Overview
Keep Your Sales Force Operating in Peak Form
Refresh your wound care knowledge and boost your results! It's easier than ever to maintain your CWCMS® status through the Certified Wound Care Market Specialist® recertification course. There's no need to retake the exam - simply attend any week-long Skin and Wound Management course at an onsite location near you, or get your CWCMS® recertification online with 90-day access to our self-paced online training modules.
Having the most up-to-date information on standards of care sets you apart in your sales and marketing efforts. Stay in peak form by making your CWCMS® recertification a priority.
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Tuition Cost
Recertification Tuition Rate
Examination fees: Fees are included in the tuition rate. After registering for the course, you will be directed to complete the exam application.
Group Code: A group code identifies a course tuition rate for organizations who have an agreement with WCEI®. The code is given to individuals associated with the organization who are taking a course. The code, if applicable, must be used when registering for the course.
Onsite Recertification Tuition Rate
$1,597 WCEI® Individual Alumni Rate
Include with Onsite Tuition
- Onsite classroom training
- WCEI® Skin & Wound Management course workbook
- Learning aides: glossary, sample questions and more
- Pre-exam certification review (course review)
- Exclusive access to resource materials
- Networking lunches (at most locations)
Online Recertification Tuition Rate
$600 WCEI® Individual Alumni Rate
Included with Online Tuition
- Self-paced learning with access to course modules for 90-days
- WCEI® Skin & Wound Management course workbook
- Learning aides, including a glossary, sample questions and more
- Pre-exam certification review (course review)
- Exclusive access to resource materials
- Live instructor tutoring available by appointment
*Note: Online recertification course includes 90-day online access, but course must be completed prior to certification expiration date to be valid for recertification.
Financial Options Cancellation Policy
Schedule & Content
Recertification Schedule
Onsite
Four-day Course
| Days 1 - 4 |
9:00AM - 4:30PM |
Classroom Training |
Three-day Course
| Days 1 - 3 |
8:00AM - 5:00PM |
Classroom Training |
Online Course
Once you start the initial online module, you have 90-days to complete all thirteen modules. Recertifying by taking the WCEI
® online Skin and Wound Management means you do not have to sit for the certification exam.
Curriculum/Online Modules
- Section 1 Principles of Practice
- Section 2 Skin and Underlying Structures
- Section 3 Wound Assessment
- Section 4 Wound Healing
- Section 5 Wound Bed Preparation
- Section 6 Nutrition
- Section 7 Topical Wound Management
- Section 8 Lower Extremity Ulcers
- Section 9 Pressure Ulcers
- Section 10 Acute Wounds
- Section 11 Other Wounds
- Section 12 Adjunctive Therapies
- Section 13 Practice Development
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how standards of care, evidence based practice and a multidisciplinary wound care team can affect clinical choices in wound management.
- Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the skin.
- Identify at least five parameters required for accurate wound assessment.
- Identify pressure ulcer stages according to NPUAP guidelines.
- Identify five factors which enhance or impede the wound healing process.
- Explain four types of basic principles of wound bed preparation.
- Identify three major components of a nutritional assessment for optimizing wound healing.
- Identify four different categories for topical wound management.
- Select treatment options based upon wound assessment, etiology and goal of wound care.
- Differentiate arterial, neuropathic and venous ulcers, in terms of causative factors, pathophysiology, appearance and principles of management.
- Describe three factors involved in development of a pressure ulcer, and interventions to prevent their occurrence.
- Describe at least five interventions that optimize acute surgical wound healing.
- Differentiate between wound etiologies and clinical manifestations of acute and traumatic wounds.
- Differentiate types of burns and principles of management.
- Select treatment options and differentiate wound etiologies and clinical manifestations of chronic, malignant and inflammatory wounds.
- Discuss three adjunctive treatment modalities that enhance wound healing.
- Discuss current multidisciplinary care approaches to wound care.
- Discuss components required for accurate wound documentation.