Mercy In Action Midwifery Academic School
On-going enrollment: one year of Reading Assignments with 3-month Academic Intensive Session
Next Academic Intensive Session starts:
September 4 - November 20, 2012 Boise, Idaho
This is a program of study whereby you begin learning Anatomy and Physiology of Childbirth on your own, and begin reading and writing book reports, then also attend an intensive 3 month academic session held in Boise, Idaho each fall. It is 18 months worth of midwifery academics compressed into an immersion experience. Elements of guided research, lecture, demonstrations, reading, writing, and student review will all contribute to an in-depth midwifery education in a short time-frame. During this time, students complete academic foundations of midwifery knowledge to be prepared for an eventual clinical apprenticeship, with the goal of qualifying to become a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) through the PEP process route. This program is recommended for midwifery students who do not have young children, as it involves 8-10 hour days of intensive school work for the three months. But for those who are pre-or post- young children raising, it is an excellent way to immerse in the study of birth, and meet important requirements for gaining academic midwifery knowledge. It is also a real bonding time with fellow students and teachers.
Cost: $2,800 for the semester
Students who live in the on-site school dorm pay an additional $450 per month for lodging and food.
Instructors are Rose Penwell, CPM, LM, BSM and Ian Penwell, CPM,LM,ASM
As soon as you are accepted, you will be sent the book lists to begin the course work. Due to on-going enrollment, course work will span a full year. You can complete the reading anytime within that 12 months; it does not all have to be completed before attending the Intensive Academic Midwifery Session, which is held just once per year in the fall.
Mercy In Action Midwifery Clinical Internships
On-going in our birth center in the Philippines
This is an intensive 1, 2 or 3 month clinical internship. Students choose the dates to apply for, and we try to make a match. Student will be immersed from the first day, learning how to give prenatal care, assisting with labor and delivery, and conducting newborn exams and postpartum home visits. This program is approved as a NARM out-of-country site. Interns will live in the birthing home and assisting the Filipina midwives; type of assistance will be based on prior experience and training, but all interns get lots of hands-on experience.
Cost: $2,000 per month, includes lodging and transportation from and to Manila. Students buy their own food.
Se PHILIPPINE CLINICAL TRAINING, this website, for more details and application
For those interested in Academics at a Distance:
Distance Learning can be completed in your own time frame; average is 12-18 months:
Mercy In Action also offers distance learning academics for midwifery education, which can be used to prepare for the the NARM PEP process toward becoming a Certified Professional Midwife, or for independent study regardless of where you will practice. This is something prospective midwife students or doulas can do at home in your spare time, and is a program especially beneficial to mothers with small children. You order the modules to work on as you have time, for $150 each, paying as you go; there is never a deadline. There are 18 modules covering the foundational academic knowledge necessary for midwifery practice, from fetal development through postpartum; normal first and then complications in each area. A quiz follows the completion of each module. A certificate of Completion for Academic Midwifery is awarded at the successful completion of all 18 modules with a score of 80% or above.
Optional: For those that wish, upon successful completion of all 18 modules, we will give you two more modules free of charge for learning about midwifery and newborn issues in the under-developed areas of the world.
Assignments are graded, and written comments given, by Certified Professional Midwives.
Write for more information and a sample module: info@mercyinaction.com
NARM STUDY RETREAT
The NARM Study Retreat is held the week before each testing date. This is six days of focused review the week before the NARM Exam, with no distractions, taught and guided by Vicki Penwell, a midwife with experience preparing over 120 students to pass NARM and become CPMs using this method of intense retreat review and practice the week before the exam. While there are no guarantees, a very high percentage of students who studied with Vicki have passed NARM the first time.
Click here for the NARM STUDY RETREAT
Cost: $950 for 6 days, includes food and lodging
Dates: The week before each NARM Exam in February and August
Taught by Vicki Penwell, CPM, LM
A word about midwifery school:
There are many routes to become a Certified Professional Midwife. NARM likes it best when midwife students work with a variety of preceptors, and if you get some of your clinical experience in an out-of-country site, such as our Philippine internship, they like you to also apprentice with a North American midwife for some of your training. This is why we offer a-la-carte midwifery educational components. Most of your NARM requirements can be met through a combination of our academic and clinical programs, and you should also look for a midwife in your local area (or somewhere you can travel to) as well. Blessings on the journey to becoming a midwife; may you find the path that is right for you.
To Register for the 3 month Academic Midwifery School-Email us your application:
You may now apply by email. From this application page, click, copy and paste these questions into the body of an email, fill it out and email it in to: info@mercyinaction.com
If you want to sign up for the Clinical Internship, go to that link in this website and fill out the application there.
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