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Managing the Diabetic Foot: A Clinical and Economic View Complimentary Archived Webcast
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Understanding Collagen Dressings and their Benefit in Wound Care

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Cover Story

  • Essential Insights On Treating Diabetic Heel Ulcers
    Desmond Bell, DPM
    Issue Number: 
    3 March 2010

    Diabetic heel ulcers are particularly challenging to treat as a wide range of factors can affect potential healing. With this in mind, this author discusses the challenges of wound bed preparation, key considerations with offloading and the possible impact of peripheral arterial disease.

       Despite a better understanding and the advent of preventive measures that have been developed to address heel ulcers, the problems we encounter due to complications of diabetes make treating this specific patient population more challenging.

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Raising Questions About The Use Of Minimum Activity Volume With CPME 320

By Joseph G. Green, DPM, FASPS, FACFAOM

The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) has released proposed revisions to CPME 320, which have sparked quite a bit of discussion on residency training. This author raises concerns about the use of minimum activity volume (MAV) to help establish competency and suggests some alternative options.

The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) recently released proposed revisions to the CPME publication 320, Standards and Requirements for Approval of Residencies in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery.1 Since the release of these proposed revisions, there has been a flurry of comments and recommendations, including a variety of opinions regarding the requirement for residents to meet minimum activity volume (MAV) for podiatric patients and procedures.

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News and Trends

CPME May Extend Residency Requirement To Three Years

By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor

The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) is proposing longer residency requirements for podiatrists to qualify for advanced certification. The council advocates lengthening the residency duration from two years to three, according to CPME 320 documents posted on www.cpme.org/.

Public feedback on the changes is due April 1. The CPME will consider the change for final adoption at an April 24 meeting. The proposed change for residency requirements is one of the goals of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) Vision 2015 program, according to APMA President Ronald Jensen, DPM.

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CME Showcase

"Current Concepts In Healing Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcerations"

A Complimentary On-Demand CE/CME Webcast

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Advanced Biohealing.
This activity is sponsored by the North American Center For Continuing Medical Education (NACCME).

To access this Webcast, visit www.naccme.com/program/n-550/





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