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American Medical Technologies, Inc. Partners with WoundEducators.com in Wound Care Certification Training Initiative

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 09:30 CDT

GREAT RIVER, N.Y., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- American Medical Technologies, Inc., the leading independent provider of wound care management solutions for the U.S., has partnered with WoundEducators.com in an initiative to educate 150 AMT clinical specialists in Advanced Wound Care and to prepare those employees for wound care certification.

Chuck Gokoo MD, CMO, CWS, FACCWS, Chief Medical Officer at AMT is also a Certified Wound Specialist. Dr. Gokoo and AMT chose WoundEducators.com to educate their clinical specialists based on the extensive detail that the WoundEducators.com 17 module online interactive course will provide. In addition, other benefits include the low cost, convenience, and accessibility of the course. The Evidence Based Wound Management Course is easily accessible from any computer that has an Internet connection. Students receive up to four months to complete each course, working at their own pace and comfort level.

Gokoo stated "the course will enhance our expertise in advanced wound management and provide exceptional value to our business associates."

WoundEducators.com President Laurie Swezey, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS stated "Large organizations like AMT benefit from the online training that woundeducators.com offers since employees may be trained nationwide without having to travel and miss time at work."

While WoundEducators.com has already begun training 150 of AMT's current clinical specialists, the plan is for WoundEducators.com to assist AMT in training and preparing all new hires for wound care certification.

American Medical Technologies, Inc.

Gordian Medical, Inc. dba American Medical Technologies (AMT) is the leading independent provider of wound care management solutions for the U. S. long-term care market providing comprehensive wound care solutions to 2,300 long-term care facilities in 45 states and provides its products/services to approximately 8,000 patients a month. Its wound care protocols consist of unique and fully integrated treatment processes that promote the healing of lacerations, pressure ulcers, surgical site wounds and burns on patients residing predominately in nursing homes. Each individual wound protocol is designed for optimal healing based on a number of wound specific criteria. AMT is proud to be a champion in the Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes Campaign.

About WoundEducators.com

WoundEducators.com is an online educational company. The mission of WoundEducators.com is to promote the practice of evidence-based wound management by providing information related to the physiology of wound healing, evidence-based wound management and the most up to date standards of care. The company provides an online training course that is endorsed by The American College of Certified Wound Specialists (ACCWS). The WoundEducators.com Wound Management Training Course is designed to assist health care practitioners in becoming wound care certified and is approved for 27.5 physician, nurse and physical therapist CME/CE continuing education credits. WoundEducators.com also offers resources, articles, and up-to-date information related to the rapidly growing field of wound management. For more information on WoundEducators.com, visit http://www.woundeducators.com/

SOURCE WoundEducators.com


Source: PR Newswire

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