Total Credits: 1 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s), 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
This program will expire and must be completed by 07/01/27.
** Please note this program was a part of the VOC 2024. You will not want to choose this program if you completed this individual program as part of the VOC 2024. **
In this presentation, the presenter will review the new treatment options (medications, washes, interventions, etc.) that can be used to treat various acute and chronic wounds. The presenter will also discuss when physicians should refer patients with chronic wounds to a Wound Care Specialist.
Learning Objectives:
• Learners will be able to determine better when to refer to a wound center.
• Learners will be able to understand things to avoid that may impair healing.
• Learners will be able to identify ulcer types better by differentiating between acute vs chronic.
• Learners will be able to understand wound healing and why a wound is a non-healing wound.
• Learners will be able to understand the quality-of-life impact of non-healing wounds.
• Learners will be able to understand the financial impact of non-healing wounds.
Accreditation Statement:
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. MAOPS designates this program for a maximum of 1 AOA Category 1-A CME Credit(s) and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Missouri Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons (MAOPS) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)ä. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Planning Disclosure:
None of the planners for this educational activity have a relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Grievance Policy for AOA Credit:
All grievances should be in writing and should specify the nature of the grievance. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the MAOPS Executive Director, who will then forward said grievance to the Education & Convention Committee. All grievances will receive an initial response in writing within 30 days of receipt. If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they can submit a complaint in writing to the Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at 142 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611.
| Wounds-Acute vs. Chronic: Diagnosis and Treatment (6.3 MB) | 63 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Dr. Jon Mattson is a graduate of A.T. Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri, in the class of 1999. He is a dual board-certified physician in Family Medicine by the American Board of Osteopathic Family Practice and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. He did an additional year of teaching as an undergraduate fellow in the Osteopathic Medicine Department at Kirksville. Dr. Mattson completed his rotating internship and Family Practice residency at the Medical Center of Independence in Independence, Missouri, completing his residency in 2002. Dr. Mattson immediately went into a new start-up private practice in his hometown of Moberly, Missouri, doing Family Practice/Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Hospital work, and Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Mattson became the Medical Director of Ozarks Medical Center Wound Care Services, West Plains, Missouri, in 2012. It was a new start-up wound care and hyperbaric center. He practiced there for five years before he moved to the Kansas City area to be closer to family, and he currently works at Saint Luke's North Hospital Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center in Kansas City, Missouri. They have developed an outstanding multidisciplinary team to save limbs and lives. They use an evidence-based approach toward patients, which drives their success. Dr. Mattson received the Healogics Center of Distinction Award in 2014, 2016, and 2018.
Dr. Mattson discloses that he has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.