Faculty:

Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS
Penn North Centers for Advanced Wound Care
Oxygen-& Hyperbaric Medicine Centers
Warren, PA

Robert J. Snyder, DPM, CWS
Tamarac, FL

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Target Audience:

This activity is designed for Physicians, Nurses, Podiatrists who treat patients with wounds.

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Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the differences between acute and chronic wounds
  
• Compare and contrast the wound micro and macro environments
  
• Discuss the role of proteases in wound healing
  
• Identify recent evidence-based research
  
• Explain treatments and therapies that may manipulate the wound micro environment thus augmenting healing of chronic wounds

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Accreditation:

MD/DO:
This activity is sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME)

NACCME is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

NACCME designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1.5 category 1 credit(s) toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This activity has been planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essential Areas and Policies.

Podiatrists:
The North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME) is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a sponsor of continuing education in podiatric medicine.

This program is approved for 1.5 continuing education contact hour(s) or 0.15 CEU'(s)

Nurses:
ANCC: The North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (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 1.5 contact hour(s). Provider #: 110-3-E-03.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 13255 for 1.5 contact hours.

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Off-Label/Unapproved Usage Disclosure:

This educational activity contains discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Neither the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, nor Johnson & Johnson recommends the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings.

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Faculty Disclosures:

All faculty participating in Continuing Education programs sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education are expected to disclose to the meeting audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentation. It is not assumed that these financial interests or affiliations will have an adverse impact on faculty presentations; they are simply noted here to fully inform participants.

Doctor Serena has disclosed that he has received grant/research support from Johnson & Johnson Wound Management World Wide. He is a consultant for Molnlyke, Celleration, Healthpoint Medline and KeraKure. He is a scientific advisor for King Phramceutials, HBT, Biotech and Agennix. He is a member of the speakers' bureau for Organogenesis and Smith & Nephew.

Doctor Snyder has disclosed that he is a member of the Speakers' Bureau for J&J, KCI and Pfizer

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Commercial Supporter:

This activity is supported by an educational grant from J&J.

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Conflict of Interest Resolution/Content Validation:

In compliance with ACCME Standards for Commercial Support and NACCME's policy and procedure for resolving conflicts of interest, this continuing medical education activity was reviewed by a member of the NACCME Wounds Advisory Board in March, 2006 for clinical content validity, to insure that the activity's materials are fair, balanced and free of bias toward the commercial supporter(s) of the activity, and that activity materials represent a standard of practice within the profession in the US and that any studies cited in the materials upon which recommendations are made are scientifically objective and conform to research principles generally accepted by the scientific community.

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Sponsor:

Sponsored by the North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).