The prevalence of wound management physical therapist practice in the state of Texas.

Introduction: Wound management has become one of the ten physical therapy (PT) certification specialty areas. With this advanced clinical designation opportunity, more PT specialists and residencies with integumentary and wound management expertise will be needed for the educational and practice training of future specialists.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize wound management practice by licensed physical therapists in Texas.

Current Wound Care Education in Entry-Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Curricula.

Objective: To investigate how wound care instruction is currently delivered within entry-level doctor of physical therapy (DPT) educational curricula.

Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to 226 DPT programs in the US. The questionnaire contained 27 questions about the characteristics of the wound care instruction as well as the credentials, clinical experience, and teaching experience of the instructors.