Labor Support: We're Better Together!

Elgin, IL US
September 20, 2024

This educational offering is created for those who provide in hospital labor support, Obstetricians, Nurses and Community Doulas.  Education is on incorporating knowledge of the pelvic floor soft tissue function in labor and how to relax the pelvic floor in order to promote labor progress. Concepts on how to prevent post-delivery pelvic floor dysfunction will be addressed.  Community doulas and in hospital labor caregivers will explore best practice guidelines for labor with focus on the second stage.  Collaboration of interdisciplinary roles to provide respectful patient centered care, patient birth trauma, and provider secondary trauma will be discussed.

Due to high demand, we have reached full capacity for in-person attendance. As of August 6, all registrants will be Virtual Only.

Target Audience

This activity is for physicians, nurses, and community doulas that provide labor support.​

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  • Learners will incorporate pelvic floor knowledge into labor support to relax the pelvic floor and prevent postpartum complications ​
  • Learners will describe second stage best practice labor support, techniques to improve collaboration of doula’s and hospital providers, and describe techniques to address birth and secondary trauma.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 2.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
Course opens: 
05/03/2024
Course expires: 
12/31/2024
Event starts: 
09/20/2024 - 11:00am CDT
Event ends: 
09/20/2024 - 1:45pm CDT
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11:00am-12:15pm
Speaker: Sarah Oldham, PT

  1. Physical Therapy for the Pregnant patient
  2. Physical Therapy to soften the pelvic floor for labor
  3. Postpartum physical therapy
  4. Preventing Postpartum complication of the pelvic floor

12:15pm-12:30pm - Lunch

12:30pm-1:45pm
Speaker: Lexi Zuo – Doula

  1. Working with Birth Doulas
  2. Reducing Birth Trauma in Patients & Processing Our Own Secondary Trauma
  3. Labor support
Advocate Sherman Hospital
1425 N Randall Rd.
Sherman LL Board Room
Elgin, IL 60123
United States

Faculty

Sarah Oldham PT, WTS, CAPP-OB Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Pelvic Floor, Certificate of Achievement in Obstetric Physical Therapy
Lexi Zuo CD, DONAL, LCCE, CLC Elgin Community Doula
Stephanie Loiacono, RN, MS; Advocate Health
Carol Korzen, MD; Advocate Health

Disclosure

The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.

 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

 

Available Credit

  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 2.50 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 2.50 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 2.50 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.

Price

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Due to high demand, we have reached full capacity for in-person attendance. As of August 6, all registrants will be Virtual Only.

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