WCET EDUCATION

Enterostomal Therapy Nurses play a significant part in improving the quality of life of patients.

The WCET aspires to ensure that specialised Enterostomal Therapy Nursing Care is available world-wide for people with ostomy, wound or continence needs.

This is such an important aim of the WCET that it forms the basis of the WCET Mission, Vision and Values statements.

The World Council of Enterostomal Therapists (WCET) supports two models of educational programs:

Enterostomal Therapy Nursing Education Program (ETNEP) which addresses the three fields of practice: stoma, wound and continence care.

Recognised Education Program (REP) which includes training in stoma care, stoma and wound care or stoma and continence care.  Note that stoma care remains the basis of each program.

To ensure that educational programs worldwide respect an essential basic content, the WCET Education Committee has developed guidelines to support established, newly initiated and proposed educational programs.

Based on these guidelines, criteria for WCET recognition of all ETNEPs and REPs have been developed. The process requires up to two months to complete.

The following documents are available:

Guidelines to develop an ETNEP or a REP

Program Content Checklist  with explanatory notes

Upon completion of an ETNEP or REP curriculum, Program Directors are encouraged to apply for WCET recognition by submitting a WCET ETNEP / REP Application Form

Graduates completing a WCET recognised ETNEP or REP will receive a WCET recognition certificate.

In addition to providing an official recognition status to educational programs, the WCET recognition guarantees the students that these programs follow the basic required guidelines.

The Norma N Gill Foundation (NNGF) supports the WCET recognition program.  NNGF Scholarships may be used to apply for these programs.

WCET Recognised ETNEPs / REPs Worldwide (Updated November 2011)