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Needs AssessmentDescribed as “a major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy,” chronic wounds affect approximately 6.5 million Americans,1 with more than $50 billion spent annually on treatment.2 Numbers for these types of wounds are projected to rise due to an aging population and increases in the prevalence of diabetes and obesity.1 Furthermore, the annual incidence of patients developing a pressure ulcer is 2.5 million.3 Prevalence is widespread in all care settings, with estimates of 10% to 18% in acute care, 2.3% to 28% in long-term care, and up to 29% in home care.4 These wounds bring pain, associated risk for serious infection, and increased healthcare interventions.

In order to improve patients’ experience and outcomes, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacted in 2010 and the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation Act of 2014 mandate that patient care services be focused on quality rather than quantity. As such, the care of patients with wounds has changed accordingly. In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed appropriate measures to monitor and evaluate the quality of pressure ulcer and wound care provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. In addition, many accountable care organizations follow CMS guidelines to ensure their patients receive appropriate care.4

Evidence-based practices, including adherence to guidelines and established treatment protocols, greatly improve chronic wound healing and may reduce the overall cost of care in diabetic foot, venous, and pressure ulcers.5,6 Therefore, education and certification to improve clinicians’ knowledge of wound care and treatment protocols can help ensure optimal management and improved outcomes.

Specialty certification has been linked to enhanced rates in patient satisfaction as well as in nurse staffing and retention rates, and has been associated with improved patient outcomes, inpatient mortality, and patient safety.8 Mounting evidence suggests that certified wound care clinicians demonstrate greater substantive knowledge compared to their noncertified counterparts. Wound-certified clinicians more accurately stage pressure ulcers and assess lower-extremity vascular status than noncertified clinicians.

In this regard, the Wound Certification Preparation Course (WCPC) is the industry-leading course providing a comprehensive review of wound management for those interested in preparing for their wound certification board exams, becoming recertified, or gaining a more advanced understanding of wound care. Recently acknowledged by the American Board of Wound Management Foundation (ABWMF) as the “recommended review course” for clinicians planning to take the CWCA®, CWS®, and CWSP® certifications, WCPC provides a broad review of the classification of wounds, stages of wound healing, the effect of venous insufficiencies and lymphedema on wound healing, topical management, and more.

References1. Sen CK, Gordillo GM, Roy S, et al. Human skin wounds: a major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy. Wound Repair Regen. 2009;17:763-771.2. Kuhn BA, Coulter SJ. Balancing ulcer cost and quality equation. Nurse Econ. 1992;10:353-359. 3. Lyder CH, Wang Y, Metersky M, et al. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: results from the national Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012;60:1603-1608.4. Roya Agahi. Building a wound management program: a new approach bridges the gap between skilled nursing facilities and outpatient wound clinics. Available at: http://www.providermagazine.com/archives/2018_Archives/Pages/0218/Building-a-Wound-Management-Program.aspx. Accessed: May 10, 2018.5. Driver VR, Fabbi M, Lavery LA, Gibbons G. The costs of diabetic foot: the economic case for the limb salvage team. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.2010;100:335-341.6. Russo CA, Steiner C, Spector W. Hospitalizations related to pressure ulcers among adults 18 years and older, 2006. US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). December 2008. Available at: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb64.jsp. Accessed May 14, 2018.7. Kendall-Gallagher D, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Cimiotti JP. Nurse specialty certification, inpatient mortality, and failure to rescue. J Nurs Scholarsh. 2011;43:188-194.8. Hart S, Bergquist S, Gajewski B, Dunton N. Reliability testing of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators pressure ulcer indicator. J Nursing Care Qual. 2006;21:256-265.9. Zulkowski K, Ayello EA, Wexler S. Certification and education: do they affect pressure ulcer knowledge in nursing? Adv Skin Wound Care. 2007;20:34-38.

Private Course content is customizable and tailored to the specific needs of your facility and clinicians. A sample course outline is as follow:

Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin and Soft Tissues: Wound Healing Review the anatomy, structure, and function of the skin

and underlying tissues

Describe the overlapping stages in wound healing, and the critical factors in each stage

Peripheral Arterial Disease Review the pathophysiology of arterial disease

Describe diagnosis, management, and interventions for treatment

Chronic Venous Insufficiency Describe the pathophysiology of chronic venous

insufficiency and the resulting ulcerations

Review the comprehensive management of the chronic venous insufficiency patient including compression and potential interventions

Pressure Injuries/Ulcers Review the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and stages of

pressure injuries/ulcers

Examine pressure injury/ulcer prevention and treatment best practices in post-acute care and discuss recently published recommendations and guidelines

Diabetes and Diabetic Foot Ulcers Describe the metabolic and neuropathic changes

associated with diabetes

List interventions related to specific diabetes-related foot problems

Assessment and Documentation Define the fundamental elements of a holistic evaluation

of the patient with a wound

List the key components of a thorough wound assessment and recommendations for accurate documentation

Nutrition Review nutritional factors and the underlying deficiencies

that impact wound healing

Employ strategies to improve a patient’s wound healing with protein supplements, vitamins, minerals, and alternate feeding methods

Assessment and Management of Bioburden Describe the impact of the presence of bacteria on

wounds

Explore the role of wound cleansing, topical dressings, debridement, and NPWT in promoting strong stewardship programs

Psychosocial Summarize psychological considerations on wound

healing including pain, immobility, cognition, learning style, palliative care, family support system, and adherence

Debridement Relate the impact that wound debridement has on the

preparation of the wound for healing

Describe the options for debridement of chronic wounds

Topical Management Describe the steps in designing a topical treatment plan

for the patient with a wound

Examine advanced technologies including negative pressure wound therapy, growth factors, and cellular- and tissue-based products

Dot Weir has been a registered nurse since 1976 and began her practice of ostomy and wound manage-ment in 1980. She has practiced in acute care, home care, and long-term care, spent 7 years in industry, and has practiced in outpatient care since 2001. She has been board-certified by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Certification Board since 1985 (CWON) and The American Board of Wound Man-agement since 2004 (CWS). After a long career in the Orlando area, she relocated to the Buffalo New York area in 2017 where she has joined the Catholic Health System Advanced Wound Healing Centers.

Dot is the Co-Chair of the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Co-Director of the Wound Track for the Amputation Prevention Symposium. She was on the Founding Board of the Association for the Ad-vancement of Wound Care and held the positions of the first Treasurer and the third President and is now an honorary lifetime member. She has been on the faculty of the Wound Certification Prep Course since

2004, is a member and Secretary of the International Wound Infection Institute, a member the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society, the World Council of Enterostomal Therapy, the Wound Healing Society, and the CLI Global Society for whom she sits on the Wound Committee. She is a member of the International Planning Committee for the 2020 World Union of Wound Healing Societies conference to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Dot is a frequent lecturer on all aspects of wound management, has authored and co-authored many journal articles and nine book chapters, and was also one of the Founding Editors of the journal Today’s Wound Clinic. She is on the speaker’s bureau and Medical Advisory Boards with several manufacturers.

As patients develop non-healing or hard-to-treat wounds from any number of reasons, such as diabetes, obesity, post-surgical non-healing wounds, poor circulation, or decreased mobility, having a staff with a master level knowledge and specialty practice in wound management is in demand now more than ever.

The Wound Certification Prep Course (WCPC) is the industry-leading wound management review and preparatory course for clinicians interested in gaining a better understanding of wound care and is acknowledged as the only “recommended review course” by the American Board of Wound Management Foundation. WCPC will arm clinicians with the most advanced, comprehensive review of wound management, enabling them to demonstrate a distinct and specialized knowledge in the field of wound care and healing. To fulfill the individual needs of your facility, WCPC offers private courses, on-demand licenses, and live webinars.

Hosting a private course at your hospital or facility or through an on-demand license or live webinar is convenient for you and your staff. Plus, our private courses can be customized to fit the specific needs of your hospital or facility. Achieve the highest standards in wound care that will create long-lasting benefits for your patients and your facility/hospital. WCPC’s high-impact education can lead to:

Improved quality of wound care for your patients Reduced medicolegal issues Increased reimbursements Enhanced professional standing of your staff

Please review the chronic wounds needs assessment detailing how chronic wounds are also a “major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy.”

You and your team can help fight this growing epidemic.

Meet our interdisciplinary panel of ABWM-certified wound specialists

Carolyn H. CuttinoBSN, RN, CWCN, CWSPresidentCarolina Wound Care Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Hollie MangrumPT, DPT, CWSArea Vice PresidentHealogics, Inc Collierville, Tennessee

Gregory K. PattersonMD, FACS, DABS, CWSBreast, Vascular, Soft Tissue, Skin & Wound SurgerySouth Georgie Surgical Associates, division of AMGMedical Director, Archbold Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric MedicineTrauma Medical Director, Archbold Level II Trauma Center Thomasville, Georgia

Lee C. RuotsiMD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHMMedical Director and Wound Care Fellowship DirectorCatholic Health Advanced Wound Healing Program Buffalo, New York

Pamela ScarboroughPT, DPT, MS, CWS, CEEAADirector of Public Policy and Education American Medical Technologies Wimberley, Texas

Dot WeirRN, CWON, CWSAdvanced Wound Healing CentersCatholic Health System Buffalo, New York

Carolyn Cuttino is a board-certified wound care nurse and certified wound specialist who practiced at the Medical University of South Carolina, a 600-bed teaching hospital in Charleston, South Carolina for more than 36 years. She now owns Carolina Wound Care, a consulting company that provides education and wound management to skilled care facilities and industry. Carolyn is also the Vice President of clinical affairs for CORSTRATA, a telehealth company that fo-cuses on providing quality wound care outcomes for clients in all sites of service.

Carolyn is one of the Founding Directors of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (, has numerous wound care publications and has lectured extensively throughout the country on wound management. Carolyn is a Past President of the Southeast Region and Past Chair of the National Confer-ence Planning Committee of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Society.

She also serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving wound care and medical malpractice for various law firms throughout the country.

Dr. Patterson has more than 20 years of experience as a surgeon and wound care provider. He is the Medical Director of the Archbold Center for Wound Management and Hyperbaric Medicine and the Trauma Medical Director of the Archbold Level II Trauma Center at the John D. Archbold Memorial Hos-pital. Dr. Patterson received his Bachelor of Science in biology from Mercer University of Atlanta, where he also attended graduate studies in physiology. He has been in surgery for more than 35 years, working his way through college as a Certified Surgical Technologist and scrub nurse, eventually becoming a sur-gical assistant in the field of cardiac surgery and cardiac transplant for several years and during portions of medical school. He received his Doctorate of Medicine from the Medical College of Georgia, where he stayed for his internship and residency in general surgery. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a Certified Wound Specialist, having sat for the very first CWS examination in 1999. Dr. Patterson has a very active surgical practice, specializing in breast cancer, vascular surgery, including venous surgery and distal arterial reconstruction, access sur-gery, skin, soft tissue, and wound-related surgeries. His non-surgical interests are in the areas of non-in-vasive vascular evaluation, nutrition, atypical wounds, and environmental wounds. He also has an interest in snake bites and other envenomations. He holds positions as a clinical assistant professor of surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University and as a clinical instructor of surgery, Florida State Uni-versity, College of Medicine. He enjoys teaching and has won several awards in education. He is involved with the teaching of residents, medical students, and physician assistant students.

Dr. Ruotsi is the Medical Director of the Catholic Health Ad-vanced Wound Healing Program in Buffalo, New York, and is Fellowship Program Director for the Wound Care Fellowship. He oversees three outpatient wound healing centers with hyperbaric medicine services, seeing approximately 18,000 visits per year, as well as a five hospital, 1,200-bed in-patient wound care program. He is board certified in Wound Care by the American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery, is certified as a Wound Specialist Physician by the American Board of Wound Management, and is board certified in Un-dersea and Hyperbaric Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He is additionally certified as a Diving Medical Officer (DMO) by the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration and is on the Board of Directors of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Dr. Ruotsi is a Found-ing Diplomate and sits on the Board of Directors of the Amer-ican Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery and is Co-Chair of the Wound Care Summit for the Amputation Prevention Symposium. He sat on the Board of Directors of the Ameri-can College of Clinical Wound Specialists and was Chair of its Education Committee from 2013 through 2015. He is a clinical instructor of medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo and serves as an instructor and preceptor, in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, for medical, physi-cal therapy, and nursing students as well as residents in the internal medicine, family medicine, and podiatric residency programs and Vascular Surgery Fellowship. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care , the CLI Global Wound Care Board, and the Wound Healing Soci-ety(. He lectures nationally as well as internationally on topics related to wound care and hyperbaric medicine.

Dr. Pamela Scarborough is currently Director of Public Policy and Education for American Medical Technologies, headquartered in Irvine, California. Her clinical career spans more than 35 years, having practiced in a variety of settings including acute, outpatient, home health, and long-term care. Her clinical experience has included tradi-tional physical therapy, orthopedics and sports medicine, cardiac rehabilitation, and wound management. Pamela has published book chapters, articles, and monographs on the topics of diabetes and wound care, in addition to being a highly sought-after speaker, invited to present to interdisciplinary audiences at conferences, on webinars, and at wound management educational activities around the country. Pamela is the Founding Director of the Wound Certification Prep Course, a nationally recognized wound program to assist in preparing clinicians and wound in-dustry partners for their wound-board certification. She holds an active license as a physical therapist in Texas and is board certified as a Certified Wound Specialist. In addi-tion, Dr. Scarborough is certified by the Geriatric Section of the American Physical Therapy Association as a Certified Exercise Expert for Aging Adults. Pamela has served on numerous symposium planning panels and association boards over her extensive career including the board of the Association for Advanced Wound Care and as an affiliate member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. She served as the Clinical Editor for Wound Source and is on the Editorial Board of Today’s Wound Clinic. Pamela travels extensively, teaching and training healthcare providers in wound prevention and management with a focus on the long-term care setting.

Hollie is a physical therapist, bringing more than 20 years of experience in wound care.across many settings, including acute, outpatient, home health, and some consultant work for long-term care. She became a Certified Wound Specialist through the American Board of Wound Management in 2000 and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. She graduated with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2013 and is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association. She has worked as the manager of a physical therapy–based clinic that she opened in 2000, a Program Director of a physician-based wound center, and has most currently an Area Vice President over several wound centers in the southern region of the US. Dr. Mangrum is passionate about education and wound healing and lectures nationally to healthcare professionals as well as students in various universities.