About the Authors

M. Gail Woodbury

Affiliation Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

R. Gary Sibbald

rgarysibbald@gmail.com

Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Brian Ostrow

Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Reneeka Persaud

Affiliation Suddie Hospital, Essequibo, Guyana

Julia M. Lowe

Affiliation University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Drs. Ostrow, Sibbald, Lowe and Woodbury received travel funding to Guyana from Guyana Diabetes and Foot care Project. Drs. Sibbald and Lowe received honoraria for their participation. Dr Persaud received funding from the Guyana Diabetes and Foot Care project to attend the International Interprofessional Wound Care course. No other authors reported any disclosures. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MGW RGS. Performed the experiments: JL RGS RP BO. Analyzed the data: BO MGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGS. Wrote the paper: MGW JL BO.