Wound Management Special Interest Group (WMSIG)

The Wound Management Special Interest Group (WMSIG) of the Section on Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management (SCE&WM), as described in our bylaws, provides a forum where individuals interested in wound management may meet, confer, and promote patient care through education, clinical practice and research, as well as multi-disciplinary dissemination of PT-based knowledge.
We meet every year at APTA Combined Sections Meeting for integumentary updates, WMSIG elections, and networking.  During the year blast emails are sent to all members to address current issues.

The WMSIG has recently completed the Guide for Integumentary/Wound Management Content in Professional Physical Therapist Education as part of our Section Strategic Plan and now is working on a practice analysis in preparation for a request for a PT specialist certification in wound management.

We would love to have you join our SIG. All you have to do is be a member of APTA and the SCE&WM, then let the following WMSIG officers know you would like to join the SIG.  There are no other dues. 

Please let us know if you would like to join one of our committees or run for office.  If you will contact the President, you will be put in touch with the appropriate Committee Chair.

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Elected:
President: Harriett Loehne
Vice President: Melissa Johnson
Secretary/Treasurer: Jaimee Haan
Nominating Committee

  • Stephanie Woelfel, Chair
  • Sharon Lucich
  • Corky Atkins 

Appointed:
Education Committee

  • Melissa Johnson, Chair
  • Jenna Driscoll
  • Beth Altenburger

Practice Committee

  • Val Sullivan, Chair
  • Diane Merwarth
  • Jaimee Haan
  • Rose Hamm

Membership Committee

  • Sharon Lucich, Chair

Research Committee

  • Glenn Irion, Chair
  • Mary Kroohs
  • Melissa Johnson


Educational Guidelines

Meetings

Member Accomplishments

  • Carrie Sussman, PT, DPT had an article published in Ostomy / Wound Management Nov 2008: Preventing and Modulating Learned Wound Pain
  • Carrie Sussman, PT, DPT received World Union Wound Healing Society 2008 Lifetime Acheivement Award
  • Jaimee Haan, PT, CWS and Sharon Lucich, PT, CWS were first place poster winners at the Clinical Symposium for Advances in Wound Care 2008: “Ankle Foot Orthoses in Prevention and Treatment of Heel Pressure Ulcers: A Physical Therapy Perspective”

Documents of Interest