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CAIOnline Course
Profile for
Perinatal Care for
Vulnerable Populations
This course is no longer available on line
| Description: |
Perinatal Care
for Vulnerable Populations was developed
with the goal to improve birth outcomes, through the implementation of
a more comprehensive model of health care designed to increase access
and use of prenatal care by vulnerable women.
This
web-based training was developed by Cicatelli Associates Inc. (CAI)
and made possible through a grant from the
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. |
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Price: |
There is no registration fee for this course.
Please note,
however, that a nominal fee is charged for continuing education
credits, which are
optional. |
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Accreditation
Statements: |
This activity has been planned and
implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through
Cicatelli Associates Incorporated (CAI). CAI is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education to physicians.
Cicatelli Associates, Inc., is an approved provider of continuing
nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association Council on
Continuing Education, which is accredited as an approver of continuing
education in nursing by the American Nurses Credential Commission on
Accreditation.
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| Authors: |
- Patricia Loftman,
CNM
- Gina Brown, MD., Assistant Professor
of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Columbia University
- Cathleen E. Williams, BSN, JD.
Senior Trainer, Cicatelli Associates Inc.
- Keran Deli, MA, MEd. Director of
Distance Learning and Curriculum Development, Cicatelli Associates
Inc.
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| Objectives: |
- Identify high risk women (i.e.,
women at risk for poor pregnancy outcome).
- Describe the impact of specific
issues on pregnancy outcome including: homelessness, immigration,
adolescence, substance use, and mental health.
- Outline appropriate
interventions to address the specific issues.
- List and be able to use
appropriate screening tests for high risk women.
- Describe the basics of pregnancy
follow up and evaluation for high risk women, including antenatal
surveillance designed to improve pregnancy outcome. Nucleic
Acid Amplification Tests (NAATs) as a highly sensitive
and specific method for detection of chlamydia.
- Discover strategies to retain
and support women in care after pregnancy.
- Describe legal reporting
responsibilities of provider.
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| System
Requirements: |
- Windows
95 and above, Mac OS 9 and X.
- Minimum
of 64 MB of RAM.
- Microsoft
Word, Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Minimum
56K modem.
- Browser
- IE version 5 or higher, Netscape version 6 or higher.
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Real One Player (to view videos)
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| Course
Outline: |
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Course
Outline |
| Welcome |
This
section provides information regarding the development of this course,
continuing education, hardware/software, and contact information. |
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Course
Outline |
Provides a
detailed outline of the course. |
| Continuing Education |
This section
provides information and forms necessary to obtain continuing education
credits. There are two opportunities during the course to obtain
continuing education credits. Once after the Prenatal Care module,
and another time after the Legal Responsibilities module. |
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Course
Overview |
The course overview explains how to get around
the course, outlines the course objectives and contents, describes
the intended audience, and provides an estimate of the time to
complete the entire course. |
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Vulnerable Women |
This
module describes vulnerable women, providing recent epidemiology
statistics. It discusses the many issues vulnerable woman face,
and provides information on how to address them. |
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Prenatal
Care |
This module includes information
clinicians need to provide comprehensive care for patients such
as history taking, physical examination, labs (what and when), referrals,
and medication. |
| Labor
& Delivery |
This module involves medical management
and pain management issues during labor and delivery. |
| Postpartum
Care |
This module covers retaining and
supporting the patient to ensure she stays in the healthcare system.
It also covers the special postpartum needs of the HIV+ woman. |
| Legal
Responsibilities |
This module
describes legal reporting responsibilities and pivotal court cases
that shaped the law. Please note, the content in this module
is New York State specific. Please check with your state's health
department for specific information relating to your state. |
| Case
Study |
The case study
is an opportunity to apply the information in this course to a realistic
situation. |
| References
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The course
bibliography and references referred to in the course are found
here. |
| Communication |
Various communication
tools allow participants to collaborate synchronously or a-synchronously,
including discussion boards that are used as activities in the course. |
| Toolkit |
The Toolkit
provides quick access to forms, tables, job aids, etc. used within
the various modules in the course. |
| Part
1 Final Test |
The part 1
final test is required for continuing education credits. |
| Part
1 Evaluation |
Participants
provide feedback on part 1 of the course. This is required for continuing
education credits. |
| Part
2 Final Test |
The part 2
final test is required for continuing education credits. |
| Part
2 Evaluation |
Participants
provide feedback on part 2 of the course. This is required for continuing
education credits. |
| Help |
Helpful information
can be found here, including how to navigate this course. |
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| Audience: |
The target audience for this course is
clinicians who work with vulnerable women in pre-natal clinics, OB/GYN
offices, and other community based health centers. . |
| Continuing
Education Credits: |
No longer Available
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