The BioTherapeutics, Education and Research (BTER) Foundation sponsors workshops to train health care providers in the Principles and Practice of Maggot Therapy. Some of the workshops are held in Southern California, near the Foundation office. The program is also presented in other regions of the country, produced in collaboration with other Universities, hospitals and agencies.

Attendees learn how, when, and why to use maggot debridement therapy effectively for their patients with non-healing wounds. Participants will have the opportunity to practice applying maggot dressings on mock patients, will learn what other dressing materials work well with maggot dressings, and learn how maggot debridement therapy (MDT) can be integrated successfully as an adjunct to conventional wound care.

Target Audience: Physicians, surgeons, podiatrists, nurses, physical therapists, and other primary care and wound care specialists.

Contact the BTER Foundation if you would like to host or co-sponsor a workshop in your area.

To download a brochure about the workshops in general, and scheduling a workshop in your area, PRESS HERE.

The next scheduled MDT Workshops are:

• March 9, 2007, in Irvine, CA (Co-sponsored by University of California Riverside Extension).


• August, 2007, in Southern California (Co-sponsored by University of California Riverside Extension).

Examples of some previous Workshops can be found on the following pages:

• April 21, 2006, on the UC campus in Riverside, CA.


• June 25, 2005, in Tucson, AZ


• January 29, 2005, in Costa Mesa, CA

Interested in sponsoring, supporting, or exhibiting at such an event, in your own area? Contact us, or download a brochure about the workshops.
For additional information about the workshops, contact the BTER Foundation.

For information about other courses, conferences, certification programs in BioTherapy, PRESS HERE