2010 Track Schedule and Learning Objectives

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.

Sessions 1, 6, 12, 18, 24, 33, 42, 48, 54, and 60

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.

Sessions 2, 7, 13, 19, 25, 34, 43, 49, 55, and 61

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.

Sessions 3, 8, 14, 20, 26, 35, 44, 50, 56, and 62

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.

Sessions 9, 15, 21, 27, 36, 45, 51, and 57

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.

Sessions 4, 10, 16, 22, 28, 37, 46, 52, 58, and 63

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.

Sessions 5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 38, 47, 53, and 59

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.

Sessions A-K

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.

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