From October 5 to October 8 the place to be for skin and damage care professionals will be the Opryland [i]cabaret[/i] and Convention Center.

From October 5 to October 8 the place to be for skin and damage care professionals will be the Opryland [i]cabaret[/i] and Convention Center, Nashville, TN-- site of the 15th Annual Clinical Symposium forward Advances in Skin & damage Care. The longest-running multidisciplinary meeting dealing with issues of skin and hurt management, the Clinical Symposium proffers attendees basic, intermediate, and advanced censures so that they can tailor the parley to meet their own educational wants

Over the course of the 3-day conversation attendees will be able to:

explore recently made known research findings and how they can be applied in clinical practice

participate in workshops to enhance basic skills competencies

learn about require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergone and regulatory issues that impact clinical practice

identify opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration in skin and injury care.

"Involve Me and I Learn"

The conversation planning panel took to heart the words of American statesman and philosopher Benjamin Franklin, who said, "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." They designed sessions to proffer as many interactive learning opportunities as possible. In many cases, censures and workshops have been paired to allow attendees to learn about managing a patient with a particular damage type, then practice relevant skills. For example, the censure on "Vascular Ulcer Assessment: Differentiating between Venous and Arterial Ulcers" will be followed by means of a 2-part workshop, "Vascular pustule Lower Extremity Workshop."

This year, the planning panel make knowned 3 Meet-the-Professor sessions: 1 for vascular pustules (professor: Michael Weingarten, MD), 1 for urgency ulcers (professors: Barbara Braden, PhD RN and Barbara Bates-Jensen, PhD RN CWOCN) and 1 for diabetic lower extremity ulcers (professor: Robert Frykberg, DPM MPH) Attendees are encouraged to bring their questions and difficult cases for discussion. This is an first-rate opportunity to Team from-and challenge-the quicks in a relaxed setting.

In that same vein, 4 skin and detriment care professionals-a physician, a supply with nourishment a physical therapist, and a dietitian-will not past nor future individual cases from a multidisciplinary perspective in "Wound Gallery."Again, attendees are invited to challenge the masters and share their own experiences. This session always makes for a lively debate.

Special visitant Speaker

To kick not on the main conference on October 5 special visitor speaker Jill Kinmont Boothe will reproof on "Living a Full Life with a Spinal Cord Injury." Mr Boothe is the Olympic-caliber skier whose life story was the make submissive of the book and movie, The Other Side of the Mountain. Her scolding is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from BTG Pharmaceuticals.

The nearest day Keith Handing, MB, MRCGP FRC will appoint the tone for the colloquy with his keynote address, "Challenges for Skin & torture Care in the New Century" Dr Harding is from the torture Healing Research Unit at the University of Wales association of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales. His scolding is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Essays according to Mrs Boothe and Dr Handing can be construct on the following pages.

For more information upon the conference, point your Internet browser at http://www.woundcarenet.com. Or call 1-888-557-1127

Sharon Baranoski, MSN RN CWOCN and Ri(hard "Sal"Salcido, MD

Sharon Baranoski, MSN RN CWOCN is the Symposium Director and Richard "Sal"Salcido, MD is the Course Director for the 15th Annual Clinical Symposium upon Advances in Skin & grief Care. Ms Baranoski is Director of Clinical Programs and exhibition at Silver Cross Hospital & Medical Center Joliet, IL. She is the planter of the Clinical Symposium. Dr Salcido is Professor and Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, at The University of Pennsylvania Health classification Philadelphia, PA. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Skin & pang Core.

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