13th Annual UPMC Symposium: PittMcGowan Wound Care Consortium

September 11, 2026 to September 12, 2026

This conference is designed to provide state-of-the-art information and best practice guidelines in the treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Both medical and surgical management strategies to optimize wound healing will be addressed.

Target Audience

Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician
Physician Assistant
Social Worker

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:
• Examine strategies to manage health injury in the Space environment
• Describe the standards use to analyze AI tools
• Analyze the method that Ai is being utilized in the medical field
• Interpret the current insights on DFU’s
• Review the developments in the vascular field
• Recognize the impact of wound care at the war in Ukraine
• Contrast the military approaches for limb salvage with civilian plan of care
• Discover new research in relation to infectious disease practices
• Differentiate methods techniques to be utilized for limb salvage for difficult foot wounds
• Summarize the role of the plastic surgeon in the limb salvage team
• Review the vascular needs for limb salvage to be successful
• Describe wounds that are the result of the patient’s nutritional status
• Give examples of methods to determine care for wounds on the “bottom” from a nursing perspective
• Identify atypical wounds that are on the “bottom” of the patient
• Examine the surgical management of fistulas
• Summarize the skin changes that can occur at the end of life
• Define skin failure
• Explain the use of bio-impedance detection of skin failure
• Analyze CMS data for trends of groups that do not receive the care they need
• Formulate a plant counter legal considerations for pressure injuries
• Interpret social determinants of health in relation to wound care
• List the gaps in diabetic care
• Translate the updates of biofilm research
• Conclude the impact of the use of hypochlorous acid
• Enhance the ability to choose an antimicrobial wound dressing
• Demonstrate debridement techniques
• Apply TCC with competent technique
• Show methods to provide care for the ostomate

Course summary
Course opens: 
02/03/2026
Course expires: 
09/26/2026
Event starts: 
09/11/2026 - 7:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/12/2026 - 4:00pm EDT
Regional Learning Alliance
Cranberry Township, PA
United States


In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

This activity is approved for the following credit: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ & ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
 

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