Sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME)

Target Audience

Physicians, nurses and podiatrists who treat patients with wounds

 Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the various types of debridement options that are clinically available
• Review the evidence behind each debridement technique
• Evaluate the health-economic and clinical impact of various debridement protocols
• Explore recent and proposed future regulations on debridement / wound care and the potential impact on our industry

Credit Eligibility

To be eligible for documentation of credit, participants must read all article content, log on to www.naccme.com to complete the online post-test with a score of 70% or better, and complete the online evaluation form. Participants who successfully complete the post-test and evaluation form online may immediately print their documentation of credit. Please e-mail info@naccme.com or call (609) 371-1137 if you have questions or need additional information.

Release date: November 1, 2007

Expiration date: October 22, 2008

Estimated time to complete: 1 hours

There is no fee associated with this activity.

CME Accreditation

This activity is sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME). 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 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity has been planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Policies.

CPME Accreditation for Podiatrists

NACCME is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a sponsor of continuing education in podiatric medicine. This program is approved for 1.5 continuing education contact hours.

CNE Accreditation

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 PA State Nurses Association for 1.5 contact hours (Provider Number 110-3-E-06). Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13255, for 1.5 contact hours.

Grant Support

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Healthpoint Ltd.

Participating Faculty

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

William Ennis, DO, MBA, FACOS

Financial Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

All those with control over the content of continuing education programs sponsored by NACCME are expected to disclose to the meeting audience any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation. It is not assumed that these financial interests or affiliations will have an adverse impact on presentations; they are simply noted here to fully inform participants. William Ennis, D.O., FACOS, MBA has disclosed that he is a consultant to Celleration and Accelecare Wound Centers. He is a scientific advisor for Derma Sciences and Healthpoint. Ms. Schaum has disclosed that she is an employee/officer or member of the Board for Healthpoint.

All those involved in the planning and editing of this educational activity have disclosed that they have no significant financial relationship with any organization that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of this educational activity.

Conflict of Interest Resolution/Content Validation:

In compliance with ACCME Standards for Commercial Support and NACCME’s policy and procedure for resolving conflicts of interest, this continuing medical education activity was reviewed by a member of the Wounds Advisory Board in March, 2006 for clinical content validity, to insure that the activity’s materials are fair, balanced, and free of bias toward the commercial supporter(s) of the activity, and that activity materials represent a standard of practice within the profession in the US and that any studies cited in the materials upon which recommendations are made are scientifically objective and conform to research principles generally accepted by the scientific community.