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 professional 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
® onsite Diabetic Skin and Wound Management course.
Build Your Career While Making a Difference
This four-day onsite course leads to Diabetic Wound Certified
® (DWC
®) credential through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO
®) - a qualification that not only boosts your professional career, but can also significantly improve patient outcomes at your facility. In addition to classroom training, you will participate in hands-on labs including total contact casting and conservative sharp debridement.
Onsite Classroom Learning
Taught by a
board-certified DWC instructor, WCEI
® courses keep students involved and inspired - so new knowledge is not only gained, it is retained and can be immediately put into practice. Benefits of this onsite course include:
- Quiet, dedicated time out of the office to really focus on wound care training
- Real, practical and hands-on use of the tools and techniques
- Opportunities to tackle subjects and ask questions outside the standard course training.
- Networking with other learners, sharing experiences and social interaction
- Valuable feedback from the trainer and others in the group
- The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 is extremely contagious and is believed to spread mainly from person-to-person contact. As a result, federal, state, and local governments and federal and state health agencies recommend social distancing and mask wearing and have, in many locations, prohibited the congregation of groups of people. Relias LLC (“Company”) has put in place preventative measures in accordance with federal, state, and local government recommendations to reduce the spread of COVID-19; however, Company cannot guarantee that you will not become infected with COVID-19.
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. For your convenience, the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® administers the certification examination at most course locations the day after the course concludes.
Contact NAWCO at 877-922-6292 for exam-related questions.
Can’t Find a Course Near You?
With a minimum class size of 15, 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: |
30 contact hours |
| Physical Therapists: |
30 contact hours |
| Dietitians: |
30 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
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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.
Relias LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP13791 for 30 contact hours.
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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.
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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.
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Tuition Cost
Tuition Rate
$2,297 WCEI® Individual Alumni Rate
$2,597 Individual Student
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
- Onsite classroom training
- 29.50 continuing education contact hours upon completion. No continuing education credit is being offered for OT/OTA at this time. Check back soon.
- WCEI® Diabetic Skin and Wound Care Management course workbook
- Three hands-on labs including: Total Contact Casting; Diabetic Nail Debridement; Conservative Sharp Debridement
- Tools, including: business tote bag, pen, highlighter, nail brush, nail nippers, cuticle stick, lotion, total contact cast kit and model foot
- Learning aides: glossary, sample questions and more
- Pre-exam certification review (course review)
- Exclusive access to resource materials
Financial Options Cancellation Policy