Wound Research Program

The Wound Research program has strong links with community, primary and acute care and government agencies. We established the Consumer Advisory Group in 2019. Our vision is to work with patients, their care givers, clinicians and policy makers to improve the quality of care and venous leg ulcer healing outcomes to ensure we build stronger partnerships between patients, researchers and health professionals. The patient voice is central and will ensure our research is patient-centred and relevant to people who are suffering from chronic wounds.

Consumer advisory group

The Wound Consumer Group aims engage patients as partners. Consumer lead driving wound research. We have a group that meets 3 times year to set priorities, strategies and feedback on all things chronic wound related. If this would interest you we would love to hear from you. contact details: 03 9903 0656.

Our vision at the Wound Research Group is to work together to improve the quality of care for venous leg ulcer healing outcomes, and to ensure we build stronger partnerships between patients, researchers and health professionals. Your voice will ensure our research is patient-centred and useful to patients. Our mission is to ensure that research findings are translated into clinical practice that are accessible for all.

Inaugural Meeting - 2^nd October 2019

13 consumers meet to discuss their venous leg ulcer experiences. 10 priorities were identified and the plan for an ulcer tool kit was hatched - Consumer Advisory Group Priorities.

Benefits of participating:

“Realise Venous ulcers are quite common”AG1. “chatting with fellow ulcer survivors”AG5. “openness and friendliness”AG4

“I got to go to some information seminars on leg ulcers, and chatting to people who had leg ulcers, so that was interesting” [P25]

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 11^th March 2020, please contact us should you wish to be involved at med.woundresearchprogram@monash.edu or 03 9903 0656.