Family Physicians see a variety of wounds in daily practice. Proper care and management should be addressed in an evidence-based manner and guidelines should be followed. This CME course is designed to help develop insight and “hands-on” skills to achieve the very best attainable wound care management and wound closure results for patients. The approach is to challenge and to encourage the participants to expand their expertise in the management and closure of more difficult wounds and large tissue excisions. Although basic wound management and wound closure will be reviewed to assure that everyone has a similar platform to build from in the rest of the course, it is assumed that participants will have basic knowledge and experience in suturing. Advanced topics will include tendon repair, “plasties” and advancement flaps, correction of common problems like dog ears, and skin grafting. Emergency physicians, General Surgeons, Family Physicians, Internists, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, and other clinicians will find this skill training essential to develop their present abilities to a higher level.
By the end of this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Discuss with the patient what they can expect during and after the procedure and develop an appropriate informed consent process.
- Review the pertinent factors to formulate and choose a plan for excision and closure before the procedure is undertaken.
- Discuss the basic concepts in wound care including, anatomy of the skin, site preparation, wound healing principles, and appropriate handling of the skin.
- Select the proper local anesthetics and appropriate suture for closure.
- Practice basic and intermediate tendon repair, skin grafting, and advanced techniques including plasties, advancement flaps, dog ear repairs, etc.
- Develop an appropriate protocol for handling complications including dehisced wounds.
- Assist other health professionals and be able to problem solve to deal with multiple skin surgical dilemmas both traumatic and elective.
2023 Course Accreditation
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The AAFP has
reviewed Wound Care Management and Advanced Suturing and deemed it acceptable
for up to 15.00 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from
02/25/2023 to 02/26/2023. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate
with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Learn more about our accreditation.
7:30 - 8 a.m.
- Registration and continental breakfast
Day One
8 - 10 a.m. — 2 CME credits
- Overview and goals
- Patient education, informed consent, anatomy and wound healing, preparation of office and emergency department, blocks
10 - 10:15 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. — 1.75 CME credits
- Suture/needle selection, lines of langerhans, skin glue and skin staplers
- Interrupted, continuous, vertical mattress and horizontal mattress stitches; corner suture
12 - 1 p.m. — Lunch
1 - 3 p.m. — 2 CME credits
- Advanced closures
- Deep inverted and subcuticular stitches; undermining, leveling, corner sutures
3 - 3:15 p.m. — Break
3:15 - 5 p.m. — 1.75 CME credits
- Keloid injections; intralesional injections; Z-plasty; dog ear correction
- Photographic review of typical cases
Day Two
8 - 10 a.m. — 2 CME credits
- Single advancement flaps; double advancement flaps
- Rotation advancement flaps; M-plasty
- Tendon repairs, skin grafts and wound dehiscence
10 - 10:15 a.m. — Break
10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. — 1.75 CME credits
- Tendon repairs, skin grafts and wound dehiscence
12 - 1 p.m. — Lunch
1 - 3 p.m. — 2 CME credits
- Triple-U plasty; V to Y plasty; rhomboid flap; conscious sedation
- Post-operative care and complications including chronic wound considerations
- Photographic review
- Coding and billing
- Questions and answers
3 - 3:15 p.m. — Break
3:15 - 5 p.m. — 1.75 CME credits
- Photographic review
- Coding and billing
- Questions and answers
TOTAL CME CREDITS: 15
There are currently no dates available for this course
