Wound Clinic

• Rotation length: 1 month
• Location: Swedish Wound Care Center – Cherry Hill
• Supervising Faculty: Cynthia Campbell, MD
• Evaluation: written competency-based evaluation.

Practical Details:

Rotation Goals and Objectives:

Patient Care

• Assist the multidisciplinary team in outpatient management of complex non-healing wounds.

Medical knowledge

• Learn basic principles of wound care.
• Develop familiarity with common dressings and wound care materials.
• Understand the utility of and indication for negative pressure wound therapy (“wound vac”).

Practice-based learning and improvement

• Develop knowledge and skills to allow the practice of wound care in the fellow’s own long term and subacute patient panel.

Professionalism

• Interact professionally with the multidisciplinary wound care team.

Systems-based practice

• Understand the role of the outpatient wound clinic in the health care system.