1.5 CME Credits
60 STUDENTS ENROLLED
In this course, participants will explore the complex narratives of birth in our culture and how individual and system wide efforts can save lives, improve health outcomes and change the way people feel about their birth experience. We will examine the history of birth in our culture and its impact on the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals today. Participants will learn about the prevalence of and contributing factors to obstetric mistreatment and birth trauma as well as how to mitigate it. Finally, we will explore the impact of social conditioning and beliefs on one’s perceptions of the birth experience and how to support people to find new meaning in their birth stories.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, participants will:
- Describe the impact of the 20th century healthcare environment on birth, maternal and newborn experiences and outcomes seen today and how stigma impacts healthcare engagement in the perinatal period
- Examine how the individual and collective assumptions about birth may contribute to an individual’s birth experience and self-belief
- Name the contributing factors and consequences of obstetric abuse/mistreatment and emotional birth trauma
- Identify how self-awareness, new communication strategies/skills and standardized practices can help mitigate obstetric abuse/mistreatment, birth trauma and transform birth in our culture
Course Structure
This course is self-paced and available to any user who registers with the Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement Learning Lab. The course consists of multiple sub-sections or units and will contain various elements, including video lessons, hyperlinks to readings and web resources, and pre-and post-tests for you to gauge your knowledge and understanding of the course topic.
Estimated Time to Complete: 90 minutes
Note: The course is divided into short digestible units (10-20 minutes in length) that can be completed in small increments.
Disclosures
The planners, presenters, and speakers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. Their position titles and organizational affiliations are those at the time the course was recorded.
Farrah Sheehan, MSN, RN, IBCLC
Nurse Educator & Consultant
Farrah Sheehan Perinatal Professional Services, LLC
Amy Carter, BSHA-M
Director
Maine Medical Association Center for Quality Improvement
Kelly Roberts, RN, MSN
MCH Project Manager
Maine Medical Association Center for Quality Improvement
Funding: This course is made possible by the generous support and funding from our partners at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and HRSA grant number U7AMC46840‐01‐00.
Launch: October 1, 2023
Expires: October 1, 2026
Assessment and Grading
This course begins with a pre-test that will test your knowledge and allow you to gauge your baseline understanding of the topics to be covered. At the end of the course, there is a post-test. A comparison of your pre-test score and post-test score will help you assess how much knowledge you’ve gained on the topic.
To Obtain a CME Certificate or a CME Certificate of Participation
- Complete all the units within the course
- Complete the Survey Monkey evaluation at the end of the course
Upon completion of the evaluation in Survey Monkey, including the required demographic information, a CME Certificate will be emailed to M.D.s and D.O.s and a CME Certificate of Participation will be emailed to all other learners. These certificates will be emailed within 10 business days of completing the evaluation.
Joint Providership Statement
The Maine Medical Education Trust designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Maine Medical Education Trust and Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement. The Maine Medical Education Trust is accredited by the Maine Medical Association Committee on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
None of the planners or presenters for this activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Table of Contents
Getting Started
- Test Your Knowledge: Transforming Birth in Our Culture by Understanding, Preventing and Healing Obstetric and Birth Trauma
Course Units
- Unit 1 – Introduction and Opening Reflections
- Unit 2 – The Story of Birth in Our Culture
- Unit 3 – Transforming Birth Stories
- Unit 4 – Case Scenario and Reflections
- Unit 5 – Wrap Up, Resources and References
Course Wrap Up
- Post Test: Transforming Birth in Our Culture by Understanding, Preventing and Healing Obstetric and Birth Trauma
- Evaluation Survey: Transforming Birth in Our Culture by Understanding, Preventing and Healing Obstetric and Birth Trauma