Sample Level I LEAP Program
 
A Comprehensive Approach to Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention:
Including LEAP (Level I) Certification
Presented  by:  The LSU Health Sciences Center Diabetes Foot Program, Baton Rouge, LA

Faculty:
James A. Birke PhD, PT, CPed, Director of Rehabilitation Services
Charles A. Patout, Jr., MD, Medical Director
Lynn B. Pennington FNP, CWOCN
Dorothy Williams, RN

Objectives:
· Outline a staged diabetes management program
· Understand the mechanics of foot injury and pathway to lower extremity amputation in diabetes
· Identify the foot at risk of injury and amputation in diabetes
· Outline a comprehensive approach for the prevention of diabetes foot problems
· Correctly measure shoe fit in the high risk individual
· Outline treatment principles for diabetes foot lesions
· Perform a diabetes foot screen, assess the risk category and formulate an appropriate treatment plan

Program:
8:00 Registration, Coffee and Introductions
8:30 Staged Diabetes Management - L Pennington
9:15  Mechanics of  Foot Injury in Diabetes - C Patout
10:00 Break
10:30 Identifying the Foot at Risk - J Birke
11:15 A Comprehensive Prevention Approach - C Patout
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Footwear for Injury Prevention - J Birke
1:30 Management of Foot Ulceration and Charcot Fractures - J Birke
2:15 Break
2:30 – 4:00 Foot Screening Practice Lab: (Required for Level-1 LEAP Certificate, wear appropriate clothing)