Welcome to our wound care training program for physicians!
This training program is designed to cover the various types of wounds you may encounter, evaluation, management, and treatments of the conditions. 

1. Understand Wound Healing Process
2. Factors Affecting Wound Healing
3. List Local Factors that Affect Wound Healing
4. List Systemic Factors that Affect Wound Healing

1. Be Able to List the Key Elements in Evaluation and Assessment of a Wound
2. Demonstrate Various Methods of Wound Measurement
3. Correctly Determine Frequency of Wound Assessment
4. Be Able to Properly Assess Wound Progress

1. Definitions
2. Causes, Risk Factors and Prevention
3. Treatment
4. Unavoidable Pressure Injuries

1. Understand the Concepts of Pressure Redistribution, Repositioning, and Offloading
2. Learn the Mechanical Forces Involved in the Development of Pressure Wounds
3. Identify Various Categories of Support Surfaces
4. Learn to Correctly Choose Support Surfaces Based on the Patient’s Needs

1. Understand the Relevant Anatomy in Arterial Wounds
2. Be Able to List The Components of an Arterial Evaluation
3. Understand the Vascular Lab Tests Available to Detect and Quantify Arterial Disease
4. Understand Arteriography, its Indications and Utility in the Treatment of Arterial Disease
5. Understand the Medical and Surgical Treatments Available to Patients with Arterial Disease

1. Have an Understanding of the Pathophysiology Behind Venous and Lymphedema Related Wounds
2. Be Able to List the Components of an Evaluation of the Lower Extremities in Patients with Venous Stasis and Lymphedema
3. Understand the Imaging Studies and Tests Available to Evaluate Venous and Lymphatic Disease
4. Understand the Fundamentals of Treatment in the patient with Venous or Lymphatic Disease of the Lower Extremities
5. Understand the Noninvasive and Invasive Treatment Modalities Available to Patients with Venous and Lymphatic Disease of the Lower Extremities

1. Why Focus on DFUs?
2. What Causes DFUs and What Are the Subtypes?
3. How to Assess Patients for Risk of Developing DFUs?
4. How do I Treat and Manage a Diabetic Ulcer?
5. What Is Necrobiosis Lipoidicum and What Can I Do If I See It?

1. Initial Work Up
2. Alarm Signs
3. Types of Surgical Wounds
4. Treatment Options
5. Working with the Primary Surgeon

1. Wounds with Exposed Hardware
2. Common Amputations and Their Wounds
3. Limb Contractures and the Problems they Create
4. External Fixator Wounds

1. Understand thermal injury
2. Understand electrical injury
3. Understand chemical burn
4. Understand cold injury
5. Understand immersion foot

1. Radiation Fibrosis and Burns
2. Pyoderma Gangrenosum
3. Pemphigoid
4. Malignancies
5. Fistulas

1. What Constitutes Wound Debridement?
2. What Needs to Be Debrided from Wounds?
3. What Are the Various Methods of Wound Debridement and the Relative Advantages and Disadvantages of Each?
4. How Are the Various Methods of Debridement Practically Performed?
5. What Is Biofilm and How Is It Treated?

1. What is Biofilm and Where is it Found?
2. How Does Biofilm Form?
3. What are Biofilms Effects on Wound Healing?
4. How Can we Reduce Biofilm in Chronic Wounds?

1. Review the Approach to Wound Dressing Choice
2. Name and Discuss Different Categories of Wound Treatments
3. Discuss How Wound Features Guide Treatment Choice
4. Discuss Other Factors Involved in Wound Treatment Selection

1. Nutrition Basics
2. Screening and Assessment
3. Supplements to Aid in Wound Healing
4. Adjuncts to Wound Healing

1. Infection Pathology
2. Clinical Considerations
3. Infection Prevention and the Larger Scope

1. Types of Ostomies
2. Types of Appliances
3. Products that Aid Appliance Application
4. Skin Complications

1. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
2. Electrical Stimulation (E-stim)
3. Dyathermy
4. Pulsed Lavage
5. MIST Therapy
6. Whirlpool
7. Total Contact Cast
8. Growth Factors
9. Skin Substitutes/Scaffolds
10. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

1. Discuss the Growing Need for Advances in Wound Care
2. Review the Current Technical Advances and Tools
3. Reflect and Consider the Implications for the Practice of Wound Care