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The Midwifery Educators conference offers three simultaneous tracks of workshops for educators, students, midwives, lactation consultants and other maternal-child health professionals. More details posted soon.

Preconference
Wednesday June 16, 2010

Midwifery Skills Lab Lactation 
Neonatal Resuscitation
Optimal Start to Breastfeeding: Teaching Through Touch
Doris Onnis
NARM Skills Check offs

Positioning in Breastfeeding: Skills Lab
Meg Stalnaker

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Midwifery Lactation

IV and IM Skills Lab *
Regine Marton

Troubleshooting: Breastfeeding Challenges
Suturing for Midwives and Student Midwives Skills Lab *
Ginger Frazer
Tools of the Trade for Breastfeeding Skills Lab
Doris Onnis
* Oregon Legends Drugs and Devices renewal approval pending. Will need an online course supplement to meet the 40 hour requirement.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Educator  Midwifery & Birth Lactation & MCH providers
  Education - The Heart of Mothercare
Continual Quality Assurance: What’s In It For Me?
Alesha Fox
Twins & Breeches
Emergency Review
Bonnie Gruenberg

 Herbs for Lactation
Astrid Grove

Training Doulas
Shafia Monroe
Tamy Roloff


Global Midwifery in Humanitarian Settings
Sharon Craig Economides

What is New in Postpartum Mood Disorders?
Wendy Davis, Ph.D.

Fun and Innovative Teaching Techniques
Alisa Weiss

Effects of Loss on Out-of-Hospital Birth Providers
Tamy Roloff
Placenta Medicine
Wendy Gordon, CPM
Educator Meeting
 
Baby Done a Bad Thing: Common Neonatal Problems
Bonnie Gruenberg
Donor Milk Banks: Who, What, When, Where? Dixie Whetsell

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Educator  Midwifery & Birth Lactation & MCH providers
Faculty Development

Medical Marijuana Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
Erin Hildebrandt

 Immunization Update
Edwin Hoffman-Smith

Technology in Education
Daphne Singingtree

Group Prenatal Care
Sylvia Bortin Patience

Identifying Potential Breastfeeding Challenges Prenatally and Postpartum
Meg Stalnaker
Culturally Competent Care - Bridging the Gap Between Holistic and Medical Models
Melissa Cheyney

Teaching Research Methods to Midwifery Students
Melissa Cheyney

 Activating Your Intuition for Birth
Jesse Remer Henderson
How Do You Keep a Mother Breastfeeding?
Clinical Teaching
Cynthia Luxford
Madrona Bourdeau
Placentas Behaving Badly
Bonnie Gruenberg

Therapeutic Communication    Kimberly Bepler 

Student Round Table:
Students from various programs and apprenticeships share their experiences.
Herbs for Childbearing
Astrid Grove
Special Pediatric Challenges in Lactation

Education Reception

Sunday, June 20, 2010
Fathers Day Special: all dads get 25% discount with the code "father"

Families - The Heart of Mother Care

Teaching Prenatal Yoga Courses

Aradia Sunlight

Prenatal and postnatal yoga techniques . Must have one year of taking and practicing yoga classes. Wear comfortable exercise clothes and bring mats if you have them.

online course supplement and fee required for certification


Marketing and Business Management
Kimberly Bepler

Fathers and Perinatal Depression/Anxiety
Csilla Andor

BioDynamic Birth
Cynthia Luxford

Partnership Communications in either professional or personal partner relationships.
Turning Breeches
Edwin Hoffman-Smith

Heartsaver CPR for all Ages

American Heart Association

 

 Organic Birth
Jesse Remer Henderson
Fathers At Birth: Their Unique Role and Needs
Rose St. John
Strong Finish to Finding Success in Breastfeeding
Doris Onnis

 

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