Therapeutic Options for Managing Difficult-to-Heal Wounds: Use of Natural Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Promote Healing

Therapeutic Options for Managing Difficult to Heal Wounds: Use of Natural Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds to Promote Healing

Audio Webcast

Sponsored by North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC

Faculty

Davin Haraway, DO, CWS
Medical Director
Fort Smith Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Center
Sparks Regional Medical Center
Greenwood, Arkansas

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, podiatrists, and nurses who treat patients with wounds.

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, participants should be able to:

Describe the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in repair and how a dysfunctional ECM disturbs the wound healing process
Discuss pre-clinical studies, non-collagen components, and the ECM of small intestine submucosa (SIS) wound matrix, and their effects on the wound healing process
Examine clinical implications for use, and ability of SIS wound matrix to facilitate healing of a wound with an improper or dysfunctional natural ECM

Activity Overview

There is no fee associated with this activity.

Those who have obtained credit from participating once in any of the previous seminars (Live, simultaneous internet broadcasts, or webcasts) from this series are not eligible to obtain additional credit for participating in this activity in a different format.

To be eligible for documentation of credit, participants must attend the entire activity online at naccme.com, complete the online 10-question post-test with a score of 70% or better, and complete the evaluation form. After successful completion of the post-test and evaluation form, online participants may immediately print their documentation of credit.

Release Date: September 16, 2009

Expiration Date: September 16, 2010

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour

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CME Accreditation

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 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CPME Accreditation

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 1 continuing education contact hour or .1 CEU.

CNE Accreditation

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 for 1 contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #13255 for 1 contact hour.

Independent Clinical Reviewer

John Macdonald, MD, FACS, University of Miami, Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Nurse Reviewer

Judith LaJoie, RNC, CDE, CWS, ACHRN, DAPWCA, FCCWS, Associate Director of Nursing, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.

Planning Committee

The planning committee comprises Davin Haraway, DO, CWS; William Parks, PhD; John Macdonald, MD, FACS; Rosemary Hodgson, Alex Slonim, John Savage, and Lauren Jumper, NACCME.

Financial Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

According to the disclosure policy of NACCME, faculty, editors, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control content are required to disclose any relevant financial relationships with relevant commercial companies related to this activity. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are reviewed for potential conflicts of interest. If a conflict is identified, it is the responsibility of NACCME to initiate a mechanism to resolve the conflict(s). The existence of these interests or relationships is not viewed as implying bias or decreasing the value of the presentation.

The faculty has reported the following:
Dr. Haraway: Speakers Bureau—Healthpoint, Ltd., Pfizer, Cubist
Dr. Parks: Has disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.
Dr. Macdonald: Speakers Bureau: 3M
Ms. LaJoie: Has disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.

Mr. Slonim, Ms. Hodgson, Mr. Savage, and Ms. Jumper have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests.

NACCME requires faculty to inform participants whenever off-label/unapproved uses of drugs and/or devices are discussed in their presentations.

The faculty has disclosed that no off-label/unapproved use(s) of drugs and/or devices will be discussed.

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Grant Support

Supported by an educational grant from Healthpoint, Ltd.