Overview
For Sales and Marketing Representatives: Gain a Competitive Edge
Looking to increase your organization’s revenue potential, enhance your customer base, and become more competitive? Transform your sales force into Certified Wound Care Market Specialists®.
Build your business by becoming a Certified Wound Care Market Specialist®
This self-paced online CWCMS
® course, taught by an upbeat and dynamic presenter, is designed for sales and marketing professionals in the wound care industry. Instructors teach sales teams to confidently build business through demonstrated knowledge in:
- Best practices in wound care
- The science behind healing wounds
- Current standards in practice
Gain a competitive edge by implementing learned knowledge into practice. The benefits of taking our online course include:
- Designed to allow the student to learn at their own pace over the 180-day access period
- Ability to connect to the online learning system anywhere the internet is available
- Ability to start and pause course modules at any time
- Lessons keep you engaged which increases material retention
- Eliminates travel time and expense
- After completing the course, join a wound care live online course as a review (email [email protected])
Examination Eligibility
Applicants for the CWCMS certification exam must meet the following criteria:
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Verified current or past employment in a wound care industry organization.Wound Care Industry includes but is not limited to companies, businesses, or individuals that provide products, research, equipment, services, and adjunctive therapies to consumers or healthcare providers for the purpose of skin and/or wound management.
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Complete the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO®) CWCMS certification exam application and pay fees.
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Complete the WCEI CWCMS online self-paced.
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Agree to follow the CWCMS Code of Ethics.
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Receive a passing score of 85% on the NAWCO CWCMS certification examination.
Examination Process
The CWCMS certification exam is proctored by the NAWCO.
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Once the CWCMS exam application has been processed, the candidate will receive a determination email from NAWCO within 7–10 business days.
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Following the approval notice you will receive an email from Prometric with instructions on scheduling your examination on the Prometric website. Computer Based and Live Remote Proctored.
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If you elect to change your testing location after that time, a $75 administrative fee will apply.
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Candidates will receive their examination score results by email within 7-10 business days.
Reach out to NAWCO with examination related question by calling 877-922-6292 or emailing at [email protected].
Special Rate – Customized Training
Course delivery and pricing options are available to organization interested in training multiple individuals. Reach out to an account representative by completing the following contact form.
Tuition Cost
Tuition Rate
$1,697 Individual Student
Certification Examination: After registering for the course, you will be directed to complete the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy certification exam application and pay the exam fees..
Include with Tuition
- Self-paced learning with access to course modules for 180-days
- WCEI® Skin & Wound Management course workbook
- Learning aides: glossary, sample questions and more
- After completing the course, join a wound care live online course as a review (email [email protected])
The WCEI Difference
What you get with WCEI courses
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Premium Content: Our course content is updated and reviewed by industry professionals at a minimum of every three years. We pride ourselves on having the most current, up to date course content in the industry.
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Learner Supportive Platform: Our wound care courses are hosted on the propriety Relias Live Learning Management System.
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Flexible Payment Options: We offer a variety of flexible payment options through Affirm.
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Continuous Learning: We provide continuing education throughout your career.
Schedule & Content
Schedule
Once you start the initial online module, you have 180-days to complete all thirteen modules and obtain a 80% or higher pass rate on the final course test.
Online Modules
- Section 1 CWCMS Introduction
- Section 2 Skin and Underlying Structures
- Section 3 Skin and Wound Assessment
- Section 4 Wound Healing
- Section 5 Wound Bed Preparation
- Section 6 Nutrition Wound Assessment
- Section 7 Topical Wound Management
- Section 8 Lower Extremity Ulcers
- Section 9 Pressure Injuries
- Section 10 Acute Wounds
- Section 11 Other Wounds
- Section 12 Adjunctive Therapies
- Section 13 Ethical and Legal Issues for the CWCMS