Creating and Sustaining Midwifery Data Collection for Quality Improvement and Research
OB resident passing comment: “The midwives have a high rate of third- and fourth-degree lacerations”Another OB resident: “I can’t believe your c/s rate is only 13%, I thought it was much higher given my...
Health History Skills Development for Interprofessional Learners in Transgender and Non-Binary Populations
Faculty and simulation educators developed a partnership with a community clinic that provides gender-affirming medical care to transgender and nonbinary people. The clinic developed a simulation for midwifery and women’s health nurse practitioner students...
Interprofessional Education with Midwifery Students and Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents: What Difference Does It...
Do you think midwives and obstetrician-gynecologists will work together better in a collaborative and team-based way if they learn together during their professional programs? ACNM and ACOG wanted to know that too! With funding...
Results of the 2019-2020 Midwifery Clinical Education Empowerment Project
In November 2019, ACNM and the Developing Families Center (DFC) introduced the Midwifery Clinical Education Empowerment Project. The vision of this project was to increase the capacity of the District of Columbia to support...
Using Educational Resources Wisely During a Pandemic: Simulated Telehealth Visits to Develop Clinical Decision-Making...
The spring of 2020 is not a time that any of us will ever forget. Our professional and personal worlds went through unprecedented change as we entered the COVID-19 global pandemic. The tragic loss...
Development of an Intraprofessional Scholarship Workgroup Systematic Process for Creating and Disseminating Midwifery and...
Have you ever wanted to submit a manuscript for publication but felt intimidated or overwhelmed? Have you started a manuscript only not to finish it because you don’t know what to do next? Are...
Midwives Made a Movie About Circumcision
“If your baby is male, are you planning a circumcision?”
How often do you ask some version of that question in your prenatal visits? How do you feel about asking the question? Is it a...
Midwifery Burnout and the Importance of Work-Life Balance
I can remember exactly when I hit a wall and said I need a change in my life. I had been doing home births for three days in a row and just got home to...
ACNM Global Work Adapting to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Accessible Continuum of Care and Essential Services (ACCESS) program targets improvements in health care for mothers, babies, and children in Madagascar as part of the work of the Global Health Team of ACNM....
Notes from the Field: Malawi #4 (Health System Strengthening)
This column is the final of four from Malawi and illustrates one of the ACNM Global Health Competencies. If you are interested in submitting a Notes from the Field column, please read the instructions for submission to...