Calendar of Current CE Offerings

MEAC approves Continuing Education Programs attended by professional midwives to maintain and upgrade their skills and knowledge for practice. Below is a calendar of CEU offerings throughout the US and beyond. The workshops and conferences listed have either been approved for MEAC CEUs or have applied for CEUs as indicated.

Following is a list of on-going continuing education opportunities that have been approved for MEAC CEUs.

Supporting Women through Perinatal Loss Workshops for Childbirth Professionals with Miriam Maslin are available all across the US. Click here for more information or search below for a workshop in your area.

Midwifery Management of Neonatal Resuscitation. For more information on classes, please contact Karen Strange at karenmidwife@yahoo.com or Click here for more information.

Item Writing Workshop, Qualified Evaluator Workshop, Ethics and Values in Midiwfery and Everyday Life, Preceptor-Apprenticehip Relationships, MANA Stats, Preparing for Midwifery Legislation, Unravelling the Mysteries of the CPM, and Charting all offered by NARM (The North American Registry of Midwives). For more information, please contact Ida Darragh at info@narm.org or call 1-888-842-4784 or Click here for more information.

Gestational Diabetes and Physiologic Cord Closure. For more information, email Anne Frye at afrye@teleport.com or call 503-255-3378.

Distance Continuing Education Opportunities are also available!

To view the continuing education programs available to take from a distance, Click here.

Peace On Earth Begins at Birth

Friday, July 9, 2010 - Sunday, July 11, 2010

The California Association of Midwives Conference is a great conference for midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, and childbirth professionals of all kinds. Please join us as we present: Shafia Monroe, CM, Founder and President of International Center for Traditional Childbearing (ICTC); Gail Hart,LM, midwife with over thirty years experience; Kami McBride, Herbalist and author of the Herbal Kitchen; Jeannette Panchula,BA-SW, RN, PHN, IBCLC; Jane Heinig, PhD, IBLC, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Human Lactation, Director, Human Lactation Center at UC Davis; Maria Iorillo, LM, CPM; Jamie Otremba, CNM; Michael Fox, RN; Tuesday Benevidez-Knight, RN, CNM; Claudia Breglia, LM, CPM; Alison Osborn, LM, CPM; Jennifer Gallardo, LM; Kenna Lee-Ribas, LM; Alice Adeboi, Energy Medicine Practitioner, under the tutelage of Donna Eden, David Feinstein and the Faculty of InnerSource; Jodi Selander,Founder, Placenta Benefits; and Jocelyn Dugan, CPA. We look forward to seeing you all there!

For more information, click here

Overcoming Disparity: Midwives Collaborating for Equality in Birth Outcomes

Friday, July 16, 2010 - Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Midwest demonstrates some of the worst - and the best - maternal-infant health outcomes in the nation! What accounts for socially devastating gaps, and how do some communities bridge them? Region 4 of the Midwives Alliance and generous donors present a two-day conference that bridges resistant gaps in our thinking, practice, and systems and inspires innovative models of care.

For registration and more information

Process for Approval of Continuing Education Courses

Applying for MEAC CEU's

If you have a program or conference you are sponsoring and would like to offer continuing education credit to participants, please contact our office by email, phone, or click here for the word file CEU Guidelines and Forms.

A separate application is available to apply to offer Distance CEUs. Click here for the word file Distance CEU Application Guidelines and Forms

The downloadable continuing education Guidelines and Forms documents contain a checklist of all of the items that must be included in a CEU application as well as all of the necessary forms and instructions to complete the application.

Revised CE Guidelines and Forms

The CEU application guidelines and forms are revised regularly. Be sure to download the most recent forms before beginning your application. NOTE: Forms should be submitted via email or to the new MEAC office mailing address listed in the revised guidelines and on the website.

CEU Fees

The maximum application fee is $300.00 OR the equivalent of one course registration fee for a REGULAR admission (no discounted or late fees applied), whichever is greater. Please see the CEU Application and Instructions for the formula for calculating the CEU application fee.

Session/Speaker Application

If you are participating in a conference as a speaker and the sponsoring organization is applying to MEAC for continuing education approval, please find the "Session /Speaker Form" and the "Session/Speaker Form Instructions" on pages 9 and 10 of the CEU Guidelines and Forms, which can be downloaded from the link above.

Continuing Education Opportunities

If you are a midwife, student, apprentice or other health care provider and would like to participate in MEAC approved Continuing Education Programs, click here for a list of current courses being offered.

Distance Continuing Education

One of MEAC's roles is to evaluate and approve distance continuing education (CE) for midwives and other women's health care providers. Program sponsors who receive MEAC approval for continuing education programs then award continuing education units (CEU's) or contact hours to participants.

Following is a listing of all current Distance Continuing Education opportunities that have been approved by MEAC.

Maintain and build on your skills and knowledge as a midwife and receive MEAC continuing education credits at the same time-all from the comfort of your own home!

1. Herbal Medicine for Women Certificate Course
Earn 293 CE contact hours by completing Aviva Jill Romm's Herbal Medicine for Women Certificate Course via distance education. There are four units: Foundations in Herbal Medicine, Herbs for Gynecologic and Menstrual Health, Herbs for Childbearing Women, and Herbs for the Wisdom Years.
For more information contact Aviva Jill Romm email Avivajill@aol.com

2. National Association of Certified Professional Midwives Courses
NACPM Workshops offer distance continuing education on DVD through the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. The courses being offered are: The Conflict of Biological Imperatives (2.25 hours), Newborn Screening-Past, Present, and Future (1.5 hours), Neonatal Intubation-Should CPM's Include Intubation in Core Competencies? (1 hour), Beyond 59400: Billing for More than Mom (1 hour) and Umbilical Cord Clamping: First Do No Harm (1 hour).
For more information contact Dolly Browder, NACPM Secretary call 406-543-6826 email Dbrowdercpm@gmail.com

3. Resolving Shoulder Dystocia for the Active, Mobile Woman Course
Earn 3 CE contact hours by completing the online education, Resolving Shoulder Dystocia for the Active, Mobile Woman. Gaily Tully teaches this hands-on class for midwives, their active apprentices, and L & D nurses. Physicians and residents are also very welcome.
For more information contact Gail email gail@spinningbabies.com visit the website http://www.spinningbabies.com

4. Conscious Woman Courses
Numerous opportunities for distance continuing education credits are available via Conscious Woman, Inc., which utilizes the most technologically advanced and user-friendly online learning system in the market to take you into virtual classrooms where you can interact directly with the experts. For details, read about the available workshops below. Conscious Woman pre-recorded programs are available on demand 24/7 for MEAC credits.
For more information visit the website http://www.consciouswoman.org

Programs Offered What Would Mammals Do? by Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC (1.5 contact hours/ .15 CEU credits, CEU approval expired 12/3/07) Freedom of Expression: Supporting Breastfeeding Moms in the Workplace by Cate Colburn-Smith (l.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expired 1/4/10) Ultrasound Safety and Other Considerations by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) The Safety and Logic of Normal Birth by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) Afterbirth: Cord Clamping and Other Third Stage Issues by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) When Birth Goes Wrong: The Hormonal Impact of Interventions for Mother and Baby by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) Epidurals: Impact on Mother and Baby by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) Thinking Twice About Cesarean Surgery by Sarah J. Buckley, MD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 7/9/10) Moving from Pain to Peace with EFT by Eileen Sullivan EFT-ADV (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 6/19/10) NLP: A Birth Model for Change by Kathy Welter-Nichols (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 9/7/10) Pelvic Balance for Safer and Easier Births by Kathy Welter-Nichols (.15 credits, CEU approval expires 12/8/10) Restoration: Treating Adhesions by Tanya Tarail, PT, MST, CST (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 9/15/10) Childhood Vaccination: Questions All Parents Should Ask Park I by Tedd Koren, DC (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 3/3/10) Childhood Vaccination: Questions All Parents Should Ask Park II by Tedd Koren, DC (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 3/3/10) Childhood Vaccination: Questions All Parents Should Ask Park III by Tedd Koren, DC (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 3/3/10) Helping Children Find Resilience and Balance After Trauma by Stephanie Mines, PhD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 12/9/10) The Foreskin by Gillian Longley RN, BSN (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 10/5/10) Circumcision: Surgical Methods and Complications by Gillian Longley RN, BSN (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 10/5/10) How Circumcision Affects Sexuality by Marilyn Milos RN (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 10/5/10) Infant Response, Long-Term Psychological Effects, and Why Circumcision Continues by Ronald Goldman, PhD (1.5 contact hours/.15 CEU credits, CEU approval expires 10/5/10)

5. No More Kegels
This course was developed in response to skyrocketing rates of occurrence of Pelvic Floor Disorder, in an effort to bring the education and treatment of PFD in line with the science, which currently it is not, which is the reason the problem continues to get worse. Most literature on PFD gives some if not most of the blame for PFD on pregnancy and childbirth, despite the data that shows PFD rates to be equal among women who have never had children.
For more information email http://www.katysays.com/ visit the website http://www.instantpresenter.com/PIID=EF57DF8880

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