Explore the Foundations in Community Midwifery Program
Self paced, online, guided study program to prepare you to be a knowledgeable, safe, and confident midwife.
What You'll Learn
As you complete the twelve courses, you’ll dive deep to learn to care for women from pre-conception through the childbearing year with a focus on clinical aspects and holistic options. You’ll learn how to interface with the medical community, set up and manage a community based practice, how to optimize your study time, navigate an apprenticeship, and be aware of your own self care while pouring out to others. You’ll have a strong academic foundation to prepare you for the NARM Examination and a head start on preparing to practice.
Courses are released at a rate of about one per month with the last one projected to be live no later than June 2027.
Self Paced
Your downloaded course(s) will include video(s) from the instructor, focused study questions, vocabulary and more-all for you to work through as fast or slow as you need to learn while still living your life. Submit your answers for evaluation and interact with the instructor and other students in group discussion as you progress through the course(s).
Politically Neutral
No leaning left or right. This program is simply biologically sound and woman-centric. Students may submit answers that honor their worldview but will not be asked to take part in the culture wars.
Clinical Skills + Business Tips
To best prepare you for an apprenticeship and your future practice, clinical helps and business growing tools are woven throughout the courses.
“The ability to learn through a variety of methods on my own time, then debrief with the instructor is amazing. I’m free to learn on my own but not left alone.”
Meet Your Instructor and Coaches
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Instructor, Program Creator
Education is my passion and I love people! Raising up new midwives and supporting established midwives brings. me so much joy!
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Coach
With a degree in Emergency Management, non-profit experience, and some work in the birth world, Ashlyn is ready to encourage and support your journey.
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Coach
Hope knows about self discipline as a mother and a small business owner. She will hold your hand while challenging you to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
Your Questions, Answered-
This comprehensive foundation in midwifery is meant for anyone wanting a self paced pathway that gives the learner control of their schedule while still being guided through topics systematically. This can work for birth workers wanting to deepen their knowledge and it’s perfect for those wanting to pursue the PEP Process with NARM or anyone else wanting a solid study in community based midwifery.
It is not meant for those pursuing nurse midwifery except to complement their formal studies. -
Each course includes an introductory video, focused study questions, vocabulary to know, teaching and resources to gain clinical skills, and tips on studying and business building. A quiz and list of resources help round out the learning experience.
Some courses include additional examples and teaching by video, kinesthetic learning exercises and demos or interviews with experts.
After your work is graded, you’ll be offered a debriefing phone call to answer any questions and to make sure the concepts are mastered. -
No, the materials are yours forever with no limit on when you must schedule any follow up phone call.
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Yes! The current timeline is one course released each month. While it may change, there are currently twelve courses planned.
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Yes! Make your education your own! While knowledge builds through the courses, it can still work to take only the ones you need to fill a gap or in an order that works best for you.
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A coaching subscription add-on is available if you like the concept of self paced but know you need more accountability.
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To ensure each course is free of typos, glitches, or any material that’s unclear, beta testers are needed to watch for and report those issues. Their compensation is a reduced fee. Limited spotilable.