What You Will Learn

In addition to becoming expert on almost
every imaginable topic concerning birth, our students learn to:

  • Identify learning objectives
  • Develop value-specific study strategies
  • Read critically and objectively
  • Locate available resources and experts
  • Initiate relationships with mentors
  • File information so that it is retrievable and revisable
  • Judge academic suppositions against the science of physiology and birth
  • Cultivate consistent study habits
  • Organize data for multiple purposes
  • Set immediate and long-term goals and execute a plan for achieving them
  • Prioritize multiple tasks
  • Determine what information necessitates memorization and what information can be filed
  • Create a customized encyclopedic resource
  • Conduct independent research
  • Challenge medical and obstetrical protocol
  • Distinguish fact from opinion
  • Evaluate data for academic integrity
  • Document and appropriately credit all sources
  • Establish review habits
  • Develop test-taking skills
  • Practice meticulous record-keeping
  • Develop confidence in her ability to handle emergencies
  • Plan and organize for optimal time and resource management
  • Integrate “head” knowledge with “hands on” experience
  • Hone critical thinking and decision making ability
  • Translate life experiences into the learning process
  • Fine-tune communication skills
  • Assess needs of individual clients
  • Prepare on every level for any possible birthing scenario
  • Explore related areas of interest toward development of specialties
  • Establish counseling guidelines and parameters of responsibility
  • Organize support for parents’ rights
  • Inspire confidence in birthing couples as competent decision-makers
  • Develop a comprehensive practice plan
  • Create and publish original educational material for parents
  • Assess and improve community resources
  • Navigate the politics of midwifery
  • Investigate alternatives to reliance on technology
  • Stay current with developments and trends in women’s health
  • Encourage the pursuit of health and wellness in her family, friends, and clients
  • Prepare for the business aspects of an independent midwifery practice
  • Create community identity as home birth advocate
  • Exercise an extreme degree of accountability and professional integrity
  • Accept the responsibility of the historical legacy of midwifery
  • Articulate and promote the “with woman” midwifery philosophy

And you thought it was just a midwifery course!!!!

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Please Note: We are not a nursing program nor affiliated with any nursing program. Although many of our students and graduates have become CNMs, we cannot provide any credentialing that will count toward a CNM.