Maintaining confidentiality and privacy in case study presentations: implications for wound care education

Wound care professionals are often called upon to prepare others to care for patients with chronic and other forms of skin injury. Case presentations offer a creative and meaningful approach in teaching assessment and treatment options. However, case presentations pose threats to patient confidentiality and privacy. Using a clinical situation, confidentiality and privacy issues that can arise from these case presentations are briefly described and recommendations are provided to enable clinicians to avoid situations that violate the patient's privacy.