Midwives Suturing Camp for Educators

This in-person Midwifery Suturing Camp for Educators combines focused learning with good food and lots of discussion in a stellar setting on the rocky coast of Maine.

ACNM specialty credit available: ACNM Program #2024-00EA.

THIS CAMP IS FOR EDUCATORS ONLY; if you are not an educator, please join one of our other workshops.

The Midwife Suturing Camp for Educators builds on existing teaching experience and offers time for learning, skill refinement, connecting with other participants, and rest and reflection. Session content is designed to expand each participant’s suturing skills, explore new ways (and whys!) of teaching laceration assessment and repair, and a forum to discuss the challenges of teaching this critical skill set. The schedule allows participants to refine their technical and creative skills for performing and teaching assessment and approximation of tissues.

This workshop is limited to 12 participants. There is room for 6 participants to stay on-site. The core workshop runs from 9 am-5 pm on Friday & Saturday.

Midwives may stay on site or commute from the nearby Boothbay Harbor Region. All participants are welcomed Thursday evening for a casual get together. Accommodations with On-Site Tickets are provided in a lovely rustic summer home. There are 4 private rooms and 1 double room all with shared baths. Rooms are reserved exclusively for Retreat Participants. Departure is Sunday morning (3-nights).

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The Midwife Camp for educators begins with a Welcome Gathering Thursday evening and participants are welcome to stay until Sunday morning.

Day One begins with discussion of Clinical Competencies for Suturing, followed by skill building for the teaching of Knot-tying and Suturing, Perineal Assessment and Model Making. We'll gather as a group for dinner and share teaching challenges and solutions.

Day Two begins with hands-on skill building for teaching and performing Repair of Birth Lacerations. This includes self-assessment and clinical assessment and feedback for a colleague. Dinner on your own.

We are committed to increasing representation in midwives, by creating a profession as diverse as the people we serve and through membership in our professional associations.

• Reparations Tickets are available for a Black, Brown, or Indigenous midwife whose ancestors were affected by historic enslavement or genocide. Ticket cost is 10% of full ticket price and includes all materials and housing for the participant. Please reach out to us by email if your preference is for off-site housing.
• Midwife of Color discounts are available on all full price tickets. All self-described BIPOC may receive a 15% discount. Use code: MOCEquity. See additional discount information, below.
• Membership discounts: ACNM or NACPM members may receive a 10% discount. Use the appropriate code for you: ACNMMember; NACPMMember. For membership discounts, your Membership number is required.

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