Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care Conference September 8th & 9th, 2016 Sponsored by Wound Care Team & Education and Professional Development The Downtown Richmond Marriott Hotel 500 East Broad Street Richmond, VA
About the Conference About the Conference The complex world of wound care has grown exponentially. The Wound Care Team is responding by offering a dynamic two-day wound care education event. This conference serves to provide nurses, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, physicians and other members of the healthcare team with the necessary stepping stones to enhance their practice. The faculty are local, regional and nationally known expert researchers, providers and clinicians, who are passionate, invested, and ready to bring cutting edge information. This year for the first time, the conference has expanded to a full two-day event! The program format is divided with a specific focus for each day. Thursday, September 8th highlights pressure injury information, and Friday s focus is chronic wound management. Whether you are attending a single day or the full conference, your time will be well spent! The Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care Conference promises to offer educational, evidence-based sessions combined with interactive networking, and a dynamic exhibit hall! We re honored to have you spend your day with us. Enjoy! Objectives: 1. Discuss the prevention of pressure injuries across special populations in adults and pediatrics. 2. Describe changes in our understanding of pressure injury etiology. 3. Identify three practice considerations for wound bed assessment and treatment recommendations in chronic wounds. 4. Describe three practice considerations for the selection of therapeutic products in chronic wound management. 5. Discuss two strategies for developing a successful professional presentation. Continuing Education Credits: Thursday, September 8th = 7.25 Friday, September 9th = 7.0 Up to 14.25 Nursing Education Contact Hours. The is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center s Commission on Accreditation. PLEASE JOIN US FOR WINE & CHEESE September 8, 2016 at 5:00pm in the Vendor Hall For the first time ever, the Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care Conference will hold a wine and cheese event. Given the value that our industry partners and their products bring to improving the lives of patients and their wound outcomes, you ll be the first to hear about new products and cutting-edge technology from select industry presentations!
Featured Speakers Thursday, September 8th Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS Co-editor of Today s Wound Clinic, Fife received her bachelor s and master s degrees from Texas A&M University College of Medicine. After a residency in family medicine at the University of Texas, Southwestern, she completed a two-year fellowship in undersea and hyperbaric medicine at Duke University, then joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, where she served on the faculty for 23 years. She is subspecialty board certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine and has been a certified wound specialist since 1998. She initiated the Memorial Hermann Center for Wound Healing, which is affiliated with the University of Texas, Houston, in 1990, and the Memorial Hermann Center for Lymphedema Therapy in 1998. She is currently the medical director of St. Luke s Wound Clinic, The Woodlands, TX. Sunniva Zaratkiewicz, PhD, RN, CWCN is passionate about the complex care of patients with wounds. She has the great pleasure of working directly with patients, nurses, and providers in both in-patient and out-patient settings at Harborview Medical Center, a safety net hospital and level 1 trauma and burn center in Seattle, Washington, where she is the program manager for Harborviews Wound, Ostomy, and Limb Preservation Service. Her work is driven by the desire to improve patient care and related outcomes through collaboration, direct care, and research. Chenel Trevellini, MSN, RN, CWOCN holds a Bachelors degree in Nursing from Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA, and a Masters degree in Nursing from University of Phoenix with a primary focus in Health Care Management. She received specialty training in the field of WOC Nursing. Practicing as a WOC Nurse Specialist in acute care for over 10 years, Chenel also practiced in home health, long term care and inpatient psychiatric settings. In her current position as WOC Nurse Specialist in the Nursing education department at St. Francis Hospital, The Heart Center. Chenel s research focus has been on IAD, conducting instrument validation studies examining the interrater reliability of skin assessment tools in the clinical setting. 7:00 8:00 am Registration: Continental Breakfast 8:00 8:10 am Welcome 8:10 9:00 am Pressure Injury Etiology and Building a Comprehensive Pressure Injury Program Sue Creehan, MSN, RN, CWON Program Manager, Wound Care Team Deb Zimmermann, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN CNO & VP of Patient Care Services 9:00 10:00 am Keynote Address Pressure Injuries: How Deep is Our Understanding? Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS St. Luke s Hospital 10:00 10:30 am Break with Vendors 10:30 11:30 am The Unstageable Pressure Injury: Is it Only Skin Deep? Sunniva Zaratkiewicz, PhD, RN, CWCN Harborview Medical Center 11:30 12:15 pm Pressure Injury Challenges in the Spinal Cord Injured Linda Droste, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CBIS Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center 12:15 1:15 pm Lunch in Vendor Hall 1:15 2:15 pm MASD vs. Pressure Injuries Chenel Trevellini, MSN, RN, CWOCN St. Francis Heart Hospital 2:15 3:00 pm Device Related Pressure Injuries in Adults Richard Schneider, MBA, RN, CWON University of VA Health System Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF is a board certified internist and geriatrician with over thirty years of experience in wound care in hospitals, nursing homes, and home care environments. He is Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and has a hospital based wound care practice at the Center for Advanced Wound Care at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. He received his fellowship training in geriatrics at the Mount Sinai Medical Center where he began his interest in chronic wounds. Dr. Levine s professional focus is improving the quality of care delivered to elderly persons, particularly regarding wound care, and has published numerous articles on this topic. He is an elected board member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). 3:00 3:15 pm Break with Vendors 3:15 4:00 pm Pressure Injuries in Pediatrics Ferne Elsass, MSN, RN, CWON, CPN Children s Hospital of King s Daughters 4:00 5:00 pm Afternoon Keynote Address: Pressure Injuries at End of Life Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, AGSF, CWSP Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital 5:00 7:00 pm Wine & Cheese Event
Featured Speakers Friday, September 9th Jonathan N. Brantley, DPM is a board certified podiatrist, who serves as the Chief of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and the Director of the Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency training program at the McGuire Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Richmond Virginia. A graduate of the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, he completed his residency training at the McGuire Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Brantley s 12 years of previous private practice experience and current academic practice have focused primarily on limb salvage, conservative and surgical management of complex wounds. Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWS is a nurse practitioner in the Division of Rheumatology. She practices at the Limb Preservation Center at the George Washington University Hospital. Kara received her BSN from James Madison University in 1999 before pursuing her MS from Georgetown University in 2002. She is board certified as a Certified Wound Specialist by the American Board of Wound Management. Prior to joining the staff at George Washington, Kara worked at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Kara serves as a member of the International Consolidated Guidelines Task Force for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and is the co-leader of the International Consolidated Venous Ulcer Guideline, updated in 2015. She lectures nationally on wound care topics and has been published multiple times in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on wound care. Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP is a Master s prepared geriatric nurse practitioner and a certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse. She has specialized in WOC nursing for 26 years; the first 8 in acute care, and the next 13 in the home health setting. Five years ago Laurie returned to bedside clinical practice in the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/WOC nurse in an acute care setting. Laurie was the President of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board and later served as the President of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN ) from 2001-2005. She was elected to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel s Board of Directors in 2007 and served as their President from 2011 to 2012. She is still active as a Past President in both organizations. Laurie has numerous publications and is an internationally known lecturer on skin and wound care, ostomy care, and professional practice for the WOC Nurse. 7:00 8:00 am Registration: Continental Breakfast in the Vendor Hall 8:00 9:00 am Keynote Address An Algorithmic Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcers Jonathan Brantley, DPM Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center 9:00 10:00 am The Wound Micro Environment: The Impact on Healing Robert Diegelman, PhD 2016 Wound Healing Society Lifetime Achievement Award 10:00 10:30 am Break with Vendors 10:30 11:15 am Managing Deep Soft Tissue & Bone Infection William Foster, MD 11:15 12:00 pm Dressings: It s Not as Simple as it Seems Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWS George Washington University Hospital 12:00 1:00 pm Lunch in Vendor Hall 1:00 2:00 pm Burn Care Outside the Burn Center Michael Feldman, MD 2:00 3:00 pm Compression Therapy: Products and Challenging Contours John Bowman, PT, CWS Retreat Doctors Hospital 3:00 3:15 pm Break with Vendors 3:15 4:00 pm Afternoon Keynote Address Medical Adhesive Related Skin Injuries: The Link Between Adhesion and Injury Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP Moses Cone Hospital 4:00 4:45 pm Developing a Professional Presentation VCU Theatre Group
Stepping Stones Conference Registration & Fees Single Day: $159.00 Both Days: $289.00 Conference Registration Online registration is through the Learning Exchange portal. Community colleague participants will need to set up a free account (if you do not have one) and then log-in to register. Once logged in, use keyword: Stepping Stones to locate and register for a single day (Thursday or Friday) or both days. Payment is online via a secure encrypted card processor. https://vcu.ehealthcareit.us/vcu/servlet/ekp/login?getnews=y Registration Deadline: August 29, 2016 Registration Fee: Includes plenary sessions, CE contact hours certificate, break refreshments, lunch and conference parking. Minimum and maximum numbers for attendance for the conference have been established, and we reserve the right to substitute speakers, topics, or cancel if necessary. Cancellation Policy: Full refund minus $15 processing fee given for written cancellations received by August 29, 2016. No refunds will be given for cancellations postmarked after this date. Due to the demand of this conference, we urge you to register early. Registration will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Accommodations Arrangements have been made with the The Downtown Richmond Marriott Hotel to block overnight rooms for participants of the Stepping Stones to Excellence in Wound Care conference. Cut-off date is August 29, 2016. This rate may not be available after this date. Please call (800) 228-9290 or visit https://resweb.passkey.com/go/e6756e32 to make your reservation. Special Accommodations: is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, ethnic origin or disability. If special accommodation is needed, please contact us at (804) 828-0418. Every attempt will be made to facilitate your participation in this conference. Got Questions? Please contact Susan Beavers at susan.beavers@vcuhealth.org or (804) 628-4325.