The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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Support the inclusion of Certified Professional Midwives in Medicaid and health care reform. Where's the Birth Plan? by Jennifer Block - Midwifery-style care saves money and provides excellence for the new family--a great two for one proposal! She clearly points out how the more humane style of care provided by midwives not only saves money, but also saves lives. A new economic analysis forecasts savings of $9.1 billion per year if 10 percent of women planned to deliver out of hospital with midwives. The
Debate on Healthcare Policy Reform by Faith Gibson, a healthcare historian
and policy theoretician
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Lady's Hands, Lion's Heart, A Midwife's
Saga
by Carol Leonard
A trade paperback, 368 pages, $15.00
Bad Beaver Publishing, Hopkinton, NH
To order ~ go to www.badbeaverfarm.com
I have just finished reading this book...literally. It arrived Wednesday
and I finished just moments ago. I am at my computer as I sent Carol a
letter of gratitude for her book. My eyes are still wet with tears from
the ending.
I am obviously a new midwife, as well as NH midwife who has know Carol
for the last 3 years. She is our lobbyist here in NH, and as the secretary
of our Midwives association I have watched her in legislative mode, and
at meetings, and have always respected her ability and sassy intelligence...BUT...this
book has really brought me something precious. If you are feeling down,
or disappointed in the system, or even just need an over all shot in the
arm, I recommend a good strong dose of Carol's book. She writes from the
heart, and her personality comes through in a way that makes one feel the
privilege of serving women, and the joy there is in really truly following
your heart, your art, and your calling...I have not read a book like this
ever, and anyone who knows me knows I have every book there is on childbirth
and midwifery...I am a self admitting bookaholic...this is one I will reach
for when my heart gets weary or numb from the intensity of what we as Midwives
call our work...do yourself a favor and get a copy of this book...and if
you have a sister midwife you know could use a boost, get her a copy too.
I
also recommend that any and all student or apprentice midwives who are
needing a clear picture of what it takes makes time to read this one...it
clearly shows what it takes...and what it means to be a midwife.
A great read!
The Ups, Downs, and Interlinkages of Nurse- and Direct-Entry Midwifery: Status, Practice, and Education by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
In this article and the one that follows, I seek to provide an anthropological
overview of both the upside and the downside of recent transformations
in the status, education, and practice of nurse- and direct-entry midwives.
Pathways into
Midwifery - a meta-page from socalbirth.com
Another meta-page
on education, with a nice overview, from midwifeinfo.com
Another meta-page on education, from The Midwifery Link. [web
page - www.themidwife.org /educa.html - temporarily unavailable.]
MEAC - The Midwifery Education
Accreditation Council’s mission is to promote quality education in midwifery
through accreditation.
Masters in Midwifery available
by e-learning from the University of Dundee, Scotland - MSc Advanced
Practice (Midwifery)
The National College of Midwifery
- "Earn a Degree in Direct-Entry Midwifery through our school without walls!".
The also run the Mexico
Midwifery Immersion Program, a two-month community-midwifery program.
How
to apply and entry requirements - midwifery courses - from the Florence
Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery in the UK seems to have
a fabulous program for both initial qualification and followup
education.
Secret Midwives Business (SMB) - "We offer the
best midwifery focussed experience, together with the backup of specialists."
In Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia
International
School of Traditional Midwifery (ISTM) has a distance learning program
for women around the world who can study independently to learn the academic
material required of direct-entry midwives.
Newlife International
School of Midwifery - A Christian Mission-Based School For Direct Entry
Midwife Students
The Russian Birth Project
is an intensive midwifery internship in a maternity hospital in St. Petersburg,
Russia, offered every summer. The program has been ongoing since
1992. Its emphasis is on direct entry training with specific emphasis
on the homeopathic philosophy of health.
Birthwise Midwifery School
is a three-year direct-entry midwifery education program, which is located
in southwestern Maine. The school was founded in 1994 and has been accredited
by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC.org) since 1999.
Our students are eligible to apply for Federal Student Aid (Stafford Loans
and Pell Grants). English-speaking foreign students are welcome to apply.
The
Iowa School of Classical Midwifery
AAMI - Ancient Art Midwifery Institute
Lilah Monger is a co-ordinator for the AAMI Reading Rooms:
The
midwifery reading room is also similar in format but intended for birth
professionals and students.
Hands-On Workshops - Center
for Midwifery Education - One-week or one-year programs in central California.
Gail Hart offers midwifery
workshops and seminars in Portland.
Midwives Cultural Exchange - Roots
Midwifery in Jamaica - Christina DiEno at the Florida
School of Traditional Midwifery created this program. [Link not available
04/06.]
New One-Year Florida Program for Out-of-State midwifery Students - the International School of Midwifery founded by Shari Daniels, LM, CPM, 305-866-1446, ISOM@4midwife.com.
Intensive Midwifery Experience
in Jamaica
Contact Shari Daniels, 7115 Rue Notre Dame, Miami Beach, Fl. 33141,
305-866-1446, info@4midwife.com
Direct Entry Midwifery Training from The Midwifery Link, including a
page on SHORT TERM MIDWIFERY INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES [web page -
http:
Renaissance
Midwifery is also offering a lot of classes, especially now that Linda
Arnold from Casa de Nacimiento has returned to the Oakland care.
Comprehensive page
about Midwifery Education from the ACNM
site.
A Career in Nurse-Midwifery
from the Washington State Web Site
- American College of Nurse Midwives, maintained by Pat
Sonnenstuhl, ARNP,CNM, RH
Want to know more about midwifery?
Birth & Midwifery in Canada has an education section.
Information from the Thames
Valley Midwives collection of links about midwifery in Canada
U.S.
Midwifery Schools by State
Michigan
School of Traditional Midwifery and Herbology [Old
link]
The Center for the Childbearing
Year in Ann Arbor, Michigan offers various birth-related courses.
Executive Director - Patty Brennan
Become an LM
- How to become a Licensed Midwife in the State of California from The
California Association of Midwives (CAM)
Midwifery
Education in California
Elizabeth Davis is a long-time midwifery educator and activist, involved in the following:
Heart & Hands Midwifery Intensives are available in person in the San Francisco Bay Area or by correspondence for distance students.
The National Midwifery Institute, Inc., is a distance program dedicated to the preservation of community-based midwifery training and education. Unfortunately, I have heard unhappy things about this school, including a low rate of successful graduation and licensure and great difficulty in finding a preceptor in your area who can provide opportunities actually to catch babies. Also, her opposition to the Medical Board's approval of regulations in Jan., 2005, alienated a number of Licensed Midwives, who are no longer willing to be affiliated with this school.
Her books are also available
online.
Holistic Midwifery School of Southern California
Education Opportunities in
Guatemala
Three month clinical experience - you live on site and will get roughly 30 "catches" in that time. Cost about $3000
The Center for Professional Midwifery Education
1517 East Missouri
El Paso Texas 79902
A "CNEP" style program for the preparation of direct entry midwives. You pursue the academic semesters from home, a preclinical semester in El Paso and then a clinical placement either at a birth center or with a credentialed birth attendant (MD, CNM, LDEM, etc.)
University of Texas at El Paso
a fair to middling CNM program for persons with BSN degrees leading to a MSN. Clinical site: Thomason Hospital - students compete for births with Medical students. Good emphasis on border health in the STD capital of the USA.
Maternidad de la Luz
Magoffin
El Paso Tx 79902
6 month clinical experience - live off campus (rents are about $400/mo
for a 1 bdrm apt.). Average births reported are around 30 in 6 months including
"double primaries" (two students claiming the same birth for their statistics
by both "catching"). MEAC accredited. Some opportunities to extend in to
a 3 year course.
EPA, in San Jose California, the nurse-midwifery program I graduated
from, is closing in June 1998. They have lost their funding. EPA was unique
in that it is community based (read I did not have to move from (Phoenix
to San Jose) it was the only CNM program willing to allow me to continue
my homebirth practice while in CNM school, and also not to require me to
go work for a year as an L & D nurse prior to applying to CNM school,
after over 18 years of homebirth experience. They also were unique in allowing
me to test out of the ambulatory OB portion of the program. Diane Barnes,
former MANA president, as well as many other women also graduated from
this program. It is a set back for DEM's that this program will no longer
be available.
It is VERY sad to all of us. The EPA Midwifery Education Program is not accepting any more students. We will graduate the final class in September of this year (1998), so the program will be "open" through the graduation, but is not going to be starting any new classes. This is an important distinction as students cannot graduate from a program that does not exist.
It was a great run for a program that started in 1981 and has graduated many fine midwives. The faculty is mourning the loss and must also keep the momentum going for the finishing students. We appreciate all the support and especially the wonderful work of our students, graduates, and the preceptors who have worked with us.
At this time we do not know when or if a similar program will rise from the roots of this one. The decision was quite sudden and we are coping with all of the ramifications.
Thank you all for your support.
Catherine Carr, Program Director (on behalf of the midwifery faculty;
Alex Schott, Nancy Bardacke, Molly Wolfe)
Here's the phone #/address:
Email for Philadelphia College: Lisa Kenny: KennyL@philacol.edu
Phone: 215-951-2943
www.philacol.edu
Email for SUNY: Peter Johnson: Peter_Johnson@notes2.nursing.sunysb.edu
Phone: 516-444-2879
http:
The Farm offers Advanced
Midwifery Workshops and training programs for Midwife Assistants
Santa Barbara Graduate Institute
- Advanced degrees in Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology & Somatic Psychology
Pure Midwifery ™ - a French
training program.
Midwives on Missions of Service
(MOMS) offers midwifery
internships in Sierra Leone for mature, experienced midwives.
Sister Angela Murdaugh, CNM, is actively recruiting volunteer nurses and midwives for brief fellowships at the Holy Family Birth Center in Southern Texas. Volunteers are given room and board and a monthly stipend with shared use of a car. The benefits are many, including clinical experience with ob/gyn clients, involvement in a communal lifestyle, full cultural exposure to Spanish speaking women and families, and the spiritual growth that accompanies the serving of the underserved. Holy Family is true midwifery at its finest.
Please pass the word...Sister Angela needs help and Holy Family Birth
Center needs help in order to continue in its mission. For more info. see
their website: www.holyfamilybirthcenter.com.
Custom Medical
Animations for Trial - They have a
great animation of childbirth! although they've got it turned sideways!
The New Mexico Guidelines for Practice are available from Julia Knight-Williamson
at 505-266-5762.
A
Book for Midwives - a free, downloadable midwifery text from Hesperian.org
Surgical
Skills has great video clips of Knot
Tying and good information about Instrument
Handling and general Suture
Handling.
Virtual Hospital
/ Virtual Children's Hospital
ACRRM's Rural & Remote
Medical Education Online (RRMEO)
For Healthcare
Students - If you are training to be a physician, nurse, respiratory
therapist, midwife or ambulance attendant -- anyone whose professional
responsibilities may include resuscitation of newborn infants --
we hope you will find this site of interest.
The Pregnancy Institute, Inc.,
is a non-profit organization created to study normal pregnancies. It is
designed to promote the likelihood of healthier pregnancies resulting in
well monitored, full-term live births. Lots of information about
umbilical cords etc.
Dermatology Atlas - search for "newborn" or "pregnancy"
and here's a particularly helpful site about The Language of Dermatology - about different types of lesions, etc.
The Normal Flora of Humans is a helpful adjunctive site.
This web page is great for definitions of primary, secondary and vascular lesions.
DermIS
is another very helpful dermatology site
The UMass/Amherst
School of Nursing has a web page of great educational links.
Sexual
History Taking from The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
(ARHP)
The Visible Embryo
- This spiral represents the 23 stages occurring in the first trimester
of pregnancy and every two weeks of the second and third trimesters.
PHYSIOLOGY OF ADULT
HOMO SAPIENS - BLOOD (HAEMATOLOGY : PLASMA, BLOOD CELLS, AND COAGULATION)
AND LYMPH - this has a fabulous section on blood
groups and Rhesus factors
Female
Genital Pathology Index
Fetus
to Newborn: The Perinatal Period by Elisabet O. Orville
The Continuing Education subsection has pointers
to lots and lots of good online education - you can usually read through
the modules and learn without paying anything; the charge is usually only
if you want credit for it.
Basics of Birth
for EMTs, with a focus on estimating blood loss.
Embryology
from University of New South Wales
Essentials of IV Therapy, Module I: Peripheral IV Catheter Insertion, Care, and Maintenance and other Free Continuing Education Programs and Tutorials from New York Emergency Room RN
Similar resources were available from rphworld.com, sponsored by baxter.com
Orientation to Nursing Program from has a great set of education pages at the end, including Documentation Do's and Don't's.
gulfMD.com - Free
access to a gamut of healthcare, medical and drug information for consumers
and healthcare providers in the Middle East.
Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota have a very nice online medical library,
called Blueprint for Health. It contains a section on diagnostic
tests and medical procedures and a great Drug Formulary.
Birth Counselling
Skills - Birth Counselling Skills offers ongoing certification courses
for midwives, doulas, birth educators and friends who wish to certify as
a Birth Counsellor. Study at home in your own time or attend a workshop
in your area. For free information, send us an email or call: 1-800-755-3377,
twenty-four hours a day. [This site was out of commission as of April,
2006; let's hope it comes back!]
Integrated Medical Clinic and
Ayurveda School - www.dreddyclinic.com
Pregnancy and Ayurveda or Childbirth and Ayurveda - classes taught by
Deana Batdorff, founder of the Dhyana
Center, an ayurvedic practitioner, and clinical aromatherapist. She
has done extensive studies in estiology, nutrition, herbology, and childbirth
support. She had been working with birth for 15 years. 707.823.8818
Nation's
First Postgraduate Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine
On-line Fetal Monitoring
Tutorial
Classic Resources
in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine - full texts available online!
Atlas of
the Body from the AMA's web pages
Virtual
Autopsy pages from Leicester University, including an anatomy lesson
in the Genitourinary
System
Can remember APGAR as Airway, Perfusion, Grimace, Appearance, Reflex.
APGAR was named for the developer of this system, Dr.
Virginia Apgar.
The Pocket Dilation Guide
is a compact cervical dilation guide.
There is a MD in MN who publishes an excellent set of pocket cards. There are three different ones avail.: Obstetric Urgency/Emergency, Prenatal, and Newborn Guidelines. For example, on the Urgency/Emergency, he includes: Preeclampsia diagnosis/labs/Rx, 1st trim. bleeding, 2nd/3rd trim. bleeding, Placenta abruptio, ROM/PROM/SROM, Amniotic fluid embolism, malpresentations, Labor dystocia. Forceps/vacuum guidelines, Shoulder dystocia, Fetal distress, Amnioinfusion, chorioamnionitis/endometritis Rx and prophyl., PPH, Retained placenta, Uterine rupture, uterine prolapse, cord prolapse, PTL, and tocolysis sections.
I'd forgotten how much was on there until I started typing it.
The cards are $1.50 each (at least that is what my 1996 ones say) and are available at:
Mark Brancel, MD
2263 Commonwealth Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Studying a section on immune sytem and antibody response, wondering
if anyone has any mnemonics for remembering the various immunoglobulin
types, etc. and what they mean. So far the best we've come up with is :
IGG, I Got it in Gradeschool; and IGM, I Got it Monday
Heart &
Lung Sounds from Auscultation (listening to back & chest with stethoscope
- scroll down the page
Natural Family Planning, In/Fertility
Marilyn Shannon's book, "Fertility, Cycles & Nutrition"
"Today's Herbal Health .. Third Edition...The Essential Reference Guide To Understanding Herbs Used For Medicinal Purposes" by Louise Tenney, M.H., "Herbs Of Choice, The Therapeutic Use Of Phytomedicinals" by Herbal Authority Varro Tyler, PhD, and "Back To Eden, The Classic Guide To Herbal Medicine, Natural Foods, And Home Remedies" by Jethro Kloss.
Spiritual Dowsing by Sig Lonegren.[copyright 1986, ISBN Q-906362-06-7,
distributed by New Leaf Distributing Co. Tel. (404) 691-6996, The Great
Tradition Tel. (415) 492-9362, and Bookpeople Tel (510) 632-4700]
There are a number of homeopathic self-care books which teach how to
prescribe homeopathic medicines for non-serious illness, such as "Everybody's
Guide to Homeopathic Medicines" by Stephen Cummings and Dana Ullman, a
good book to start learning about homeopathy. Chronic and serious health
problems should be treated by a homeopathic doctor who has the knowledge
and experience to prescribe for these illnesses. Chronic health problems
are illnesses which have persisted for more than six months. These require
constitutional homeopathic treatment, which prescribes not only on the
basis of the disease symptoms, but the patient's entire physical, emotional,
and mental makeup. Serious diseases also require attention from a doctor
and "Everybody's Guide" provides advice on when to see a doctor.
Rosegg-McCutcheon: Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way
Brewer: What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know
Metabolic Toxemia of Late Pregnancy
Bradley: Husband Coached Childbirth
Gilgoff: Home Birth
Hathaway: Children at Birth
Odent: Birth Reborn
The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding
La Leche League: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Kitzinger: Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth
Episiotomy and the Second Stage of Labor
Birth at Home
Homebirth
Berezin: The Gentle Birth Book
Dick-Read: Childbirth Without Fear
Eisenstein: The Home Court Advantage
Watkins: Better Home Birth
Stewart: The Five Standards
Childbirth Activist's Handbook
Safe Alternatives in Childbirth
Mendelsohn: Confessions of a Medical Heretic
Dissent in Medicine
How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor
Male Practice: How Doctor's Manipulate Women
Arms: Immaculate Deception I & II
Bestfeeding
Cohen: Silent Knife
Kipley: Breastfeeding and Natural Child Spacing
The Art of Natural Family Planning
Thevenin: The Family Bed
Tew: Safer Childbirth?
White: Emergency Childbirth
Circumcision: What Every Parent Should Know
Coulter: A Shot in the Dark
Evans: Without Moral Limits
Hess: A Full Quiver
Balizet: Born in Zion
MIDWIFE TITLES
Varney: Nurse Midwifery
Garrey: Obstetrics Illustrated
Gaskin: Spiritual Midwifery
Davis: Heart and Hands
Baldwin: Special Delivery
Steiger: Becoming a Midwife
Pritchard: Williams' Obstetrics
Oxorn-Foote: Human Labor and Birth
Craig: Care of the Newly Born Infant
Bates: Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Merck Manual
Werner: Where There is No Doctor
Gray's Anatomy
I am a strong proponent of changing some of the old terms and abbreviations into more affirming ones. It's fun, too. Some of them I try to change consciously while speaking with clients, others I change with documentation as well:
EDC - Expected Date of Childbirth
EDB - Expected Date of Birth
Blighted Ovum - Terminal Embryo
Incompetent Cervix - Undecided Cervix or Cervical Expansion
FTP - Finding the Passage
Failure To Progress - Reduction Of Progress Toward Birth (ROPTB)
CPD - Childbirth Passage Difficulty
Cephalo Pelvic Disproportion - Passenger/Passage Puzzle
(PPP)
Table of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Aviva Institute offers
weekend online midwifery courses -
Lamaze Independent
Study Programs include:
My first and strongest recommendation for CEUs is the APPPAH
conference, frequently held in San Francisco. They have been
approved for CMEs as well as CEUs. HURRAY!. I almost felt more
supported here than at a midwifery conference! These folks REALLY
appreciate what midwives and doulas do to help babies. If you've been feeling
any kind of burnout, going to an APPPAH conference is a sure-fire cure.
Online CME Sites by Bernard Sklar,
MD - An alphabetical listing of sites offering ACCME-accredited CME.
ACNM's page on Continuing
Education Units (CEUs) [old
page]
Med 2000 has traveling
seminars as well as home-study courses on Mind & Body Medicine, including
New
Horizons in Women's Health.
For those of us for whom the Internet has become our library and listservs our hobby, the notion of formal continuing education seems somewhat outdated; after all, we're receiving continuous education. However, rules are rules, and many of us need to accumulate some specific number of official continuing education credits to maintain credentials or to renew licenses.
Conferences are good ways to earn CEUs, but, unfortunately, midwifery is not an occupation that lends itself to scheduling five days away from your clients. I think it's a good idea for midwives to assemble en masse from time to time anyway, but it may be hard to get all your CEUs in person at conferences. This is where CEUs available online, at the last minute, become particularly useful.
It is essential to have a thorough understanding of what kinds of CEUs
you
need and which CEU-approving bodies are approved by your licensing board.
In particular, CEUs seems to be a word that applies to nursing and midwifery,
whereas CMEs is relevant for physicians and some midwives.
In particular, try:
APPPAH conference - always in November/December of odd-numbered years - my personal favorite.
The Farm Midwives offer a variety of workshops: two midwifery assistant workshops: Level I and Level II, an Advanced Midwifery Workshop (with MEAC CEU's - good for California LM's!), an IV Therapy Class, and a 5-day workshop for Nurse Midwives and Nurse Practitioners.
Global Maternal/Child Health Association
has scheduled international conferences about Waterbirth. Check their web
pages for information about the next one.
ALSO (Advanced Life Support in
Obstetrics) Courses from the AAFP. Here's a page
about their CME program
The National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN) provides laboratory training courses in clinical, environmental, and public health laboratory topics, environmental, and public health laboratory topics.
GOLD10 is the premier world conference in human lactation and breastfeeding. They will be offering online CEUs.
Online continuing medical education from the AMA
MMWR Continuing
Education from the CDC
TheAnswerPage.com offers a Quiz-Free CME
MMWR Continuing Education from the CDC
Continuing Medical Education Online Learning Modules from the The University of Florida College of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education. There is either no charge or a nominal fee for completing the modules or earning CME credit.
Medscape Today CME Center offers both free and fee-based continuing education activities on a variety of topics. This is a great resource if you're scrambling to get those last few CMEs before renewing your license. The have a special Medscape Nurse CE Center.
Manufacturers of medical equipment often offer CEU's - it's basically advertising for them, but you learn something and get your CEU's. Siemens
Continuing Education Articles from the US FDA's Medwatch
Online CME/CE from The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
Online CME Courses from the AMA
Online CME Programs from University of Pennsylvania Health System
LearnWell Online - 42 free online
courses for all. No registration needed. Approved CEUs for health, business
and other professionals.
Boston University School of Medicine - Continuing Medical Education
Nursing CEUs for OB-GYN and OB-GYN Nursing CEU Modules from Nurse CEU.Com
Continuing Education from nursingcenter.com
The Leclaire Hypnobirthing Method - Your baby's easy way out! CEs available for this Home Study Program
Continuing Education from Nursing Spectrum - lots of good courses relevant to midwifery
NCC corporation has handy self-assessment modules that are worth 15 contact hours each, for $79 /module for non-RNs. Each module consists of 4-6 journal articles with a test; topics correspond to various certifications (Women's Health NP, Inpatient OB, NI Cu Nursing, Neonatal NP, Reproductive Endo/Infertility, Ambulatory Women's Health Care, High Risk OB, etc. Their web site is www.nccnet.org.
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Physician's Office Laboratory: A Computer-Assisted CME Course from The Virtual Hospital - University of Iowa Health Care
Well Within's Holistic
Homestudy Courses for Nurses - Well Within is approved by the California
Board of Registered Nursing to provide continuing education contact hours.
Professional
Development and CME Activities from The
University of Arizona Program in Integrative Medicine
National
Association of Neonatal Nurses offers online continuing education.
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