Volume 44 Number 1
Set your watch, Glasgow is fast approaching!
Laurent O Chabal and Denise Hibbert
For referencing For referencing Chabal LO and Hibbert D. Set your watch, Glasgow is fast approaching! WCET® Journal 2024;44(1):10-11.
“The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.” (Thomas S. Monson)
A New Year, begins at different times of the year depending on culture worldwide. For example, many Asian countries celebrated the year of the Chinese Wood Dragon on 10 February 2024, bringing good fortune and prosperity, while providing the energy to overcome any obstacles encountered. Islamic countries bring in the New Year in July, on the 1st of Muharam according to the Hijri calendar. Whenever the year started for you, WCET® promises to continue to work diligently on your behalf throughout 2024. The WCET® Executive Board (EB), supporters and volunteers have gone above and beyond, giving their time and effort to fulfill WCET®’s mission, often changing obstacles into opportunities.
Dr Kathleen L Capitulo, as a new incoming EB member, will be leaving the Constitutional Advisory Panel and Miss Vesna Konjevoda, from Croatia, has joined this important panel. We deeply appreciate Dr Capitulo’s work and thank her for her service. We are also grateful that she has agreed to support Miss Konjevoda during her orientation to this Panel, which is crucial for its continued success.
In striving to continue the WCET®’s mission we carry on extending our relationships with other related organisations. A congress Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the Brazilian Association of Enterostomal Therapy (SOBEST®). We thank Dr Sonia Dantas, as SOBEST® President, and their EB for their collaboration in moving this forward.
Throughout the past year we have represented the WCET® in so many countries, virtually or face to face. Many thanks to all organisations for their kind invitations to participate and for giving us the opportunity to speak and promote our beloved WCET®. And 2024 will likely be just as busy, full of events and opportunities. We will keep you up to date via our bullETin reports and messages. Do not hesitate to share your stories in the bullETin and submit your manuscripts to the journal. Do not forget that our journal is the only one to be professionally translated into four languages other than English; we send our thanks for the financial support of Industry (Coloplast China for the Chinese translation and Calmoseptine® for the Portuguese and Spanish versions). We are still looking for a sponsor for the French translation as professional translation is very costly.
With regard to the 3rd edition of the WCET® International Ostomy Guideline, the first step has been to identify who we would like to be part of the core development team and how we will involve others to be active in panel or small working groups to inform the intial content and review of this edition. Under the guidance of Dr Emily Haesler as methodologist, integral clinical questions have been identified and the scoring methodology to be used has been discussed. We are thrilled to announce that both patients and surgeons will be involved in developing this edition, which will provide the opportunity to include literature that we may not be aware of and to ensure we look at salient issues from all angles; both peers’ and patients’ perspectives.1,2
Many thanks to all of you who have renewed your membership, with the membership year ending on 31 December 2023. For those of you who are not sure when your membership ends, you can check it out in your online profile after having logged into the website3 If you have any issue getting access and/or doing online payments, do not hesitate to contact our Central Office (admin@wcetn.org). Remember, members receive benefits including reduced Congress registration fees and possible scholarships if criteria are met.
As you may know, WCET®’s next Biennial Congress will be a joint event with the Association of Stoma Care Nurses United Kingdom (ASCN UK). It will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 28 September to 1 October. Registration is now open, do not miss this event which promises to be outstanding. Abstract and travel scholarship submissions are now closed. Applicants will be notified in May of decisions by the Scientific Committee regarding abstracts, and by the Norma N Gill Foundation® Committee regarding scholarships. Many thanks to all for your submissions, we cannot wait to see you there and hear about your scientific and clinical endeavours.
The Scientific and Organising Committees have been working hard for several months in preparing the best programme possible. Almost all keynote speakers from the cancelled event in 2020 have agreed to attend and replacements have been found for others. We have agreed that the ASCN UK will chair stoma and fistula sessions, while WCET® will chair others. Workshops will be available based on each of our tri-specialty fields.
We are excited to announce that two new WCET® Life members will be honoured, on stage at the Congress gala dinner. Also, three WCET® President Awards will be given to individuals who have made significant contributions within their specialised fields; for spreading knowledge and innovation to benefit the lives of individuals in need of stoma, wound and/or continence care. The three awardees come from three continents, representing the WCET®’s global community of ET nurses in all its diversity. Of course, the ASCN UK will also honour their prestigious members with the ‘Best Nurse’ and ‘Best Writer’ of the year award.
Additionally, scholarship recipients and new WCET® ETNET/REP directors will be acknowledged on stage. Please continue to follow updates relating to Congress 2024 on our website.4
To all WCET® International Delegates (IDs), please note you will need to prepare and submit your biennial country report by 20 June 2024. It is important to meet this deadline5 to adhere to constitutional requirements, stating that reports must be posted on the WCET® website 90 days prior to our General Business Meeting (GBM), which will be held during Congress in September.
This organisation relies on you, we cannot wait to celebrate our tri-specialty and your achievements, so stay tuned and keep watching for deadlines, as time flies.
Sincerely
Laurent and Denise
敬请期待，格拉斯哥大会即将拉开帷幕！
Laurent O Chabal and Denise Hibbert
“向过去学习，为未来准备，在当下活着。”（托马斯S.蒙森）
在世界不同地区，新年的开始时间因其文化而异。例如，许多亚洲国家在2024年2月10日庆祝中国的龙年，这一年会带来好运和繁荣，同时也为克服遇到的任何障碍提供能量。伊斯兰国家的新年在七月，即伊斯兰教历1月1日。无论新的一年从何时开始，WCET®承诺将在整个2024年期间持续为您提供优质服务。WCET®执行委员会（EB）、支持者和志愿者们不遗余力地完成WCET®的使命，为此付出了大量的时间和精力，并且常常化障碍为机遇。
作为即将上任的EB新成员，Kathleen L Capitulo博士将离开章程顾问小组，而来自克罗地亚的Vesna Konjevoda女士已加入这一重要小组。我们对Capitulo博士的贡献深表赞赏，并对她的辛勤工作表示感谢。此外，她同意在Konjevoda女士熟悉小组工作期间为她提供支持，这对小组的持续成功至关重要，为此，我们再次向她致以真诚的谢意。
为了继续履行WCET®的使命，我们不断深化与其他相关组织的关系。我们与巴西肠造口治疗学会（SOBEST®）签署了大会谅解备忘录（MOU）。我们也十分感谢SOBEST®主席Sonia Dantas博士及其EB的合作，共同推动这项工作的开展。
在过去一年内，我们在许多国家以线上或面对面的方式代表WCET®参加各种活动。非常感谢所有组织的盛情邀请，让我们有机会发言并让更多人了解我们热爱的WCET®。2024年可能也会如此繁忙，充满各种各样的活动和机遇。我们将通过bullETin报告和留言为您提供最新信息。您可以随时在bullETin上分享您的故事，并向杂志投稿。请不要忘记，我们的杂志是唯一一本由专业人员翻译成英文以外的四种语言的杂志；我们在此对行业资助表示感谢（Coloplast China提供中文翻译，Calmoseptine®提供葡萄牙语和西班牙语版本）。此外，由于专业翻译的费用较高，我们仍在寻找法语翻译的赞助商。
关于第三版《WCET®国际造口指南》，第一步是确定我们希望哪些人成为核心开发团队的一员，以及我们将如何让其他人积极参与小组或小型工作组的工作，为这一版本的初步内容和审查提供信息。在方法学家Emily Haesler博士的指导下，确定了整体临床问题，并讨论了将使用的评分方法。我们非常高兴地宣布，患者和外科医生均将参与这一版本的编写工作，这将为我们提供机会，纳入我们可能不太了解的文献，并确保我们从各个角度，包括同行和患者的角度来审视关键问题1,2。
在此，特别感谢所有续费的会员，会员年度将于2023年12月31日结束。如果您不确定您的会员何时到期，可以在登录网站3后在您的在线个人资料中查看，如果您在访问和/或在线支付时遇到任何问题，请随时联系我们的中心办公室（admin@wcetn.org）。请记住，会员可享受的福利包括大会注册费减免，如果符合标准，还可能获得奖学金。
如您所知，WCET®下一届两年一度的大会将与英国造口护理护士协会（ASCN UK）联合举办。会议将于9月28日至10月1日在苏格兰格拉斯哥举行。报名现已开始，一定不要错过这次精彩的活动。摘要和旅行奖学金申请现已截止提交。科学委员会和Norma N Gill基金会®委员会将分别于5月通知申请者有关摘要和奖学金的决定。非常感谢您的申请，我们迫不及待想在现场见到您，了解您的科学和临床研究成果。
科学委员会和组织委员会几个月来一直在努力做好各项筹备工作，尽可能为大家带来最佳的活动体验。几乎所有已取消的2020年活动的主旨演讲人均已同意出席，其他演讲人也已找到替代人选。经商定，造口和瘘管会议将由ASCN UK主持，其他会议则由WCET®主持。我们将基于三个专业领域分别举办研讨会。
我们激动地宣布，将在大会晚宴上表彰两位新的WCET®终身会员。此外，还将颁发三项WCET®主席奖，以表彰在其专业领域做出重大贡献的个人；他们持续传播知识和创新理念，为需要造口、伤口和/或失禁护理的患者带来获益。三位获奖者来自三大洲，体现了WCET®全球ET护士社区的多样性。当然，ASCN UK还将为其声誉卓著的会员颁发年度“最佳护士”和“最佳作家”奖。
此外，奖学金获得者和新任WCET® ETNET/REP负责人也将上台接受表彰。请持续关注我们的网站以获取与2024年大会相关的更新信息4。
所有WCET®国际代表（ID）请注意，您需要在2024年6月20日之前编写并提交您的两年一度国家报告。为了符合章程要求，报告必须在9月大会期间举行的一般事务会议（GBM）召开前90天在WCET®网站上发布，因此必须遵守这一截止日期5。
我们的组织离不开您的付出，我们迫不及待想要庆祝我们三个专业的成功和您取得的成就，请持续关注我们的活动，并密切关注截止日期，以免错过任何重要信息。
谨上
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
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- WHO Regional Office for Europe. 2023. Therapeutic patient education: an introductory guide. Copenhagen: WHO. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
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- https://cdn.ymaws.com/wcetn.org/resource/resmgr/id_s/wcet_id_handbook_2022-2.pdf
