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:
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. All the documents for a MOU, an ETNEP or a REP curriculum and form to complet to apply for WCET® recognition are available on the ETNEP & REP Education page.
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.
ETNEP and REP programs (Updated September 2020) |