2025 Wound Healing Society (WHS) Annual Meeting at Symposium On Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring
In-Person Event
Apr 30 - May 03, 2025
Grapevine, Texas, USA
23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ ...OVERVIEW
2025 Wound Healing Society (WHS) Annual Meeting at Symposium On Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring is organized by Wound Healing Society (WHS), Healthcare Made Practical (HMP) Global and will be held from April 30 - May 03, 2025 at Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas, United States of America.
Description:
This event is the leading meeting dedicated to the management, treatment, and prevention of wounds. The expert line-up of faculty, depth of discussions, and exposure to evidence-based practices and techniques are unparalleled. You'll receive invaluable wound care education that you can apply to practice to improve the lives of your patients.
SAWC fosters inclusivity, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Our program is tailored for clinicians from every practice setting, creating the ideal platform for connecting the entire wound care team. We believe the best patient outcomes are achieved through collaboration, which is why we’ve built a curriculum that brings together physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, and other healthcare professionals to tackle wound care challenges from every angle.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this activity, participants should be able to:
- 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.
KEY DATES
30 Apr, 2025
Event Start Date
03 May, 2025
Event End Date
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, HMP Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Note: This statement is not an indication of approved credits. Please see below for full accreditation details, including credit types and totals, for this activity.
Credit Designation Statements
Physicians
HMP Education designates the live activity General Session (general sessions and concurrent sessions) for 23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
HMP Education designates each live activity, Industry-Supported Symposium, for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
HMP Education designates each live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, for 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Physician Assistants
HMP Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with the AAPA CME Criteria.
General Session (general sessions and concurrent sessions) is designated for 23 AAPA Category 1 credits.
Each Industry-Supported Symposium is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 credit.
Each SAWC Pre-Conference is designated for 4 AAPA Category 1 credits.
PAs should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Nursing
The continuing nursing education live activity, General Session (general sessions, concurrent sessions), awards 23 contact hours.
Each Industry-Supported Symposium is designated for 1 contact hour.
Each continuing nursing education live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, awards 4 contact hours.
Nurse Practitioner
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Podiatrists
HMP Education is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. HMP Education has approved this live activity for 23 continuing education contact hours.
HMP Education has approved each Industry-Supported Symposium activity for 1 continuing education contact hour.
HMP Education has approved each live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, for 4 continuing education contact hours.
Physical Therapists
HMP Education will be applying for pre-approval accreditation in several states. Please see a list of approved states below as it applies to this activity. If you practice in any other state, please consult its PT Board.
The below list of pre-approved accreditation is current as of July 23, 2024.
**Maximum credit hours are subject to change pending final agenda.
Alabama – Alabama will honor any coursework relevant to the practice of Physical Therapy.
California – This course has been Approved by CERS, an Approval Agency for the California Board of Physical Therapy. CERS Course Approval #: 24-51342-2 CA
Hawaii – The Board will accept continued competence courses in subjects related to either the professional practice of physical therapy or patient/client management from courses approved by another state or jurisdiction’s physical therapy board or is equivalent.
Nevada - This activity has been approved by the Nevada Physical Therapy Board for 24.5 hours; expiration: September 20, 2026.
North Carolina – This activity is approved by the NCBPTE by virtue of approval by CERS.
North Dakota - All competence activities related to physical therapy sponsored by the APTA, State PT Associations, Medical/Educational institutions or certified by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) are automatically approved as "certified activities”.
Oregon – SAWC Spring | WHS 2025 meets the requirements for 23 hours of continue competency in Oregon.
Texas - This activity has been approved by the TPTA 23.5 continuing competence units (CCUs) for PTs and PTAs. Approval Number 78044TX; Expiration: November 2, 2025.
Washington D.C. – This course has been Approved by CERS, an Approval Agency for the District of Columbia Board of Physical Therapy. CERS Course Approval #: 24-51342-2 DC
TARGET AUDIENCE
PhysicianNursingPhysician AssistantScientistsResearchersStudentsHealthcare ProfessionalsResidentsPhysical TherapistsNursesDietitianEmergency MedicineSales and MarketingTrauma SurgeonsFellowsPlastic SurgeonsPhysiologistsPodiatristSPECIALITIES
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