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ForwardFrontiers in Wound Care 2019
Date & Location:
Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Baystate Education Center, Holyoke, MA
Goal:
The goal of this educational activity is to support safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, equitable and compassionate care.
Provided by:
Baystate Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine and Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education
Target Audience
This course is designed for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, residents, interns, RN’s, LPN’s and Medical Assistants in the Western MA / Northern CT community.
Learning Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
- Identify wounds that require offloading.
- Identify normal and abnormal healing of a wound.
- Understand the steps to a comprehensive care process.
- Identify patients at that are at risk for chronic wounds.
- Understand wound dressings and why we select a certain types of dressings.
- List the various types of offloading devices and techniques.
Program Schedule
7:30 Registration, Breakfast & Promotional Exhibits
7:55 Welcome
Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, FACS, Medical Director
8:00 Epidemic of Frailty
Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, FACS, Medical Director
9:00 Diabetic Foot Infections – How Do You Manage?
Armando Paez, MD
10:00 Break & Promotional Exhibits
10:30 Offloading - Wound Care with Orthotic & Prosthetic Devices
Christian Mathew Rogers, BSPE, AOPA
Brittany Rhodes, C.P.O
11:30 The Bad Leg
Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, FACS, Medical Director
12:30 Lunch and Promotional Exhibits
1:15 Dressing Selection – What’s my choice?
Christina Collins, APRN
Tammy Martin, RN
2:15 Panel Presentation of Case Studies and Ask the Experts
Jeffrey Kaufman, MD
Christina Collins, APRN
Tammy Martin, RN
3:15 Adjourn
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
Faculty and Planners marked with an * have no commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on, patients.
There is free surface parking. Park in the upper half of the parking lot which is nearest the Education Center entrance. Enter through the glass foyer at the end of the building.
Meeting Room temperatures will fluctuate.
Christina Collins, FNP-BC, CWS*
Nurse Practitioner
Baystate Medical Center
Denise Dowd, LPN, BSHCA*
Program Director
Baystate Medical Center
Jeffrey Kaufman, MD*
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Baystate Health
Department of Surgery
Tammy Martin, RN, BSN*
Nurse
Baystate Medical Center
Armando Paez, MD, FACP *
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
Baystate Medical Center
Marcia Porter, RN, BSHCA, MBA*
Clinical Nurse Manager
Wound Center
Baystate Medical Center
Christian M. Rogers, C.P.*
Certified Prosthetist
Owner - Prosthetic & Orthotic Solutions, LLC.
Brittany E. Rhodes, C.P.O*
Certified Prosthetist Orthotist
Practitioner - Prosthetic & Orthotic Solutions, LLC.
Faculty Disclosure
The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.
Faculty and Planners marked with an * have no commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by, or used on, patients.
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Available Credit
- 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 6.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 6.00 BCIPE Instructional Hours
Price
| In order to receive credit, the evaluation must be completed by: | Tue, 12/31/2019 - 8:00am |
We appreciate your business and sincerely wish to meet your educational needs. We understand that the schedule of a busy professional, like yourself, is subject to change. Therefore, we have included information about our refund/cancellation policies for your convenience below.
Cancellation:
If you must cancel, telephone Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 and follow your call with a written/email request. All cancellations will incur a $25.00 fee. Please note that we cannot refund cancellations received less than two weeks (10 business days) before the program date.
Refund Policy:
Your refund, less a cancellation fee, will be processed within two (2) weeks from the date we receive the written notification. For credit card refunds, please allow one to two (1-2) billing cycles for the credit to appear on your statement.
Specific Aids or Services:
Please call Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education at 413-322-4242 if, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you require specific aids or services during your visit to this continuing education program.