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Activity Steps

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Description

The certificate for this activity is for NON-PHYSICIANS.

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Purpose of Activity

The authors present expert opinion in conjunction with an evidence-based literature review distilled into a 10 step approach to treating pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). Using this approach enables the practitioner to improve outcomes for patients with a diagnosis of PSD. While the gold standard of treatment continues to be surgical intervention, other critical elements of this 10 step approach include early detection as well as patient education regarding self-care in the post-operative period.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Explain the pathophysiology and the assessment of PSD and PSD-related wounds.
  2. Delineate a systematic approach to managing PSD, including patient self-care teaching

Disclosures

All authors, staff, and planners, including spouses/partners (if any), in any position to control the content of this CME activity have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $22.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: ASWCN1016
Published: Oct 2016
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing
Required Passing Score: 13/18 (72%)
Authors: Connie Harris, MSc, RN, ET, IIWCC; R. Gary Sibbald, BSc, MD, DSc (Hons), MEd, FRCPC (Med, Derm), FAAD, MAPWCA; Asfandyar Mufti, BSc; Ranjani Somayaji, BScPT, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Categories: Wound Care
Specialties: Wound
Topics: Pilonidal Sinus Disease , Pilonidal Sinus Wound