National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) has placed on its Web site (http://www.npuap.org) drawings of the staging system, including suspected deep tissue injury. The drawings are found under the site's educational section and may be downloaded and used for educating health care professionals on the staging system. They have the NPUAP logo on them, illustrating that they are copyrighted by NPUAP.
American Professional Wound Care Association
New Program. The American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA) is offering a new program, "The Essentials-A Comprehensive Review and Refresher Course on Wound Care Management and Intervention." This is an intensive 2-day review for all practitioners and a valuable tool for certification examination preparation that will be held January 10 and 11, 2009, Marriott Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. It is designed to allow travel and attending the full course with minimal disruption to weekly patient hours.
APWCA2009. The APWCA2009 National Conference will be held April 2-5, 2009, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and will feature an international faculty known for its research, teaching expertise, and contributions to wound care. The APWCA2009 will add a new dimension as it also hosts The American College of Hyperbaric Medicine's National Meeting. Applications for the submission of poster and oral abstracts for presentation at APWCA2009 are currently being accepted and are available on the APWCA Web site. Guidelines for presentation have been revised for this year. All abstract applications must be submitted as an e-mail attachment on the forms available on the APWCA Web site. The deadline is February 2, 2009, for all oral and poster abstract application submissions.
23rd Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care. The Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care will be held October 26-30 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The APWCA has approved this conference for CME credit required for Fellows, Diplomates, and Associates to maintain their designations. Among many APWCA faculty members will be Executive Director Steven R. Kravitz, DPM, FAPWCA, lecturing on "The Skin: Function of the Largest Body Organ and the Effects of Aging and Diabetes." Other faculty representing APWCA are James McGuire, DPM, FAPWCA, who serves on the Conference Planning Committee; Elizabeth Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ETN, FAPWCA, FAAN; Sharon Baranoski, MSN, RN, CWOCN, APN, DAPWCA, FAAN, Symposium Program Director; Robert Bartlett, MD, FAPWCA; Laura Jacobs, MD, FAPWCA; Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD, FAPWCA; R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, FRCPC (Med) (Derm), FAPWCA, MEd; and others.
AMA Category 1 Credits will be available. Stop by and visit Tara Collins and other APWCA staff, as well as other APWCA members, at the exhibit booth.
APWCA Collaborates with iLegX in London. The APWCA is a collaborating society presenting the iLegx Conference October 25 and 26, 2008, in London, England.
Physician's Certification Examination. The first Physician-Specific Wound Care Certification Examination has been created to credential all prescribing physicians (MDs, DOs and DPMs) in the field of wound care. The Council for Medical Education and Testing certification is the examination endorsed by the APWCA and recognized by the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine. It will be offered in conjunction with the following upcoming conferences: October 30, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in conjunction with the Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care; November 20, 2008, in New York City, New York, in conjunction with the Vieth Symposium; and on April 5, 2009, at the APWCA National Clinical Conference, "Wound Care and the Related Sciences" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[black up pointing small triangle]Information:http://www.apwca.orgor by calling 215-364-4100
National Alliance of Wound Care
The National Alliance of Wound Care (NAWC), a multidisciplinary professional wound care membership association and certification organization offering the wound care certified (WCC) credential to nurses of all levels, therapists, and their assistants, has announced it will host a reception at the 23rd Annual Clinical Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. As part of its continued "Awareness Program," the NAWC invites all attendees of the symposium to a special Cocktail and Hors D'oeuvres Reception to be held 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Tuesday, October 28th at the Rio's renowned Palazzo Suites. Representatives from the NAWC will be on hand to talk about the WCC credential and both individual and corporate membership in the organization.
Attendees will need to present a special invitation to gain admission to the reception area, since the Palazzo Suites are reserved for celebrities and "very special guests" of the Harrah's properties. The NAWC will make this invitation available in the conference registration packets and also at Booth #623 in the Symposium's exhibit hall. Please stop by for more details. "We are very excited to have this opportunity to meet the attendees of the Clinical Symposium and to provide insight into the organization and the WCC credential," said Debbie Hecker, Executive Director, NAWC.
The NAWC is dedicated to unifying wound care providers from varied educational disciplines of the health care continuum in an effort to streamline the delivery of quality care to all patients through certification of its practitioners. For more information on member benefits, or how to become certified, please contact Ms. Hecker, Executive Director.
[black up pointing small triangle]Information:http://www.nawccb.org;877-922-6292