表WCET®所做的辛勤工作。
很高兴见到来到现场的各位。很遗憾你们中的许多人无法到现场，但我们希望你们能享受到在线演讲。好消息是，所有的大会内容都已注册，并将在2022年底之前供与会者在线观看。有关本次大会和与会者的更多经验，请参见《BullETin》第2期；请花点时间阅读一下。
我们也希望借此机会邀请本届大会的发言者向WCET®杂志提交稿件。引用WCET®前任主席Elizabeth AAyello博士在大会闭幕致辞中的话Å\Å\“请将你们所做的工作发表出来，无论你们是将新方法开发成了床边辅助工具、测试或制定了创造性的临床解决方案，亦或是进行了全面的研究工作。如果没有写出来，就等于没有完成”。传播是如此的重要。我们要感谢我们的出版商，Cambridge Media的 Greg Paull，感谢他在大会上对WCET®的支持，我们还要感谢我们的杂志编辑Jenny Prentice博士。
大会期间，我们有机会感谢前任WCET®执行委员会（EB）在上一个任期内所做的辛勤工作，特别感谢我们前任主席Elizabeth A Ayello博士。为表彰和庆祝她的巨大成就，我们向她赠送了一份非常特别的52页的WCET®杂志纪念版重印本，其中收集了过去18年中她在该杂志上发表的所有社论。非常感谢Greg Paull和所有Cambridge Media团队的支持。
这也是一个欢迎新WCET® EB的机会，让我们能够立即开始新阶段。接手如此声望卓著的人的工作，是一项巨大的责任，也是一项挑战。在COVID-19困难时期中，Elizabeth指导她的团队勇闯激流，到达安全的彼岸。我们将尽最大努力保持这一高标准。
同时也非常感谢Elizabeth A Ayello博士，同意继续担任我们与世界伤口愈合协会联盟（WUWHS）的联络人，并感谢Diana Gallagher（WCET®财务主
管），在WCET®前任主席Susan Stelton卸任后，同意担任WCET®与美国压力性损伤咨询小组（NPIAP）的联络人一职。Alison Crawshaw已同意继续担任大会协调员，我们对此表示非常感谢。我们感谢国际跨专业伤口护理组（IIWCG）同事们的合作，因为WCET®杂志也是他们的官方杂志。WCET®还将继续与其他附属组织合作。刚刚与ASCN-UK签署了谅解备忘录（MOU）。其他事项正在讨论中。
我们继续通过线下和预先录制的活动推广
WCET®，并计划开始参加世界各地的其他非WCET®活动和庆祝活动。我们迫不及待想再次见到你们。WCET®即将参加的重大活动之一是两年一度的第31届国际大学结直肠外科医师学会（ISUCRS）大会，会议将于2022年10月27日-29日在土耳其伊斯坦布尔举行。我们借此机会衷心感谢ISUCRS邀请土耳其伤口、造口和失禁护理协会组织这次第一届联合护理大会，届时将对造口、伤口和失禁内容进行讨论。也非常感谢Dr Ayişe Karadağ邀请WCET®和欧洲肠造口治疗师委员会（ECET）成为成员之一。Elizabeth A Ayello博士将担任其荣誉主席，我们中的一些人将参与演讲。毫无疑问，这将是一场令人惊叹的盛会。
我们希望您能喜欢我们最新的炎症性肠病（IBD）网络研讨会；关于主题、国际演讲人、主持人和日期的进一步通知还有很多，请继续关注。我们借此机会再次感谢所有WCET®教育委员会及其由Julie Weng（教育主席）和Michelle Lee（网络研讨会协调员）领导的网络研讨会工作组，感谢他们的艰苦志愿者工作，确保这些教育网络研讨会能够继续进行。非常感谢Barcami Lane管理团队，尤其是Susan Barber的支持，感谢所有演讲者分享你们的专业知识，支持Norma愿景和使命的延续，帮助培养全球护士，以获得更好的患者结局。
WCET®倾听其成员的声音；为此，我们计划在2023年进行下一次成员调查。你们的回答将有助于我们审查2024-2028年的战略计划。你们可以和之前一样，用不同的语言完成它。我们提前感谢你们，以及所有参与该调查的人。自2019年上次调查以来，发生了很多事情，我们迫不及待地想要阅读你们的意见。结果将于2024-2025年在WCET®杂志上发表。
新冠疫情这些年教会了我们很多关于预期、计划、培训和指导的力量。新一届EB成员（2024-2028）的提名通知将在几个月后发出。选举结果将在2023年底前获得，这样新一届EB成员可以作为无表决权成员参加EB电话会议，方便现任EB成员为他们介绍新职位。
重述上次WCET® WOCN®联合大会上的一些信息，我们将不断提醒自己，“一个团队不仅仅是其各部分的总和”，当“我”成为“我们”时，看似不可能的事情也会成为可能。感谢你们成为这个了不起的全球团队的一员。
此致
Laurent和Denise
Author(s)
Laurent O Chabal
BSc (CBP), RN, OncPall (Cert), Dip (WH), ET, EAWT
WCET® President 2022–2026
Denise Hibbert
MSc-WHTR, RGN, BSc, DipHE, ONC, STN, FSSCRS
WCET® President Elect 2022–2026
