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MISSION:
To further the AMSUS mission of contributing to the efficiency and effectiveness of its members and of the federal healthcare services with the purpose of:
-Promoting evidence based best practices in support of skin integrity from across federal andmilitary healthcare service to the public and to national professional organizations
-Improving the effectiveness, cohesiveness and regard for the federal healthcare services.
-Improving health care by providing a forum for discussion of ideas and problems on a local,national and international level.
-Providing continuing education for its members.
-Providing input to policy development.
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Federal Interdisciplinary Skin Integrity Group
117th AMSUS Annual Meeting (6-9 November 2011) will include:
Third Annual Conference on Federal Interdisciplinary Skin Integrity
(CLICK ON SLIDE FOR PRESENTATION)
 8 November
Hands-on Workshop featuring newest healing technologies and techniques now available on federal contract.
Over 20 modalities-clinician instructors-presentations repeated throughout the day with plenty of hands-on. CEUs have been applied for.
9 November
Full day of dynamic lectures to support our patients, our practice and our mission!
PLUS special LUNCHEON: National leaders present credentialing options for federal wound/skin professionals
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Global Healing:
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Perspectives on Disaster Intervention and World Wide Wound Care
John MacDonald, MD, WHO
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Advanced Modalities in a Wound Clinic:
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Why, When & How?
J. Niezgoda, MD
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Update on VA Center of Wound Care Excellence:
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Emerging Model for Interdisciplinary Care
K Evans, MD; L Gould, MD; Natalie Tukpah, ARNP
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Electricity & Healing:
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Energy Based Therapies
Prof. Luther Kloth
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PACT-Redesigned:
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Paving the Way to Improved Limb Preservation
Jeffrey Robbins, DPM, Founder and Lead for VACO PACT Program
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Luncheon: Panel presentation on Credentialing options for federal wound, ostomy, continence professionals with Q&A. Panel members from WOCNCB, AAWM, NAWC & CMET
VA Nurse Admin moderator - Joy Edvalson
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Advanced Track
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CORE CLINICAL Care Track
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Wounds of War: From Battlefield to SCI
Christine Bennett RN, CWOCN, ARNP
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Managing Diabetics as a Team
K. Fuglee CDE,CNS; M. Uchishiba RPh
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Acute Wounds: GSW, LACS, & Blasts
John Kirby, MD; Lt. Hitchcock, ARNP
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Helping Vets with an Ostomy ‘Adapt & Overcome’
R. Jones, ARNP, CWOCN
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Pushing the Envelope: Novel Wound Interventions
Jeff Niezgoda, MD
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Compression Essentials
John MacDonald, MD
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Plastics & Advanced Wound Healing
Karen Evans, MD
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Digital Wound Photography and other Tech Tools for Wound Care
Kevin Broder, MD; Rick Bodor, MD
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All presentations will be recorded for later distribution. Look for information at the meeting.
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Federal Interdisciplinary Skin Integrity Group
