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DESCRIPTION OF TRAININGS

Advanced Childbirth Assistant Skills - Midwife Assistant Training

Three Day Intensive Training Workshop and Certification

Purpose and Benefits of this Course

The Advanced Childbirth Assistant Training is designed to give the doula, labor companion or registered nurse skills and knowledge to assist midwives with prenatal care, births, newborn and postpartum care at home and birth center settings, and to be able to offer Enhanced Labor Support (monitrice support) to women giving birth in hospitals.

Benefits of Basic Doula Support

Several studies report that Doula support reduces rates of cesarean section, reduces labor induction, decreases length of labor, descreases use of pain medication, increases sucess of breastfeeding as well as improving maternal-infant interaction and lowering postpartum depression and increases maternal satisfaction with chilbirth experience (Kennel and Klaus, 1991).

Who Should Attend?

RNs, LVNs, nursing students, medical students, doulas, childbirth educators, student midwives, aspiring midwives, midwife assistants and apprentices, health educators, EMTs, CNAs, HHAs, and any woman who wants a career supporting pregnant and birthing women in homebirth and birth center settings. You do not have to have given birth yourself to attend. Attendance at 5 births prior to the training is recommended. Must have taken a Basic Doula Training prior to this course. Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians or Certified Nursing Assistants, and Home Health Aides with no prior experience with prenatal care, labor, delivery or postpartum and newborn care must take a basic doula skills course prior to taking this course.

Instructors

Cordelia S. Hanna-Cheruiyot, CCE, CBA, MPH, CHES
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Shelly Girard, LM, CPM, MPH
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Recommended Pre-Course Training

1. Certification in phlebotomy/venipuncture by a California-approved program. The course should include venipuncture theory and skills practicum. This skill is not required to be a Midwife Assistant, but, if you are enrolled in a midwifery training program or plan to enroll in the future, and are taking this course to obtain an apprenticeship, it is strongly recommended you certify as a phelebotomist.

Pre-Course Requirements

1. Basic doula training (completion of a training is required, but certification is not required prior to beggining this course).
2. Attendance at a childbirth preparation series (or childbirth educator certification with ALACE, ICEA, Lamaze, Bradley, Birthworks, or other).
3. Neonatal Ressucitation Certification (Please contact Sue Turner, LM at Email: stmidwife@aol.com, for dates of upcoming courses in Ventura, CA).
4. IV Certification: required only If you are a RN or midwifery student curretly enrolled in a California Medical Board approved midwifery school. (Please contact Sue Turner, LM, at Email: stmidwife@aol.com, for upcoming IV Certifcation courses in Ventura, Ca).

Learner Objectives

By the completion of all course requirements, particpants will:

1. Define the roles of the midwife, midwife’s assistant, doula and advanced childbirth assistant/monitrice
2. Compare and contrast three features of the midwifery and medical models of maternity care
3. Describe three major developments in the history of midwifery and natural childbirth movement in the United States
4. Describe the scope of practice for midwifery assistants, apprentice midwives, advanced childbirth assistants/monitrices and doulas
5. Define the types of midwives practicing in the U.S. and their educational backgrounds
6. Describe three advantages and disadvantages of the places of birth: hospital, birth center and home
7. Describe the relationship between obstetricans, nurses, midwives and midwife assistants, doulas and advanced childbirth assistants/monitrices
8. Discuss common cultural baises and differences and their impact upon the midwife assistant-client relationship.
9. Demonstrate the Three Step Strategy for communication.
10. Describe the key features of bereavement counseling clients after an infant loss
11. Describe a solution to an ethical problem in midwifery care or doula support
12. Describe six complications and emergencies of childbirth and state the appropriate plan of action for out-of-hospital management
13. Define medical terminology used in maternity care
14. Describe the rationale for and demonstrate skills in blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and fetal postion (lie, presentation, postion)
15. Demonstrate how to take fetal hearttones using a doppler, fetoscope and pinard horn
16. Demonstrate skills to assist midwives with set up of IV therapy, IM injections and suturing
17. Demonstrate how to document fetal heart tones on a chart
18. Describe the rationale for specific prenatal testing and procedures
19. Identify female reproductive anatomical structures of pregnancy, labor and birth
20. Demonstrate assisting skills for postpartum examination of mothers and infants
21. Demonstrate charting of information obtained in postpartum examination
22. Describe basic breastfeeding management
23. Demonstrate techniques for assisting with latching on of infants at the breast
24. Discuss strategies for obtaining and keeping a midwifery apprenticeship
25. Plan and participate in a midwifery community education event

Post-Course Requirements for Certification

1. Pregnancy or Childbirth Research Paper
2. Community Service Activity (group project)
3. Attendance at six births and completion of three self-evaluations and three client evaluations and one midwife, doctor or nurse evaluation.

Course Specifics

The 24-hour 3-day training meets Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (with one hour lunch). The Los Angeles location is TBD. CEUs for RNs and CCE's pending.

Includes training manual, supplies and lunch each day.

Fee: $500 per person

Dates of Upcoming Trainings

July 9-11, 2010, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Training

Three Day Training and Certification

This training is available for individuals or agencies to give their perinatal health workers lactation support skills.

Purpose of the Course

The purpose of this course is to give women who want to support other women in breastfeeding their babies the skills and information to do so and to address barriers to breastfeeding initiation and duration. You do not have to have personal experience with breastfeeding to take this course.

Increasing breastfeeding initation and duration in the United States is one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives for the public's health. Breastfeeding has numerous benefits for mothers and children including lowering rates of infant mortality and morbidity, enhances bonding between mother and infant, and decreases women's risk of breast, cervical and uterine cancer.

Who Should Attend?

Aspiring lactation educators, aspiring lactation consultants, perinatal case managers, Certified Perinatal Health Workers (CPHWs), Community Health Outreach Workers (CHOWs), health educators, doulas, childbirth educators, childbirth assistants, midwife assistants, midwifery apprentices, aspiring midwives, student midwives, student nurses, nurses, medical students, mothers, grandmothers, any woman who wants to help other women breastfeed.

Instructor

Cordelia S. Hanna-Cheruiyot, CCE, CBA, MPH, CHES
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Plus Guest Instructor

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Discuss common cultural baises and differences and their impact upon the counselor-client relationship.
2. Demonstrate the Three Step Strategy for communication.
3. Describe three benefits of breastfeeding to infants and mothers.
4. Describe the importance of father's support in breastfeeding success and describe two ways to involve fathers in supporting the breastfeeding dyad.
5. Describe the barriers that confront breastfeeding mothers.
6. Describe the nutritional components of breastmilk and their purpose.
7. Describe the phases and types of breastmilk and their purpose.
8. Identify the anatomical structures of the lactating breast.
9. Describe the role of hormones in the physiology of breastfeeding.
10. Describe basic breastfeeding management.
11. Demonstrate three ways to position baby at the breast.
12. Demonstrate techniques for assisting with latching on of infants.
13. Describe four problems encountered by breastfeeding mothers and four remedies for these problems.
14. Demonstrate pumping and storage of breastmilk and describe safe milk handling guidelines.
15. Describe three special situations that may inhibit breastfeeding and describe three ways to support breastfeeding mothers.

Certification Requirements

1. Pass certification exam with score of 70%.
2. Assist three mothers with lactation support and provide three self-reports and three client reports.

Specifics of Training

The course meets for 18 hours, 3 days, 9 hours per day (with a one-hour lunch). Trainings are Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. Los Angeles location TBD. CEUs for RNs and CCE's pending.

Includes training manual, The Breastfeeding Answer Book, and lunch each day.

Fee: $500 per person (group discounts available for agencies)

Dates of Upcoming Trainings

Fall, 2010

About the Instructors

Cordelia Hanna-Cheruiyot, MPH, CHES, CCE, CBA