Birth Center Basics
This is a great place to start with when deciding on opening a birth center!
Birth Center Basics is a great starter course for anyone thinking about starting a birth center. We spend a few hours talking about birth center standards of care and things to consider before investing into a birth center. This course will take you at least 4hrs to get through.
Course Curriculum
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StartUnited States Maternity Care (24:52)
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StartMidwifery Scope of Practice (19:48)
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StartMidwifery and Birth Center Standards of Care (9:28)
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StartAmerican Association of Birth Centers
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StartBirth Center Regulations (29:59)
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StartCommission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers
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StartKnow Your State & Federal Birth Center Regulations (27:15)
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StartBusiness Support Tools and Templates
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Your Instructor
Becoming a midwife has been a lifelong dream. I didn't realize that this wonderful profession would lead me down the path of business. I have found over the years that midwives need to understand business, accounting, financing, marketing, negotiating, and so much more to be successful in today's healthcare system. I love supporting women. By being able to participate in leadership roles and create amazing private practices, I can support midwives just as much as the pregnant women they care for! I am passionate about women's empowerment and women's business ownership. We can serve families best with independent, successful midwifery practices.
I have over 16 years’ of experience in health care. I have worked in hospitals, birth centers, and home settings. I have worked for large non-profit hospitals, small community hospitals, privately run birth centers, hospital-owned birth centers, my own home birth/birth center practice, and locum assignments. Being able to understand the business and financial side of midwifery has shown me how much easier a midwife's practice can be profitable and successful in today's health care ever-changing climate.
Let me help you start your own practice or improve the current midwifery business you are struggling with. I have years of billing, accounting, contracting, business plan writing, and midwifery clinical expertise to make your midwifery practice thrive no matter what stage it is in! Whether you want a small home birth practice, large birth center practice, or booming hospital midwifery practice, I can provide guidance, support, and resources to make your midwifery practice dreams a reality!