About Wound Care Learning Network

Description

The Wound Care Learning Network aims to improve patient outcomes through news and education by providing access to the latest research, CMEs, and industry news. This collaborative resource features abstract and session highlights from the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring and Fall meetings, expert insights and perspectives from our advisory board, and journal articles from Wound Management & Prevention (formerly Ostomy Wound Management), WOUNDS, WoundSource, Today’s Wound Clinic, and Podiatry Today.

Staff Contacts

Editorial
Kirra Fedyszyn
Associate Digital Editor, Wound Care Learning Network
kfedyszyn@hmpglobal.com

Vanessa Gabler
Assistant Editorial Director, Wound Care/ePlasty
vgabler@hmpglobal.com

Journals Affiliated with Wound Care Learning Network

Wounds is the most widely read, peer-reviewed journal focusing on wound care and wound research. The information disseminated to readers includes valuable research and commentaries on tissue repair and regeneration, biology and biochemistry of wound healing, and clinical management of various wound etiologies. The multidisciplinary readership consists of dermatologists, general surgeons, plastic surgeons, vascular surgeons, internal medicine/family practitioners, podiatrists, gerontologists, researchers in industry or academia (PhDs), orthopedic surgeons, infectious disease physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. These practitioners must be well equipped to deal with a myriad of chronic wound conditions affecting their patients including vascular disease, diabetes, obesity, dermatological disorders, and more.

Click here to visit Wounds.

Wound Management & Prevention features articles that have undergone a rigorous double-blind peer review by members of the Editorial Advisory Board. Sponsored columns are provided by manufacturers to elucidate the science behind their products and to offer evidence of their appropriate and successful use. Additionally, Wound Management & Prevention departments include Children With Wounds: Asking the Right Questions (case studies illustrating the latest neonatal and pediatric relevant to this clinical niche), My Scope of Practice (featuring a day-in-the-life of a peer-nominated clinician), Special Report (miscellaneous news of interest), and various opportunities for editorial insights and feedback. Material available exclusively online includes Industry Spotlight and several rotating columns addressing quality and safety, quick practice tips, and case studies.

Click here to visit Wound Management & Prevention.

Today’s Wound Clinic provides practical, timely insight into clinical and operational issues inherent to the success of an outpatient wound center. Readers will benefit from the interactive nature of feature articles and regular departments that address medical and practice management options and perspectives affecting fiscal and, most importantly, patient outcomes of wound clinics. Articles from knowledgeable, experienced practitioners are invited and will be subject to Editorial Board review.

Click here to visit Today's Wound Clinic.

WoundSource is an annual wound care product reference guide that was first published in 1998. WoundSource currently includes over 1,700 products manufactured by over 200 wound care companies. The products covered in the wound care product resource guide include wound dressings, nutritional supplements, therapeutic support surfaces, negative pressure wound therapy, cellular and/or tissue-based products, skin care and other products for the treatment of lymphedema, burns, pressure ulcers, venous insufficiency ulcers, and other wound-related conditions.

WoundSource.com is the digital companion to WoundSource and offers both detailed product information and robust search capabilities unavailable in the print format. WoundSource.com provides articles, blogs by industry thought leaders, white papers and other educational resources for wound care professionals. The robust database reference is reviewed and guided by WoundSource’s dynamic Editorial Advisory Board, which is composed of leading clinicians, as well as nationally and internationally recognized professionals in the field.

Click here to visit WoundSource.

Podiatry Today is an award-winning publication that emphasizes informative clinical features and columns, which include a focus on lower extremity wounds, particularly in the diabetic foot. The journal has an annual wound care theme issue, as well as a bimonthly Wound Care Q&A column featuring a discussion of wound-related topics by podiatric physicians.

Click here to visit Podiatry Today.

Wound Care Meetings

The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring meeting (SAWC Spring) serves as a forum to connect the entire wound care team—physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, scientists, podiatrists, and dietitians—with the foremost experts in wound care to improve patient outcomes through education. No other wound care conference offers the level of education, advanced state-of-the-art clinical reviews, and emerging research findings.

Click here to register and learn more about SAWC Spring.

Held annually in Las Vegas, NV, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall meeting (SAWC Fall) serves as a forum to connect the entire wound care team — physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, scientists, podiatrists, and dietitians — with the foremost experts in wound care to improve patient outcomes through education. No other wound care conference offers the level of education, advanced state-of-the-art clinical reviews and emerging research findings.

Click here to register and learn more about SAWC Fall.

The Wound Certification Preparation Course (WCPC) is the only recommended review course by the ABWM Foundation (ABWMF) for clinicians interested in preparing for the CWCA®, CWS®, or CWSP® board certification exams, becoming re-certified, or gaining a better understanding of wound care.

For more than 10 years, physicians, podiatrists, physical therapists, wound care surgeons, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dietitians, and other allied and industry professionals have relied on WCPC to improve their knowledge of wound care and prepare them for the wound certification board exams (CWCA®, CWS®, CWSP®).

Click here to register and learn more about WCPC.

About HMP

HMP Global is the force behind Healthcare Made Practical—and is an omnichannel leader in healthcare content, events, and education, with a mission to improve patient care. The company produces accredited medical education events – in person and online via its proprietary VRTX virtual platform – and clinically relevant, evidence-based content for the global healthcare community across a range of therapeutic areas. Its brands include the HMP Global Learning Network, healthcare's most comprehensive source for news and information; Consultant360, the award-winning, year-round multispecialty-focused platform; Psych Congress, the largest independent mental health meeting in the U.S.; the Evolution of Psychotherapy, the world’s largest independent educational event for mental health professionals; the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC), the leading, global gathering for interdisciplinary cardiovascular specialists; EMS World Expo, North America's largest EMT and paramedic event; and the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the largest wound care meeting in the world. For more information, visit hmpglobal.com.

About our CME Provider

HMP Education (North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC) is committed to developing and disseminating live, print, and web-based CME/CE activities to provide an educational forum through which healthcare practitioners may examine current medical issues, therapies, and technologies. The content of HMP Education-sponsored CME/CE activities is designed to bridge the gap between current and best healthcare practices and to improve healthcare quality by strengthening practitioner awareness of evidence-based patient care advances in a broad range of therapeutic areas. HMP Education produces CME/CE activities for physicians, pharmacists, podiatrists, nurses, physician assistants, and other allied healthcare professionals. The objective of the HMP Education CME/CE program is to increase healthcare practitioner knowledge, competence, and performance, thereby improving patient outcomes. For more information, visit hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/education.