Positive Birth and Parenting Educator Training Course
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Course Description: This educator training course aims to assist new educators in adjusting to the unique role of a Childbirth Educator. It consists of 24 modules covering:
- Pregnancy
- Birth
- Postnatal Period and Parenting
- Breastfeeding
- Birth and Parenting Education
- Adult Learning
- Facilitation Skills
- Acupressure
- Program design
- Program implementation
- Program Evaluation
- As part of this course, we require the course participants to complete specific HETI modules where they are available.
- This course will take a minimum of 12 months to complete.
Target audience: Midwives and Physiotherapists interested in facilitating Childbirth Education courses at Westmead Hospital
Course Coordinator: Jane Palmer Email: jane.palmer1@health.nsw.gov.au
Facilitator: Cathy Bone, Jane Palmer