Wound Care Symposium 2024 at Advocate Christ Medical Center

Oak Lawn, IL US
October 15, 2024

The Wound Care Symposium 2024 will include a series of live presentations by experts in the field. Topics that will be presented and discussed include: vascular assessment and wound healing, preoperative ostomy education and stoma marking, emergency wound care, negative pressure wound therapy, recent wound care litigation, and skin flaps and grafts. A total of 6 contact hours will be awarded at the end of the conference after evaluations are submitted.

This conference is being held in-person at Advocate Christ Conference Center Stein Auditorium.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for registered nurses and other healthcare professionals interested in wound and ostomy care.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Describe key elements of assessment and treatment for patients with skin alterations.
  2. Identify importance of preoperative education and stoma siting for ostomy patients. 

 

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 6.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Course opens: 
07/19/2024
Course expires: 
01/15/2025
Event starts: 
10/15/2024 - 7:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/15/2024 - 3:45pm CDT
Cost:
$35.00
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AGENDA:

07:00-07:30am Registration and Breakfast

07:30-07:45am Welcome and Introductions; Susan Massatt; RN, MA, CCRN-K, NEA-BC

07:45-08:45am Vascular Assessment and Wound Healing; Ronak Patel, MD, RPVI

08:45-09:45am Preoperative Education and Stoma Site Marking; Janice C. Colwell, APRN, CWOCN, FAAN

09:45-10:15am Break

10:15-11:15am Emergency Wound Care; Thomas Cartolano, DO, FACOS

11:15-12:15pm Can We Do Better?: Alternative Treatments in Wound Healing; Robert Kennedy, PT, DPT, CWS

12:15-1:15pm Lunch

1:15-2:15pm Review of Recent Litigation in Wound Care; Sammi Renken, JD

2:15-2:40pm Break

2:40-3:40pm Flaps and Grafts; Saeed Chowdhry, MD, FACS

3:40-3:45pm Evaluation

Advocate Christ Conference Center Stein Auditorium
4440 W 95th St
Conference Center
Oak Lawn, IL 60453
United States

Campus map link (Map)

 

 

Faculty

Susan Massatt, RN, MA, CCRN-K, NEA-BC; Dir Nursing Services - Administration: Nursing, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Ronak Patel, MD, RPVI, Resident First Yr - Medical Education: Internal Medicine, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL

Janice C. Colwell, APRN, CWOCN, FAAN, Chicago, IL

Thomas Cartolano, D.O., F.A.C.O.S., Physician - Trauma Surgery - Surgery: Trauma, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Robert Kennedy, PT, DPT, CWS, Physical Therapist III - Acute Care Rehabilitation, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL

Sammi Renken, JD, Chicago, IL

Saeed Chowdhry, MD, FACS, Physician - Plastic Surgery - Surgery: Plastic and Reconstruction. Advocate Medical Group, Oak Lawn, IL

Disclosure

​The speaker Janice C. Colwell, APRN, CWOCN, FAAN, has disclosed that is a speaker for Coloplast. The other planners and speakers have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.  

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

(6.0) contact hours approved through IDFPR CE Sponsor License 216000106 (PT); 224.000115(OT).

Available Credit

  • 6.00 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
  • 6.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.

Price

Cost:
$35.00
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Click on one of the options above and then click "Add to Cart".  Pricing is as follows:

 cost
Non-Advocate Health Member$35.00
Advocate Health Member$25.00
CMC Pressure Injury Prevention ChampionsFree
Undergraduate StudentFree

Cost includes the following:

  • Admission to 2024 Wound Care Symposium
  • Breakfast, lunch, snacks.
  • 6.0 Contact Hours (RNs and PT/OT)

Cancellation and refund policy: All sales final. No refunds. 

Contact the Advocate Health Continuing Nursing Education team at ASC-CNE@aah.org if you have any questions or need assistance.