DWC Training Online Course - Diabetic Skin and Wound Management

Our self-paced DWC® training online course prepares you for the DWC® certification exam.
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Overview

Save Lives and Limbs

Gain the advanced clinical knowledge and confidence to make a significant difference in diabetic wound outcomes in your practice. Becoming Diabetic Wound Certified® (DWC®) can help you save the lives and limbs of patients in your care. Be inspired and see dramatic improvements in your abilities with this WCEI® online Diabetic Skin and Wound Management course.
 

Build Your Career While Making a Difference

This self-paced online course focuses on overall diabetic wound care and promotion of an optimal wound healing environment including prevention, limb salvage, therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions. The course prepares you for the Diabetic Wound Certified® (DWC®) certification exam offered by the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO®).
 

Online Classroom Learning

This online course is narrated by a board-certified DWC® instructor and allows you the flexibility to advance your education without disrupting your personal or work life. The benefits of taking our online course include:
  • Designed to allow students to learn at their own pace over the 180-day access period
  • Ability to connect to the online learning system anywhere internet is available
  • Ability to start and pause course modules any time
  • Lessons are engaging and designed to increase material retention
  • Eliminates travel time and expense

Certification Examination

Your clinical experience and the knowledge gained from the course will help prepare you for a wound care certification exam.

After registering for the course, if you plan to sit for a certification exam, you will select a credentialing board, complete their exam application, and pay their certification fees.  The credentialing board determines your certification eligibility. Students who have completed the online Diabetic Skin and Wound Management course can take the NAWCO® DWC® certification examination at a computer-based testing facility managed and administered by PSI Services.

Contact NAWCO at 877-922-6292 for exam-related questions.

Can’t Find a Course Near You?

With a minimum class size of 10, WCEI® can bring a certification course right to your facility, where you can include fellow healthcare providers and make the course a community event.
Certificates

Intended Audience

This course is intended for multiple professions including nurses, dietitians, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.

Credits

Nurses: 39 contact hours
Physical Therapists: 39 contact hours
Dietitians: 39 contact hours

 
Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
 

Accreditation Information

WCEI Jointly Accredited Provider logo In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 
CDR Commission on Dietetic Registration Logo As a Jointly Accredited organization, Relias LLC is accredited to offer dietetic continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The CDR is an associate member of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.
 
Dietetics-related continuing education from Relias LLC, regardless of target profession, is acceptable, if the learning relates to the Competencies/Performance Indicators (PIs) on the learner's Step 1 Learning Plan.
 
Relias LLC is a licensed physical therapy continuing Education sponsor (#216.000290) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Certificates must be retained by the licensee for a period of 5 years after course completion. Please check with your state for prior approval.
 

 
Tuition Cost

Tuition Rate

$1,897 Initial Certifictaion
$997 Alumni Student
Recertification Information

Certification Examination Fees: Fees are not included in the tuition rate.  You will need to select a credentialing board, complete their exam application and pay exam fees.

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.
 

Included with Tuition

  • Self-paced learning with access to course modules for 180 days

  • Contact hours upon completion (visit “Certificates” tab)

  • WCEI® Diabetic Skin and Wound Care Management course workbook

  • Exam prep tools, including flashcards and end-of-lesson knowledge quizzes


Ongoing Education

  • Nurses: Free 1-year Nurse.com Standard or Premium APRN subscription

  • Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist or Dieticians: FREE 1-year subscription to Relias Academy

  • Physician: access to free CMEs on FreeCME.com
     

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Schedule & Content

Schedule

Once the initial online module is started, you have 180 days to complete all thirteen modules at your own pace. After completing the online course, work with your selected credentialing board to schedule your certification exam at a testing center.

Online Modules

  • Section 1    Foundations of Diabetes Management
  • Section 2    Neuropathy
  • Section 3    Cutaneous Aspects of Diabetes
  • Section 4    Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Wound Healing
  • Section 5    Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exam
  • Section 6    Diabetic Foot Ulcer Infection
  • Section 7    Principles of Wound Management
  • Section 8    Topical Wound Management
  • Section 9    Treatment Diabetic Foot Ulcers
  • Section 10  Adjunctive Therapies Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment
  • Section 11  Treatment of Charcot Neuropathic Osteoarthropathy
  • Section 12  Offloading the Diabetic Foot
  • Section 13  Nutrition, Depression and Pain
  • Section 14  Peripheral Arterial Disease and Diabetes
  • Section 15  Amputation and Limb Care
  • Section 16  Care of Skin and Nails Neuropathic Foot
  • Section 17  Interdisciplinary Concepts

Learning Objectives

  • Describe the difference between type I and type II diabetes.
  • Discuss overall epidemiology of diabetes and incidence of diabetic foot ulcers.
  • Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the foot.
  • Describe the gait cycle.
  • Identify two of the major functions of normal gait.
  • List the six clinical presentations of diabetic neuropathy.
  • List the neuropathic pain descriptors of distal symmetrical sensorimotor polyneuropathy.
  • Differentiate characteristics of somatic and autonomic nervous system.
  • Identify five components of a comprehensive diabetes foot exam.
  • Summarize risk factors, causes and classification of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs).
  • Name and explain characteristics of at least three common skin complications associated with diabetes.
  • Discuss overall effects of diabetes and impaired wound healing.
  • Classify diabetic foot infections and choose treatments based on classification.
  • Summarize assessment findings and treatment recommendations for diabetic foot ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis.
  • Explain the theory of moist wound healing.
  • Identify five factors which enhance or impede the wound healing process.
  • Identify five different dressing categories for topical wound management.
  • Select safe topical treatment options based upon wound assessment and goal of wound care.
  • Select appropriate diabetic foot ulcer treatments and interventions based upon wound characteristics and goal of treatment.
  • Demonstrate procedure for conservative sharp debridement.
  • Explain the rationale for offloading and footwear in the patient with neuropathy.
  • Distinguish at what point in the diabetic wound one should consider “adjuvant therapy".
  • Explain the importance of nutritional interventions and glucose control for the wounded diabetic.
  • Describe and differentiate examples of diabetes related distress and diabetes associated depression.
  • Define two clinical terms associated with pain.
  • Identify four characteristics of peripheral arterial disease.
  • Summarize types of pain and potential complications experienced post amputation.
  • Demonstrate application of total contact cast.
  • Summarize basic nail and skin care recommendations for the person with diabetes.
  • Describe three interventions or methods to assist patient in compliance with care plan.
  • Demonstrate procedure for trimming and filing of toenails.
  • List three types of adult learners and describe one example of each.
  • Discuss importance of evidence based standards of care, and specify examples of two diabetes associated practice guidelines.
What Others Say Matters
 
“I have been working in the Wound and Ostomy Field since I obtained my WCC. As the full time Wound Ostomy Team member (working with two WOCNs), I have been told on numerous occasions from physicians that I am considered to be a colleague. I have won over even the hardest physicians with my assessment, treatment and skills! Nothing feels better than earning that kind of respect. Thank you to WCEI for opening the door! I just stepped though and my life has been changed forever!”
Rachel Pacheco, RN, CWCS, DAPWC, WCC
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