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SAWC Fall, sponsored by North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC, Offers Up to 15 CE Credit Hours.
This symposium will offer sessions with the following accreditations: CME, CPME, CNE, and CPE, and accreditation for physical therapists and dietitians.

SAWC Fall is designed for physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, podiatrists, and dietitians involved in wound healing or wound care issues. The SAWC provides attendees who study and treat wounds with state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information.

Accreditation Information

Physicians:
North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NACCME designates this educational activity for a maximum of 15 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Podiatrists:
North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME) is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a sponsor of continuing education in podiatric medicine.
This program is approved for 15 continuing education contact hours or 1.5 CEUs.

Nurses:
North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association for 15 contact hours.

Dietitians:
North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 15 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program.

Physical Therapists:
North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME), has applied for pre-approved accreditation in some of the states that require pre-approval: Arizona, California. Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, and Texas. If you practice in any other state, please consult with the PT Board in your area.

Learning Objectives

SAWC Fall has been designed to provide the most up-to-date clinical and research information as well as evidence-based findings to ensure that all participating attendees are aware of cutting-edge wound care techniques.

After attending this conference participants should be able to:

• Discuss updated 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.