Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring Meeting / Wound Healing Society (WHS) Annual Meeting 2017

Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring Meeting / Wound Healing Society (WHS) Annual Meeting is organized by Wound Healing Society and Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) and would be held during Apr 5 - 9, 2017 at San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, California, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event are physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, scientists, podiatrists, and dietitians across all practice-settings involved in the prevention, treatment and management of patients with wounds, and those interested in the latest research findings that are relevant to tissue repair and wound care. This CME conference has been approved with 27.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Objectives
• Develop strategies for advancing wound care as a professional practice and career.
• Employ an interdisciplinary approach to the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds.
• Describe the comprehensive management of patients with lower extremity wounds.
• Provide optimal healthcare delivery through improved understanding of reimbursement, quality measures, and the use of novel wound care delivery technologies.
• Implement the latest best-practice strategies to prevent and manage pressure ulcers.
• Describe various factors that inhibit wound healing including medical comorbidities, commonly used drugs and devices, and patient behavioral challenges.
• Explore challenging cases of difficult-to-heal wounds in which current and emerging wound therapies were used.
• Differentiate between acute and post-acute care services and organizations and describe how to better coordinate care across the spectrum.