Robert Penn, MD and Doug Penington, APRN attend Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (05.17.11)
Robert Penn, MD and Doug Penington, APRN, attended the 24th Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society (SAWC/WHS) this past April 2011 in Dallas. The SAWC/WHS Conference is the official meeting site of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), a not-for-profit wound care specialty association. Dr. Penn is a member of AAWC. Because SAWC/WHS is the premier educational wound care program within this clinical field, more than 2000 physicians, health care providers, podiatrists, nurses, therapists, and researchers from across the country and the world attended. No other wound care conference offers the level of education, the number of sessions, or the quality of key thought leaders who speak at this program each year.
At SAWC/WHS Spring 2011 a wide variety of courses and specialty tracks were offered:
Core Clinical Track — educational sessions designed for review of critical issues encountered in inpatient and outpatient settings related to the daily management of patients with wounds.
Advanced Clinical Track — educational sessions designed for wound care clinicians who encounter complex complicated wound situations in their daily practice
Wound Therapeutics Track - educational sessions designed for cutting edge information on the therapeutic arsenal in wound care.
Limb Preservation Track - educational sessions designed for issues in peripheral arterial disease.
Delivery of Wound Care Track - educational sessions designed realities of delivering healthcare beyond clinical issues.
Research-To-Practice Track - educational sessions designed to provide the audience with an opportunity to learn the proven and emerging scientific rational behind many of the core wound principles.
ABOUT AAWC
Since 1995, the AAWC is the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation. AAWC is a not-for-profit association headquartered in the United States and is open to everyone involved in wound care, including clinicians, patients and their lay caregivers, facilities, industry, students, retirees and other advocates interested in the care of wounds. AAWC spreads awareness by promoting excellence in education, clinical practice, public policy, and research. AAWC members have the opportunity, through numerous association benefits and activities, to be a part of a collaborative community who facilitates optimal care for those who suffer with wounds. For more information, visit www.aawconline.org and www.sawc.net.
