Online Cultural Awareness and Respect in Midwifery Education:
Webinar Format

This course combines a series of webinars on the topics of cultural sensitivity and midwifery education. We planned these webinar sessions with our Grand Challenge Coordinator, Sumayya Sulaiman, on the first anniversary of the passing of our Grand Challenge co-founder, Claudia Booker, and invited friend and co-founder Jennie Joseph to discuss the ways Cultural Awareness and Respect can look while providing midwifery education and clinical precepting. In addition, we invited our past Grand Challenge Coordinator, Rachel Williams Myers, and midwives who have been the recipient of Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarships, to share insight from the time they were midwifery students in apprenticeships. Finally, Sumayya interviewed a few of the staff of Mercy In Action College of Midwifery to find out what we are doing to advocate for cultural respect in clinical placements. This course finishes with a self-assessment to assist midwife preceptors in identifying areas in which they might improve the quality of their interactions with culturally diverse populations of both students and clients.

PRICE

Online Cultural Awareness and Respect in Midwifery Education: $59

CEU: 2 hours

MEAC Accredited

Purchase anytime you are ready. You have access to the full course for 30 days after you purchase

COURSE
Organized by Vicki Penwell, CPM, LM, MSM, MA
Interviews by Sumayya Sulaiman, CPM, RN
with Jennie Joseph, CPM, LM
with Rachel Williams Myers, RN, BSN
with recipients of the Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship

COURSE OUTLINE

I.  Introduction to Cultural Awareness and Respect in Midwifery Education
II. Cultural Healing
a. Ask questions – stay humble – take off the uniform
b. Seek to understand cultural differences in health care settings
c. Acknowledge differences- be brave and confront in love
III. Deeper Respect
a. Acknowledge the mortality and morbidity of black and brown bodies
b. Venture beyond being Kind to true Cultural Competency that changes status quo
c. Racism, Sexism, Classism, Discrimination is killing mothers and babies
d. Cultural humility is needed
IV. Religious Considerations
a. Muslim midwife student group
b. Make space to practice religious customs within an apprenticeship
c. Give safe space to the birth team, as well as the birthing family
V. Race and privilege, inequalities and implicit bias in education and healthcare delivery
a. Mitigating power differential
b. Cultural Intelligence
c. Communication strategies
d. Action steps