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Who should attend
The conference is designed for physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, podiatrists, dietitians, and other health professionals involved in wound healing or wound care issues. The SAWC/WHS provides attendees who study and treat wounds with state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information.
Session tracks
The SAWC/WHS 2010 Spring meeting offers education that is of interest to all wound care professionals. In addition, in order to highlight specific wound care levels and issues, this meeting offers several distinct tracks to help guide your education planning during the conference. The co-sponsor of this conference, WHS, offers targeted education for those in research through session in the WHS program. All SAWC/WHS attendees are welcome to attend these WHS-developed sessions and learn where wound care research is headed.
Core Clinical Track
This track will provide up-to-date, evidence- and case-based information on critical issues encountered in the inpatient and outpatient settings related to the daily management of patients with wounds. Management of patients with venous and pressure ulcers will be discussed, with attention given to the management of lymphedema, nutrition, and skin-related issues.
Learning objectives:
• Discuss updates in the assessment and standards of care for commonly encountered wounds.
• Identify common wound-related skin conditions and their management.
• Describe advances in the prevention and management of the most prevalent wounds.
• Appraise the evidence base of commonly used wound prevention and patient care strategies.
Advanced Clinical Track
This track will provide state-of-the-art information for the advanced clinician as well as other wound care clinicians who encounter complex complicated wound patients in their daily practice. Topics in this track will include diagnosis and treatment of unusual wounds, critical review of the current and future status of wound diagnostics, and the advanced care of complicated patients, including those with rheumatologic and other comorbid conditions.
Learning objectives:
• Recognize the mechanisms behind the development of unusual wounds.
• Assess current and emerging diagnostic tools in wound care.
• Review approaches for the diagnosis, assessment, and management of the most difficult
wounds and wound situations.
Wound Therapeutics Track
This track will provide cutting-edge information on the therapeutic arsenal in wound care. Topics ranging from the future of dressings to recently FDA-approved wound healing treatments will be discussed. Controversies will be highlighted in the treatment of osteomyelitis and use of venous procedures to treat venous disease.
Learning objectives:
• Discuss how emerging therapies can be integrated into practice.
• Apply research data to decisions in clinical care.
• Evaluate the essential evidence behind controversial, but common, practices in wound care.
• Identify new therapeutic healing techniques for clinical application.
Limb Preservation Track
This track will address issues in peripheral arterial disease and diabetes mellitus. Attendees will receive a state-of-the-art education on topics related to epidemiology, evaluation, and management of arterial disease, with management topics covering the gamut from medical to surgical to rehabilitation.
Learning objectives:
• Review the epidemiology of peripheral arterial disease and diabetic wounds.
• List the medical and surgical treatments for arterial disease and offloading the diabetic foot.
• Identify the multimodal and interdisciplinary aspects of dealing with patients with peripheral arterial disease.
• Apply emerging research knowledge to clinical practice.
Delivery of Wound Care Track
This track tackles the realities of delivering healthcare beyond clinical issues. Critical issues such as emerging healthcare trends and how to deal with them, accreditation and development of a successful wound clinic, and issues related to international healthcare will be among those discussed.
Learning objectives:
• Identify patient populations and health system concerns that affect wound prevention and treatment outcomes.
• Discuss methods to predict ulcer development and patient outcomes.
• Provide optimum healthcare delivery through better understanding of sites of service and payment schema.
Research-to-Practice Track
This track will provide the audience with an opportunity to learn the proven and emerging scientific rationale beyond many of the core wound principles, such as oxygen therapy, scarring and fibrosis, micromechanical stress, and newly developed wound care treatments. Clinically based problems will be the background for discussions.
Learning objectives:
•Discuss advances in wound-related physiology, pathology, epidemiology, prevention, assessment, management, and education.
• Apply scientific data and research advances into research or clinical practice.
• Analyze the effects of research on the future of patient care.
Wound Healing Society Program
The Wound Healing Society (WHS) Program, organized by the WHS and open to all
SAWC/WHS conference attendees, will focus on the science of wound healing and wound therapies, which is the critical foundation of effective wound care. Plenary sessions will initially provide a broad overview to selected topics, with subsequent speakers providing in-depth presentation of these topics. Mini-symposia/abstract sessions will present the latest research findings related to the basic science of wound healing and evidence-based clinical approaches to wound care.
Learning objectives:
• Define the physiology of normal healing and risk factors for delayed healing.
• Recognize the physiological principles and clinical scientific basis of wound prevention and healing.
• Evaluate the evidence base of patient/wound assessment and care.
• Utilize current knowledge base to develop evidence-based clinical care or preclinical/clinical study protocols.
SAWC chairpersons' welcome
Welcome to the biggest and best wound care conference in the country. SAWC provides a unique venue for our interdisciplinary wound care community to gather, greet, learn, and play. SAWC founder and long-time co-chair Evonne Fowler, RN, CNS, CWON, coined the SAWC motto — One Vision, Many Faces, One Family — that continues to guide us. Our debt to Ms. Fowler, who has moved into the role of director emeritus is great. As Ms. Fowler has long known — and as we all learn eventually — we are all connected by our involvement with our patients, our healthcare settings, the government agencies that regulate our care, and the various overarching organizations. With this understanding, we work toward a common goal: to decrease the number and severity of chronic wounds.
WHS welcome
Welcome to the 20th annual meeting of the Wound Healing Society (WHS), the indispensable conference for wound healing researchers and wound care practitioners to keep pace with the rapid developments in wound healing research. The 2010 WHS annual meeting program is aimed at presenting cutting-edge science and recent progress in wound healing research, as well as fostering an exchange of ideas among scientists and practitioners. This year represents our fourth joint meeting with the SAWC, a collaboration that syngerizes efforts to advance the science and practice of wound healing.
Registration
Members of the Wound Healing Society (WHS) or the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), or those who join either organization before registering for the SAWC/WHS Spring 2010, are entitled to a 20% registration discount. Registration details COMING SOON!
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