Rural Reach Webinar - Wound Care Management: Common Myths & Mistakes

Dr. Chawla brings us "Wound Care Management: Common Myths & Mistakes" for the next Rural Reach Webinar.

Please note, this is not an accredited event.

Free for SRPC Members / $50 for General Admission

Date: Thursday, February 20th
Time: 8 PM (Eastern Time)
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Location: Zoom - The link will be in the confirmation email

Can't make it live? No worries! The session will be recorded and shared with registered attendees. 

Description:

Simple and Complex wounds are more frequent in medical practice than we realize.   Physicians are taught very little throughout medical school or residency.  This workshop presentation session breaks down a simplified approach to wound care and addresses common pitfalls in wound management.  The participant will walk away understanding the building blocks to managing simple or complex wounds in a clinical setting.

Objectives:

• At the end of this workshop, the participant will gain a practical approach to simple and complex wound care.
• By the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to recognize and apply appropriate dressings needed for specific wound types.
• At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify and address common pitfalls that arise in wound care management.
  
  

Presenter:

Dr. Chawla provides wound care at Parkwood Hospital in the outpatient wound clinic in London, Ontario, where he see’s patients throughout Ontario, as well as a rural Procedure/Wound Clinic at Alexandra Hospital Ingersoll.  He was raised in rural Alberta and attended both University of Alberta for his undergraduate degree and University of Calgary for medical school.  Dr. Chawla is a practicing family physician Southwestern Ontario where he also works as a hospitalist and emergency room physician in a rural setting. He has a special focus practice designation for minor procedures and complex wound care.