Clinical Research & Education Liaison, and Charity Liaison
Independent Nurse Researcher AND Ferris Mfg. Corp.
Clinical Education
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Biographical Sketch: Formal presentations:
29 Nov 2016 Preventing Infections from Wounds and Soft Tissue Injuries, Session #8142 for one hour of CEs at the 125 Anniversary AMSUS (Association of Military Surgeons of the United States) Annual Meeting, National Harbor, MD.
14 March 2016 The Quest for a Sustainable Wound Management Solution for Rural Areas of Tropical Developing Countries at the 21st Biennial WCET Congress 2016, Cape Town, South Africa (Podium Presentation as an Invited Speaker)
15 March 2016 Spreading The Revolutionary Message of Modern Wound Management Principles: Facilitating Change Among Surgeons in the Developing World at the 21st Biennial WCET Congress 2016, Cape Town, South Africa (Podium Presentation as an Invited Speaker)
16 March 2016 Pain Assessment & Management for Nurses: Beyond the WHO Analgesic Ladder at the 21st Biennial WCET Congress 2016, Cape Town, South Africa (Podium Presentation as an Invited Speaker)
15 Jan 2016: Pain Slows Healing. Part 1: Understanding the Inflammatory Response to Soft Tissue Injury, and Part 2 Sustainable Methods of Managing Pain and Inflammation to Improve Healing; IHCF Medical Missions Seminar, Fort Worth, TX (Podium Presentations as an Invited Speaker)
15 – 25 December 2015: Basic Wound Management and Assessment and First Aid: requested presentation, personalized for various multidisciplinary groups of clinicians in Angkor Hospital for Children, with the goal of teaching every health care professional in the entire hospital (including outpatient and community outreach) how to appropriately care for wounds; resulted in a durable complete change in wound management at this facility.
12 Aug 2015: Pain Slows Healing Part 2: How to Assess and Address Patients’ Pain and Inflammation (1.25 hours of Nursing CEUs): Webinar broadcast by the Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA)
16 July 2015: Pain Slows Healing Part 1: Understanding the Inflammatory Response to Soft Tissue Injury (1.25 hours of Nursing CEUs): Webinar broadcast by the Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA)
19 June 2015: Choosing an Ideal Dressing (1.25 hours of Nursing CEUs): Webinar broadcast by the Visiting Nurses Association of America (VNAA)
12 Nov 2014: Modern Wound Management and Sustainable Wound Management Techniques Using Improvised Materials: Requested presentation for the Cambodian surgical and wound team (physicians and nurses) at Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
12 Nov 2014: Wound Pain and Inflammation: How It Affects Healing, and How to Manage It. Additional Presentation for the Cambodian surgical and wound team (physicians and nurses) at Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
3 Nov 2014: Prevention of Device-related Pressure Ulcers, and Prevention and Treatment of Extravasation Injuries: Requested hour-long continuing education presentation for the nurses at Angkor Hospital for Children, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
19 Sept 2014 Wound Pain. What You Don't Know Can Hurt... Your Patient (1 hour of Nursing CEUs): Wild on Wounds Conference (WOW) Las Vegas, NV (podium presentation)
Nov 2013 - Research Study to Obtain Accurate Wound Survey Data in Rural Ghana, a 15 min breakout session summarizing the novel story completion interview method I designed to obtain accurate quantitative survey data in cross cultural settings, at the Bienniel Sigma Theta Tau Convention.
4 March 2013 – Dissertation defense: Discovering Current Wound Management Practices of Rural Africans: a Pilot Study (available from the Virginia Henderson Library).
18 Jan 2013 Wound Management in Rural Areas of Tropical Developing Countries (repeated 19 Jan 2013) (1 hour of Nursing CEUs), IHCF Medical Missions Seminar Dallas, Texas
21 Jan 2012 Providing Modern Wound Care in Resource-Limited Environments (1 hour of Nursing CEUs), IHCF Medical Missions Seminar Dallas, Texas
Numerous poster presentations at national and international conferences, some of which received poster awards (details provided upon request)
Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed PubMed Indexed Journals:
Articles in Peer-Reviewed PubMed/MEDLINE Indexed Journals:
Benskin, Linda L. (2016). Polymeric Membrane Dressings for topical wound management of patients with infected wounds in a challenging environment: A protocol with 3 case examples. Ostomy Wound Management. (62)6:42–50.
Benskin, Linda L. (2013). A review of the literature informing affordable, available wound management choices for rural areas of tropical developing countries. Ostomy Wound Management (59)10:20-41.
Benskin, Linda L. (2012). PolyMem Wic Silver Rope: A Multifunctional Dressing for Decreasing Pain, Swelling, and Inflammation. Advances in Wound Care (1)1:44-47. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. doi: 10.1089/wound.2011.0285 http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/wound.2011.0285
Benskin, Linda L. (2012). A Concept Development of the Village Health Worker. Nursing Forum (47)3:173-182. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2012.00270.x PubMed ID 22861654
Letters to the Editor published in Peer-Reviewed PubMed/MEDLINE Indexed Journals:
Benskin, Linda L. (2016). A prospective clinical trial comparing Biobrane Dressilk and PolyMem dressings on partial-thickness skin graft donor sites raises concerns. Burns (42)5:1151-2. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.035
Benskin, Linda L. (2016). Limitations of In Vitro Antimicrobial Dressings Study. Burns (42)5:1147-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.01.034
Benskin, Linda (2015). Comment on Degree of the hazards of silver-containing dressings on MRSA-infected wounds in Sprague-Dawley and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Wounds(27)7:198. PubMed ID 26405721
Benskin, Linda L. L. (2012). A Concept Development of the Village Health Worker. Nursing Forum (47)3:173-182. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2012.00270.x PubMed ID 22861654
Reviewed Manuscripts for the Following Journals
2011 - 2016: Advances in Wound Care (at least one manuscript per year)
2013: Human Resources for Health
2011: Nursing Forum
External Reviewer and Photograph Contributor
2011: Aboriginal Health Worker Wound Education Program, produced by WoundsWest in Western Australia