This workshop is specifically designed for therapists involved in the evaluation and treatment of wounds to the extremities and torso. Learn current, clinically useful information for the assessment and treatment of acute and chronic wounds,  including the use of appropriate dressings, documentation, and use of modalities to facilitate healing.

Completion of this workshop does not affect the participants’ legal rights to apply modalities and/or perform sharp debridement. They are governed by state law.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• identify how ultrasound can facilitate wound healing.
• describe when it is appropriate and inappropriate to apply various modalities for wound healing
• identify the physiological phases of wound healing and implications for treatment.
• use correct nomenclature to classify wounds by depth, tissue type and phase of healing.
• identify common factors and conditions that complicate wound healing.
• understand the role of nutrition in wound healing -perform a wound eval: evaluate, objectify, and appropriately document wound data, intervention, goals, and management.
• identify wound care products and dressings, and effectively choose and appropriately apply products/dressings for a specific wound.
• understand and know when to use different types of debridement tools for wound healing

Agenda

DAY 1

Registration begins at 7:30am
8:00 –8:30am Introduction: Background; team approach
8:30– 9:30am Anatomy of the Skin evaluating the dermis; positioning
9:30-10:00am Phases of wound healing
10:00-10:15am Break
10:15-10:45 am Arterial vs venous ulcers
10:45am-12:00pm Lymphedema Nutrition; Medications; Hydration
12:00-12:45pm Lunch, on your own
12:45-2:15 pm Diabetes and wounds Burns, including stages Electrical injuries
2:15-2:30pm Break
2:30-5:00pm Assessment and Documentation Staging
5:00-5:30 Questions

DAY 2

Registration begins at 7:30am
7:45-8:30am Infections, disease and wounds Bacterial vs viral
8:30-9:30am Debridement as a tool in wound care - Sharp - Enzymatic
9:30-10:15am Dressings—topical management - cover; permeable; alginate; hydrogel; wet-to-dry
10:15-10:30am Break
10:30-11:30am Dressings—topical management — continued
11:30- 12:15pm Discussion of research; Questions
12:15-1:00pm Lunch—on your own
1:00-3:00pm Overview of Modalities:

Ultrasound, electrical stimulation including wound care model, diathermy, IR, UV, hyperbaric 02, negative pressure

3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:00pm Modalities—continued
Questions

CE Credits

15 contact hours 

California OT Board Approval: This course and instructor have been approved by the CA Board of OT for 6.75 contact hours of post-professional education in the advanced practice area of physical agent modalities. (Approval #22-P1)

NBCOT and HTCC: Accepted by NBCOT*, HTCC+, and many state professional regulatory boards. Check with your state board/credentialing agency to verify. Certificate of attendance will be issued to all participants upon completion of the workshop and may be used for CEU verification of credits. CE Credits vary by state. Please check with your state board/certifying agency to confirm conversion of contact hours to CE. See links below.

NY State Physical Therapy Board: Rehab Education, LLC is recognized as an Approved Provider of PT and PTA continuing education by the NY State Education Department's Board of Physical Therapy.

AOTA Approved Provider #6177. These states currently recognize AOTA Approved Providers for OT continuing education either in regulatory language or by formal written communication to AOTA:

*NBCOT...National Board for Certification of Occupational Therapy (view PDU requirements)
+HTCC... Hand Therapy Certification Commission  (view recertification requirements)

State PT Boards
State OT Boards

Sara Shapiro, MPH, PT has been an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Graduate Program in PT at UCSF/SFSU, where she was a faculty member from1983 until the present. She is a graduate of SUNY at Buffalo, and holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she also completed a post graduale fellowship in pediatrics. She has been practicing for 40 years, with certification in NDT and the Baby course.

Sara is presently working in an out patient practice in Sequim, WA. She continues to be a frequent speaker at conferences, and to have an active caseload, integrating her knowledge of electrical stimulation and ultrasound for wound care, pain management, womans issues, and rehabilitation of facial paralysis.

Sara is the author of the Electrical Currents chapter in Physical Agents in Rehabilitation, 3rd Edition., M Cameron, ed.

About the instructor and the workshop

The labs were great! There was plenty of time to really understand the information.

Sara is a wonderful teacher with good insight.

Sara is knowledgeable and energetic, well organized and provides a logical progression with her presentation.

Tuition

Dates & Locations

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