Self-care for Midwives Online Course(s) & Continuing Education
Access the latest clinical skills and research for Self-care for Midwives for MIDWIFERY professional training. These Self-care for Midwives online courses provide practice-changing skills and valuable perspectives from leading global experts. This Self-care for Midwives education has been accredited for a variety of CEUs / CERPs and can be accessed on-demand, at your own pace.
Madeline Murray is a homebirth baby, homebirth turned hospital-transfer mom, midwife on a mission to make more midwives and bring the midwives model of care to more American families. Madeline’s passion project, Believe in Midwifery is designed to raise awareness among midwives and mothers about the perils of the on-call lifestyle and the changes in practice necessary for making midwifery careers more attainable for students and more sustainable for practicing midwives. Through writing, speaking engagements and personalized consultations Madeline hopes to encourage midwives to begin working with one another to reduce burnout and to become aware of their own unique needs to make their midwifery careers long lasting.
The current culture of maternity care in the United States is at best lacking and at worst dangerous. With maternal mortality and postpartum depression rates at an all time high, unnecessary inductions and cesareans still incredibly common and breastfeeding rates staggeringly low, it’s time for a change. Midwifery care has been proven to improve almost all of those statistics but as it stands, there are not enough midwives to impact this kind of drastic change we need. The reason we don’t have enough midwives is because the rates of burnout in midwifery are so high. It’s time for midwives to join forces and begin taking care of themselves and each other to avoid burnout so that we can help more women have positive and empowering birth experiences and change the current culture of maternity care. This presentation will discuss why it’s so important to avoid burnout and give practical suggestions on how to avoid burnout both in midwifery education and midwifery practice.
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Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Moral Injury in Perinatal Care Providers
Dr. Kendall-Tackett is a health psychologist and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and the Owner and Editor-in-Chief of Praeclarus Press, a small press specializing in women's health. Dr. Kendall-Tackett is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Psychological Trauma and was Founding Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Lactation, a position she held for 11 years. She is Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Health and Trauma Psychology, Past President of the APA Division of Trauma Psychology, and a member of APA’s Publications and Communications Board.
Topic: Breastfeeding Helps Mothers Overcome the Legacy of Abuse and Adversity: It Makes All the Difference - [View Abstract]
Topic: Burnout, Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care for Members of the Perinatal Team - [View Abstract]
Topic: Burnout, Secondary Trauma, and Moral Injury in Perinatal Care Providers - [View Abstract]
Topic: Does Breastfeeding Protect Maternal Mental Health? The Role of Oxytocin and Stress - [View Abstract]
Topic: Lessons to Learn from Fed Is Best: How Can We Improve Our Care? - [View Abstract]
Topic: Mother-Infant Sleep Location: It's Not as Simple as it Seems - [View Abstract]
Topic: Trauma and Breastfeeding: Working Effectively with Trauma Survivors - [View Abstract]
Topic: What’s New in Postpartum Depression? A Summary of Current Findings - [View Abstract]
Working in perinatal care can be deeply rewarding. It can also lead to job-related burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and moral injury. Secondary traumatic stress (compassion fatigue), or moral injury, can occur when witnessing traumatic events in the workplace. This can occur when witnessing infant death or traumatic births, or when there is too much work, or work that doesn’t seem to make a difference, and little institutional support. Unfortunately, this is remarkably common among caregivers for perinatal women. Burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral injury can lead to physical and mental health sequelae for care providers and have a negative effect on the care they provider. Self-care is essential for being able to provide care to others. In this presentation, participants will learn about the causes and consequences of burnout, compassion fatigue, and moral injury. Fortunately, there is hope for recovery. Participants will learn some specific strategies for integrating self-care into their care for others.
