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Yes, we are voting on whether to have a conference in Vancouver this June, it may be too early though to get organized. The other thing I'm trying to develop is a website whereby foot care nurses can find groups in their area, form groups online, or form groups in their areas by connecting online. Also use it as a hub for education, events etc. I hope to add a page for contact forms so that nurses can fill in info and we can contact the nurses when there is an upcoming conference in the area. I envision it to encompass at the moment Canada and the States. I think we could help one another since so many nurses are out on their own. So much research needs to be done as well and this could be one way to pass the research on, and stimulate more. The impetus for this idea was because of the upcoming conference, even though it may not go ahead. We are so lucky to have a 40 member group. But I can see that there are so many foot care nurses that could benefit as we do from supporting one another in our practice and our education. It's truly invaluable. We make a real difference in people's lives.

Hi Everyone, We are a nurses group on Vancouver Island just off of British Columbia (BC), Canada. We are a tight group of about 40 foot care nurses that meet once a month to support one another in education and our practices. Up until now much of the focus on foot care practice in Canada has been on eastern foot care conferences in Canada. I would really like to know what it's like for American nurses? Are you a tightly knit community? Do you have foot care groups? What about education? Conferences? The Vancouver foot care nurses group and our island group are toying with an idea of trying to organize a conference in the next couple of years either on the island or in Vancouver, but don't know if there would be any interest from the states. Does this hold any interest? It would be nice to know and hear what we could do to help each other out in each others practices since this is an emerging specialty. I don't even see that it is listed as a specialty on this site. Yet, there are clinics that abound in eastern Canada that are run solely by foot care nurses running a Foot Care Clinic specializing in foot care. I see this happening in the future with the growth in demographics. I know of a wonderful American resource person that I have found on the web, that I Googled, Laura Roehrick, a teacher and founder of a preventative diabetic foot ulcer alliance group. You are lucky! Anyhow, be nice to hear your thoughts and reflections.

I found a new site, I imagine the individual, since she lives in the states, can help you with foot care courses. The site can be searched under the Preventitive Foot Care Alliance, in google. From there it is also linked to http://www.barefootnurses.com. It is based in California.

Hi Tutti, Who was your instructor? Which course was it? And where? thanks,

Malaspina College is now Vancouver Island University, for the foot care courses as well as being able to take them at Vancouver Community College. Both are in BC, Canada.

Yes, there are courses at Malaspina college in Nanaimo, BC on Vancouver Island, Vancouver,BC at Vancouver Community College, University of the Fraser Valley and other courses in Ontario, Canada. All vary greatly in cost and length of time. Kelly