Via Vita School of Midwifery

Via Vita School of Midwifery July 10, 2015 Midwifery Academics Program

Table of Contents Page #: Table of Contents 2 Welcome 3 Curriculum Outline 4-7 Course Instructions 8-10 Reference List 11-14 Student Contract 15-20 Midwifery Academics Program 2

Welcome It is with deep appreciation that I welcome each and every new student to Via Vita. The goal of Via Vita is to provide the highest quality education at an affordable price to guide you through the process of becoming a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). Becoming a midwife is a journey. You are about to embark upon one of the most fulfilling, life-changing, and challenging of careers. For most, becoming a midwife is a calling. It is a deep yearning to help women and families at one of the most sacred moments of life. To be the guide for women in childbirth is a privilege. It is my desire to assist you with your academic education, you the future midwives for our grandchildren. Your success is of paramount importance. Please find enclosed the course outline, course instructions, resource list and student contract. Please document and sign the student contract (sent separately) and return the entire file via email by changing the name to include your initials. (Example: contractse) I am available to answer your questions and assist you with your coursework every step of the way. Here to assist you in your journey, Darlene Dorries Scrivner Midwifery Academics Program 3

Curriculum Outline UNIT I Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 Module 8 MIDWIFERY History of Midwifery Study of Midwifery Ethics Laws, Regulations and Consumers Protocols Community Health Issues Business & Professional Communications Cultural Competence for Health Care Providers UNIT II Module 9 Module 10 Module 11 Module 12 Module 13 Module 14 Module 15 Module 16 Module 17 Module 18 Module 19 Module 20 ANTEPARTUM Basic Skills Basic Reproductive Anatomy & Terminology Basic Embryology & Fetal Development Early Pregnancy Pregnancy Changes Prenatal Tests and Genetic Screening Risk Screening Counseling & Psycho-Social Issues Pharmacology A Nutrition & Prenatal Care Homeopathy for the Childbearing Year Antepartum Skills Midwifery Academics Program 4

UNIT III Module 21 Module 22 ANTEPARTUM COMPLICATIONS Antepartum Complications Antepartum Complications Skills UNIT IV Module 23 Module 24 Module 25 Module 26 INTRAPARTUM First Stage of Labor & Management Normal Labor & Pain Management Herbology & Alternative Therapies in Labor Intrapartum Skills UNIT V Module 27 Module 28 Module 29 INTRAPARTUM COMPLICATIONS Labor Complications Pharmacology B Labor Complications Skills UNIT VI Module 30 Module 31 BIRTH Second & Third Stage of Labor Birth Skills UNIT VII Module 32 Module 33 BIRTH COMPLICATIONS Birth Complications Birth Complications Skills Midwifery Academics Program 5

UNIT VIII Module 34 Module 35 Module 36 POSTPARTUM Fourth Stage of Labor & Postpartum Care Observational Skills & Charting Postpartum Postpartum Skills UNIT IX Module 37 Module 38 Module 39 Module 40 Module 41 POSTPARTUM COMPLICATIONS Postpartum Complications Hemorrhage & Related Complications Diagnostic Lab Tests and Procedures Pharmacology C Postpartum Complications Skills UNIT X Module 42 Module 43 Module 44 Module 45 Module 46 NEWBORN Observational Skills & Charting Provision of Care of the Newborn Newborn Care & Breastfeeding Newborn Diagnostic Lab Tests Newborn Skills UNIT XI Module 47 Module 48 Module 49 NEWBORN COMPLICATIONS Newborn Complications Neonatal Resuscitation Newborn Complications Skills Midwifery Academics Program 6

UNIT XII Module 50 ADVANCED SKILLS Advanced Skills UNIT XIII Module 51 Module 52 Module 53 Module 54 Module 55 WELL WOMAN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE Family Planning Well Woman Care Well Woman Risk Screening Pharmacology D Diagnostic Lab Tests & Procedures Midwifery Academics Program 7

Course Instructions The VIA VITA Midwifery Foundation is designed as a self-paced at-distance midwifery curriculum that can be done on one s own (with the exception of skills). It is your responsibility to find an experienced, qualified practitioner (midwife or preceptor) to apprentice with to learn the Art and Science of midwifery and to obtain the necessary hands-on clinical experiences. In order to complete the program, skills must be verified by an approved preceptor. One can have several preceptors but they must be an expert in the skill subject you are being tested. A preceptor can be a licensed midwife, CPM, CNM, or MD with out-of-hospital birth experience. An RN, EMT III or paramedic can serve as preceptor for skills such as BP, Shock, etc. The student must find an approved preceptor to oversee the apprentice and teach her midwifery skills. For more information, please review preceptor requirements on the NARM website at http://www.narm.org/ The program consists of 55 modules. Within many modules are vocabulary words, book review requirements and/or research subjects. All papers you will be writing should be typed and in essay form. Each page must be numbered. Each question must include the names of textbooks with the page numbers from which you obtained your information. All research papers, reports and essays must include information sources. The same applies for website information. Please list your name, the date and the module number on each assignment. When completed, a copy of each module must be presented to VIA VITA for review and feed-back. Change the file name to include your name or initials before returning your work. It is not mandatory that each module be done in order, although exams can only be issued in numeric order after having completed all the modules covered in the exam.* You will be making a file of 3x5 cards with a vocabulary word/definition/term/ acronym on one side and the definition on the opposite side. These will be used for your study, so definitions should be thorough and in words you can understand. If necessary, write out difficult-to-pronounce words phonetically. The book reviews and essays are to expose you to a wide range of ideas and the background of the childbirth reform movement. Book reviews should be 2 3 pages long, double spaced, detailing the contents of the book, your opinion of its strong points and weaknesses, and how you found it helpful. Essays are generally 1-2 pages in length, but should be double spaced and have an introduction, body and conclusion. Books used should be listed at the end of the Midwifery Academics Program 8

essay. Your grammar and writing skills are reviewed on reports, reviews, and essays in addition to the content. Please note: All assignments must have your name on it and be dated. Several topics of study herein may not be allowed in the state you reside. If a skill is not allowed (i.e. IV antibiotics or well-woman care), the skill may be waived but the subject matter should be studied. You are encouraged to complete the modules in their entirety, regardless of state requirements, for the sake of education in the matter. Return all modules, essays, book reviews, quizzes and exams to Via Vita at: viavitamidwifery@gmail.com Every skill in all the skills modules must be initialed and dated by the preceptor. A copy of the signed pages must be returned to VIA VITA for verification of completion. The student must take responsibility for assuring the signed pages are copied and sent to Via Vita. Quizzes are to be completed open or closed book. You will correct your quiz by looking up the answers. Be sure to write down the sources for your answers i.e., book title, edition, and page number(s) if applicable. You can then use the quizzes to study for the final exams. A total of three exams will be issued; the first should be requested after completion of module 21, the second at the completion of module 40, and the third after completing the coursework or module 55. Return exams as before, by changing the name of the file to include your initials. The exams are either complete or incomplete. You will receive feedback on questions missed but will not be issued a grade. *To qualify for each exam, complete the following: 1. Modules 1 through 22 (including skills modules signed, dated and submitted to school) Book Reviews, Essays, Drawing Exercises (for the above modules) Quizzes: Units I-IV Once completed, you qualify for the first exam. 2. M o d u l e s 2 3-3 3 ( i n cl u di n g s ki l l s mo d u l e s s ki l l s mo d u l e s s i g n e d, d a t e d a n d s u b mi t t e d t o s c ho o l ). B o o k R e vi e ws, E s s a y s, D r a wi n g E xe r c i s e s ( f o r t h e a b o v e mo d u l e s ) Quizzes: Units V-VIII Once completed, you qualify for the second exam. Midwifery Academics Program 9

3. Modules 34-55 (including skills modules signed, dated and submitted to school). Drawing Exercises Quizzes: Units IX-XIV Once completed, you qualify for the final exam. Once the program has been successfully completed and reviewed by Via Vita, including all skills modules returned dated and initialed (having been tested with an approved preceptor), and once all exams have been completed, you will receive a Certificate of Completion (diploma). Please note: The Birthsong Midwifery Workbook can be ordered from: www.eagletreepress.com. The program was revised in 2007. Should you find redundancies or discrepancies, please contact Via Vita with the information. Revision included rearranging the existing course and attempting to eliminate redundancies. As a result, some of the later modules are very short, with fewer than 5 questions. There have been three subject additions: Cultural Competence, Herbology and Homeopathy. In January, 2010 exams were revised to be issued open-book. Module 21 (Antepartum Complications) was revised and a new text is required for its completion: Birth Emergency Skills Training by Bonnie U. Gruenberg. It can be purchased online at: www.birthguru.com In June, 2012 a new module 8 was added in compliance with NARM requirements: Cultural Competence for Health Care Providers. The textbook required for this module is Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness, Rachel E. Spector, 8th. edition. 07/10/2015 Midwifery Academics Program 10

Reference List Primary Reference List Davis, Elizabeth. Heart and Hands: A Midwife s Guide to Pregnancy and birth, 5t h. edition, Celestial Arts, 2012 Frye, Anne. Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives and Home Birth Practice, Vol.1, Care During Pregnancy, Labrys Press, revised 2010 Frye, Anne. Holistic Midwifery: A Comprehensive Textbook for Midwives and Home Birth Practice, Vol.II, Care During Labor and Birth, Labrys Press, 2004 Frye, Anne. Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year, 7th edition, Labrys Press 2007 Gaskin, Ina May. Spiritual Midwifery, 4th edition, The Book Publishing Company, 2002 Myles, Margaret. Textbook for Midwives, 15th edition, Elsevier, 2011 Page, Lesley Ann. The New Midwifery, Churchill Livingstone, 2006 Simpkin & Ancheta. Labor Progress Handbook, Blackwell, 2005 Sinclair, Constance. A Midwife s Handbook, Blackwell, 2003 Singingtree, Daphne. Birthsong Midwifery Workbook, 6th edition, Eagletree Press, April 28, 2010 Spector, Rachel E. Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness, 8th. edition, Pearson Education, 2009 NEW ADDITION Terk, Natasha. Professional Writing Skills, A Write It Well Guide, 3rd. edition, Write It Well, 2010 NEW ADDITION Tritten, Jan, et all. Paths to Becoming a Midwife: Getting an Education, 4th edition, Midwifery Today, 2011 Midwifery Academics Program 11

Tritten, Jan; Subscription to Midwifery Today Magazine (www.midwiferytoday.com) Thureen. Assessment & Care of the Well Newborn, Saunders, 2004 Varney, Helen. Midwifery, 4t h edition, Jones and Bartlett, 2003 Walsh, Linda. Midwifery: Community Based Childbirth, Saunders, 2002 Weaver, Pam & Evans, Sharon K. Practical Skills Guide for Midwifery, 5th edition, Morningstar Publishing Company, 2012 www.morningstarpub.com Secondary Reference List: (All texts are required reading, and listed in this manner to reflect NARM Exam study requirements. ) Coad, Jane. Anatomy & Physiology for Midwives, 3rd. edition, Mosby, 2011 Foster, Illysa R. and Jon Lasser, Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice, 2011, Jones & Bartlett Publishers Frye, Anne. Healing Passage, 6t h edition, Labrys Press, Goer, Henci. The Thinking Woman s Guide to Birth, Penguin Putnam, 1999 Gruenberg, Bonnie U. Birth Emergency Skills Training, Manual for Out-of- Hospital Midwives, Birth Guru Publications, 2008, www.birthguru.com Hall, Jennifer. Midwifery Mind and Spirit, Elsevier, 2001 Johnson & Taylor, Skills for Midwifery Practice, Churchill & Livingston, 2010 La Leche League, International. The Breastfeeding Answer Book. Mohrbacker and Stock, 2003 Natasha Terk. Professional Writing Skills: A Write It Well Guide, 2010, published by Write It Well at: www.writeitwell.com Renfrew, Fisher, Arms. Breastfeeding: Getting Breastfeeding Right, 2nd edition, Celestial Arts, 2004 Wickham, Sarah. Midwifery, Best Practice, Eisevier, 2003 Tabor s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, a resource for terminology. Midwifery Academics Program 12

NOTE: Additional book references for specific modules are listed within the module. It is optional whether the books are purchased or borrowed. Be sure to check out google books for specifics about your references (down to the page number), which is a valuable resource. http://books.google.com Recommendations on collecting textbooks: To start, you should have the following for module 1: *Birthsong Midwifery Workbook by Daphne Singingtree *Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born, Tina Cassidy, Grove Press, 2006. * Lying In: A History of Childbirth in America, Richard W. Wertz & Dorothy C. Wertz, Yale University Press, 1989. *Witches, Midwives & Nurses by Ehrenreich/English *Midwifery: Community-based Practice by Walsh Be sure to check out google books for specifics about your references (down to the page number), which is a valuable resource. http://books.google.com Module 2 book reviews are: a. Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie Davis Floyd b. A Midwife s Tale by Ulrich By Module 3 Myles Textbook for Midwives, 16th. ed. Mayes Midwifery, 14 th ed Varney s Midwifery, 5 th ed. Professional Ethics in Midwifery Practice, 2011, Jones & Bartlett Publishers Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, Steinbock Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities (optional book review but recommended)

Module 4 book review: *Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America by Judith Leavitt Module 6 book review: Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife s Story by O.L. Logan Module 7: Professional Writing Skills: A Write It Well Guide by Natasha Terk, 2010 Module 8: Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness Module 9: Practical Skills Guide for Midwifery, by Pam Weaver and Sharon K. Evans, 5th edition, 2012 Module 11: Clinical Embryology, A Color Atlas and Text After module 9 you should have all the reference texts that are required. For Herbology: Any Herbology book for pregnancy. For Homeopathy: Any Materica Medica or other Homeopathy books for pregnancy. Refer to the internet or Cascade Healthcare Products book catalog. Revised 07/10/2015 Midwifery Academics Program 14

Student Contract DATE: Via Vita Midwifery Foundation PO Box 580038, Houston, TX 77058 viavitamidwifery@gmail.com 713.367.8623 (phone) 281.984.7380 (fax) First and Last Name: Address: City: State: Postal Code: Date of Birth: Age: Email Address: Phone and Cell # s: AK state Approved Preceptor (AK students): Prospective Preceptor: Preceptor Name: Complete Mailing Address: Email Address: Phone and Cell # s: Midwifery Academics Program 15

(NOTE: Please submit a recent photo as a jpg file with this contract.) The program includes 55 Modules (lesson plans) within 13 Units and quizzes. Copies of completed assignments must be sent to Via Vita for assessment. If you are starting this course prior to finding a preceptor (licensed midwife), you are taking responsibility for securing an apprenticeship. This course alone does not fulfill the requirements for becoming a midwife. Therefore it is recommended that the student make arrangements for an apprenticeship within a year of starting the coursework. Several of the modules are skills modules, intended for your preceptor to document your having mastered those skills. A copy of the skills modules must be returned to Via Vita with the initials of the preceptor and approximate date of mastery for each skill listed. If you are not in an active apprenticeship, set aside the skills modules until you are apprenticing with an approved preceptor. Students are required to join the Via Vita Yahoo Group when invited, after enrollment. Quizzes and a growing number of help files are located in the Yahoo Group files. All quizzes must be completed and returned as part of the requirements of course completion. They can be done open book, but it is recommended that you test yourself by trying to answer without looking. All quizzes can be used as a study guide for your licensing or NARM written examination. It is permissible to retain a copy of the quizzes. Three examinations are included in the cost of the program and are issued open-book via the internet after finishing the Antepartum Complications section, the Intrapartum Complications section and at the end of the course. Midwifery Academics Program 16

Student Contract (All blanks must be filled in. Place your initials where indicated) Tuition total is $2000. if making payments. If paying in full upon enrollment, the fee is a total of $1800.00. The deposit is $500.00 regardless of what payment plan you choose. Options are as follows: a. $1800.00 if paid in full upon enrollment. b. $500.00 per month for four consecutive months.* b. $300.00 per month for five consecutive months.* c. $200.00 per month for seven consecutive months.* *NOTE: Consecutive monthly payments are to be made. In exchange you will receive from 4 to 12 modules, depending on your payment option, until you have received a total of 55 modules. You are NOT required to submit modules monthly. This is a self-paced program. You can take your time, you have a full four years to complete this program. (To submit PayPal payments, visit the website at www.viavitamidwiferyschool.org or go to PayPal.com and make your payment to: viavitaforlife@gmail.com I,, agree to the requirements of Via Vita Midwifery Foundation. I understand the cost of the program is a non-refundable fee of $2000.00, with the following payment plan: a, b, c, d Consecutive monthly payments will be made on of each contracted month. I acknowledge that failure to meet tuition payments according to contract will result in coursework not evaluated until such time that payments are caught up. (Initials) Policy for Delinquent Tuition: (Effective 07/10/2015) Tuition that is over 30 days late will be subject to a late fee of 10% of the payment owed. Students on the $200.00 per month payment plan will be subject to a late fee of $20.00 for each late month. Students on the $300.00 per month payment plan will be subject to a late fee of $30.00 for each late month. The late fee will be added

to the total amount due. If delinquency goes beyond 3 months, the student will be notified of her removal from the attendance records and she will no longer be enrolled with Via Vita. Please note: If a late payment is made, that payment is not for the current month, but for the past month. Another payment will be required for that month s current payment. Otherwise, there will be another late fee the following month. I understand textbooks are an additional expense and not included with the course. I also understand that this academic course is not complete without a supervised apprenticeship with a qualified midwife to teach the skills necessary to obtain a Certified Professional Midwife credential. (Initials) For more information on qualified preceptors, please refer to the NARM Candidate Information Bulletin, www.narm.org I acknowledge that: A Certificate of Completion is issued only after I have Finished and submitted all the modules. Completed and submitted the quizzes and 3 examinations. Submitted all skills modules signed and dated as having been tested by a qualified preceptor. *Note to Alaska students: To qualify for licensure, all the above must be submitted to Via Vita. The state now requires the school to verify, by a notarized statement, that all the above have been submitted. Policy for Active Alaska Apprentices: (Effective 12/01/2011) Coursework is generally self-paced and can be submitted out of order prior to active clinical apprenticeship. Many student midwives begin their studies one or more years prior to the active apprenticeship. Once the student midwife holds an Apprentice Permit, and plans to submit the application for licensure to the State of Alaska, modules must be completed in order, with quizzes completed and submitted before the first exam can be issued. The final exam must be completed a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the date the licensing application is submitted to the licensing examiner. Failure to submit the coursework and exams in this time-frame may result in the student being denied to sit the licensing exam.*

Examination Requirements: There are three examinations issued by Via Vita. Exams can only be issued in numeric order, after having submitted the following: Prior to Exam One: Modules 1 through 22 (including skills modules signed, dated and submitted to the school) Book Reviews, Essays, Drawing Exercises (for the above modules) Quizzes: Units I-V Prior to Exam Two: Modules 23 through 33 (including skills modules signed, dated and submitted to the school) Book Reviews, Drawing Exercises (for the above modules) Quizzes: Units V-VIII Prior to Exam Three: Modules 34 through 55 (including skills modules signed, dated and submitted to the school) Drawing Exercises Quizzes: Units IX-XIV *Note: If coursework and exams are not submitted as above, Via Vita is not responsible for reviewing coursework and exams at the last minute, and will not sign the notarized statements required by the State of Alaska attesting to course completion. (Alaska Student Initials) The program is copyrighted so no portion may be reproduced, including examinations, without the express permission of the Via Vita administration. By signing this document, I agree to pay for this course in its entirety. (Electronic signature is legally acceptable.)

Signature Date Return this document via email in the following manner: SAVE FILE AS: (change the file name to CONTRACT and add your initials. An example: contractse) Then return the file to: viavitamidwifery@gmail.com HOW TO MAKE PAYMENTS: Go to the website payment page at: www.viavitamidwiferyschool.org Click on the payment option and follow the paypal instructions. Payments are made to PayPal at: viavitaforlife@gmail.com OR: Go to the PayPal main page and make your payment from there by paying to: viavitaforlife@gmail.com (revised 07/10/2015)