Wednesday: Leg ulcer management
Best practice for achieving good outcomes, regardless of the clinical setting and the cause of ulceration
Learning outcomes:At the end of this session, delegates will be able to:
- Review leg ulcer prevalence and discuss current practice
- Explore best practice clinical evidence in managing leg ulcers
- Introduce the Leg Ulcer Pathway and the outcomes seen nationally post implementation
- Self Care Solutions:
- Where self care sits in the Leg Ulcer Pathway
- Challenging views on who can self care
- The benefits of embracing self care
- Virtual clinic: putting best practice into practice
The interactive zone will contain the following activities:
- Introduction to the VLU pathway
- Virtual clinic in which delegates will consider how to apply best practice within a virtual wound clinic