Intended Learners

This conference is designed for physicians, nursing professionals, physical therapists, researchers, scientists, podiatrists, and dietitians across all practice settings involved in wound healing or wound care issues. SAWC Spring provides attendees who study and treat wounds with state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information.

Learning Objectives

  • Improve patients’ lives through interdisciplinary and comprehensive care to prevent, treat, and manage patients with wounds, including chronic, complex, and difficult-to-heal wounds
  • Enhance your practice by employing best-practice strategies, clinical pearls, and evidence-based guidelines for prevention and management of wounds
  • Advance your service by better understanding reimbursement, quality measures, and the use of emerging and innovative wound healing technologies and modalities
  • Appreciate clinical challenges and how to deal with them, including comorbidities, patient behavior, and drug interactions

Activity Overview

This educational conference will occur April 30-May 4, 2025, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, TX.

To be eligible for documentation of credit, participants must attend the full activity and submit a completed evaluation form. Participants who complete the evaluation online within 30 days of the live meeting will receive immediate documentation of credit. Upon completing the activity, participants will receive instructions on how to complete the evaluation and print a certificate or other documentation of credit. 

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, HMP Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Note: This statement is not an indication of approved credits. Please see below for full accreditation details, including credit types and totals, for this activity.

Provider Statement

Provided by HMP Education, an HMP Global Company.

Credit Designation Statements

PHYSICIANS

HMP Education designates the live activity General Session (general sessions and concurrent sessions) for 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

HMP Education designates each live activity, Industry-Supported Symposium, for 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

HMP Education designates each live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, 4 for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

AAPAHMP Education has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with the AAPA CME Criteria.

General Session (general sessions and concurrent sessions) is designated for 24 AAPA Category 1 credits.

Each Industry-Supported Symposium is designated for 1 AAPA Category 1 credit.

Each SAWC Pre-Conference is designated for 4 AAPA Category 1 credits.

PAs should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

NURSING

The continuing nursing education live activity, General Session (general sessions, concurrent sessions), awards 24 contact hours.

Each Industry-Supported Symposium is designated for 1 contact hour.

Each continuing nursing education live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, awards 4 contact hours.

NURSE PRACTITIONER

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners National Certification Program accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

PODIATRISTS

HMP Education is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. HMP Education has approved this live activity for 24 continuing education contact hours.

HMP Education has approved each Industry-Supported Symposium activity for 1 continuing education contact hour.

HMP Education has approved each live activity, SAWC Pre-Conference, for 4 continuing education contact hours.

DIETITIANS

CDR

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

HMP Education will be applying for pre-approval accreditation in several states. Please see a list of approved states below as it applies to this activity. If you practice in any other state, please consult its PT Board.

The below list of pre-approved accreditation is current as of July 23, 2024.

**Maximum credit hours are subject to change pending final agenda.

Alabama – Alabama will honor any coursework relevant to the practice of Physical Therapy.

California – This course has been Approved by CERS, an Approval Agency for the California Board of Physical Therapy. CERS Course Approval #: 24-51342-2 CA

Hawaii – The Board will accept continued competence courses in subjects related to either the professional practice of physical therapy or patient/client management from courses approved by another state or jurisdiction’s physical therapy board or is equivalent.

North Carolina – This activity is approved by the NCBPTE by virtue of approval by CERS.

North Dakota - All competence activities related to physical therapy sponsored by the APTA, State PT Associations, Medical/Educational institutions or certified by the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) are automatically approved as "certified activities”.

Oregon – SAWC Spring | WHS 2025 meets the requirements for 24 hours of continue competency in Oregon.

Washington D.C. – This course has been Approved by CERS, an Approval Agency for the District of Columbia Board of Physical Therapy. CERS Course Approval #: 24-51342-2 DC

Requirements for Credit 

To be eligible for documentation of credit for each session attended, learners must participate in the activity and complete the session(s) and overall conference evaluations, and post-test(s), if applicable. Participants who complete the evaluation online within 30 days of the conference will receive documentation of credit. Your certificate may not load if you are accessing it from a smartphone, or settings of your browser do not allow for a new tab/window to open.  

Once a certificate has been claimed, physicians and pharmacists may elect for credits to be submitted on their behalf to their boards via additional fields that will appear within the Claim Certificate page. Credits must be submitted through this process to be reported to the American Board of Surgery and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. 

ADA Statement 

HMP Education complies with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity needs accommodation(s), please submit a request to contact the support team. 

Non-Accredited Innovation Theaters 

These are promotional programs, and no CE credits are offered. All attendees, please be advised that information—e.g., your name and the value of any meal you receive during these promotional programs—may be publicly disclosed pursuant to applicable federal and/or state laws. If you are licensed in a state or are an employee of an organization that limits or prohibits meals from pharmaceutical companies, please identify yourself so that everyone is able to comply with such requirements. 

Commercial Support   

Applications for commercial support from health care related industries are pending. Commercial support will be acknowledged as it is received.  

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently-Asked-Questions

    • Disclaimers 

      The material presented and related discussions are not intended to be medical advice, and the presentation or discussion of such material is not intended to create and does not establish a provider-patient relationship. Medical advice of any nature should be sought from an individual’s own healthcare provider. 

      The opinions expressed in this educational activity are those of the faculty and are not attributable to HMP Global or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Clinical judgment must guide each professional in weighing the benefits of treatment against the risk of toxicity. Dosages, indications, and methods of use for products referred to in this activity are not necessarily the same as indicated in the package insert for each product, may reflect the clinical experience of the presenters, and may be derived from the professional literature or other clinical sources. Consult complete prescribing information before administering. 

    • Privacy Policy

      HMP Education protects the privacy of personal and other information regarding participants, educational partners, and joint sponsors. HMP Education and our joint providers will not release personally identifiable information to a third party without the individual’s consent, except such information as is required for reporting purposes to the appropriate accrediting agency. 

      HMP Education maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information. 

      Copyright © 2024 by HMP Education. All rights reserved. No part of this accredited continuing education activity may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without first obtaining permission from HMP Education.  

Contact Us

For immediate assistance, please explore our HMP Education Help Center or chat with our Virtual CE Assistant, which can answer most common questions related to claiming credits and the HMP Education website. If you have a question or grievance that cannot be answered by our Virtual CE assistant and Help Center, please submit a request to contact the support team. Our accreditation and compliance team will respond to your inquiry within 1 business day.