Physicians who were certified in 2008 and 2009, when they recertify will be granted a seven-year certificate. (The ten-year certificate is no longer available). Recertification will be 7 years after the first recertification year. That will be 2018 or 2019 respectively and every 7 years going forward.

Physicians must recertify by or before December 31 of the required year.

Recertification is available one year prior to the year it is required. Example: Physicians with an initial certification year of 2015 must recertify by December 31, 2022 but can recertify during 2021. For those choosing this option the date for their next recertification will remain at 7 years after 2021, i.e.: December 31, 2028. Therefore, there is no penalty for those who choose to recertify the year prior to the required recertification date. The required date for the next recertification will remain seven years from the last required date.

Those in “retired” status and no longer providing patient care DO NOT need to recertify. They must however apply for such status and pay a one-time $550 fee.

All CMET certified physician members are required to maintain a minimal twenty-four (24) CME in wound care every three years at a conference or other venue approved by CMET or APWH.

Submit a brief description of five cases to be reviewed by the CMET committee. From your submission, the committee will select three of the five cases for more complete documentation. The case submissions should be those in which you were the attending physician, or had a major role in the management of the wound care for the patient and occurred within the past 2 years. It is preferred if most are within past 12 months.

Case examples:

1. A case where all wound care and related case management was provided by you
2. A case where you had total control of the patient, as well as directed or provided all of the wound care but had referred to another surgeon to perform a more complex surgery.

Both types of cases are acceptable.

NOTE: ALL NAMES MUST BE REMOVED FROM ALL DOCUMENTS that will be submitted to the committee. This includes the names of the physicians as well as patient names. The material otherwise will be returned to you to make ensure this is corrected. NOTE item 4 below which describes an attached face sheet that will include physician name etc.

All documents submitted should be copied and kept for your records in the event that materials are lost during US mail transfer of materials to the committee members.

1. All the above should be typed on an MS word document or similar word processor. Each case is to be numbered one through five.
2. The initial descriptions should be short 5 to 10 line paragraph with the following information:
   • a) Age of the patient, gender of the patient, chief concern regarding the type of ulcer or other non-healing wound, (E.g.: diabetic neuropathic ulcer, ischemic or arterial ulcer, venous stasis ulcer, pressure ulcer, type of malignancy, etc.),
   • b) General description of the wound (such as width, length, depth, type of underlying tissue exposed if any, granulation tissue, percentage of Slough, degree and type of necrotic tissue if any, condition of the wound edges and peri-wound, etc.),
   • c) Inpatient hospital or office/home management, condition of the patient upon discharge or upon final healing or if case is on-going.
3. Do not send lab reports, x-rays, Imaging pathology reports, etc. This information may be requested for the selected cases at a later time.
4. Your full name and contact information is to be placed on an attached separate document as a face sheet for each page or each of the case submissions. Each of the cases will be numbered for internal office follow up. The candidate names will not appear and not be provided to those reviewing the cases.