Celebrating the Outstanding Poster Presentations at the WCET®-NSWOCC® Joint Congress 2026

The WCET®-NSWOCC® Joint Congress 2026 was proud to showcase an incredible collection of poster presentations highlighting innovation, research, clinical excellence, leadership, and education in wound, ostomy, and continence care from around the world.

This year’s Congress featured an impressive 228 Clinician Posters and 47 Industry Posters, creating a vibrant and engaging Poster Library within the Exhibit Hall throughout the Congress. The posters reflected the passion, expertise, and dedication of clinicians, researchers, educators, students, and industry partners committed to advancing care and improving patient outcomes globally.

During the Closing Ceremonies on Tuesday, April 28, we were honoured to recognize the following poster award recipients by category:

1st Place – Skin & Wound

Nurse-Led Home Care That Healed a 20-Year Venous Leg Ulcer: TIME + Compression in Real Life

Author: YU-SHAN LIU RN, FNP, MSN Student

1st Place – Ostomy

Out with the Old, In with the Curve: Rethinking Hernia Management with Ileal Conduits

Authors: Kaitlin McHenry, RN, BN, NSWOC, WOCC(C); Katie Weening, RN, BSN, NSWOC, WOCC(C)

1st Place – Continence

Therapeutic Itinerary of Women with Urinary Incontinence in a Urogynecology Outpatient Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors: Vera Lucia Conceição de Gouveia Santos; Marta Lira Goulart; Gisela Maria Assis

1st Place – Education & Leadership

Nursing Students’ Opinions and Experiences of 3-Step Stoma Education: A Mixed-Methods Study

Authors: Deniz Harputlu, RN, PhD; Hafdís Skúladóttir, RN, PhD

Congratulations to all of our award recipients and to every author who contributed a poster presentation to the Congress.

The Poster Library was one of the most impactful and inspiring areas of the Joint Congress, providing attendees with opportunities to exchange ideas, explore emerging research, and learn from innovative practices taking place across the globe. We were truly delighted by the incredible turnout, engagement, and record number of submissions this year.

Thank you to all poster authors for sharing your expertise, research, experiences, and abstracts with the international wound, ostomy, and continence community.

View the full list of posters below:

• Full Clinician Poster List

• Full Industry Poster List