Course Overview
Are you really great at treating fertility but are afraid to treat your same patients once they’re pregnant, and even more when they are high risk? If so, you have come to the right place! Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. is teaching some incredibly helpful information to acupuncturists on how to confidently support women throughout their entire journey from fertility through postpartum. Experience Dr. Deb’s teachings & build your confidence with a fresh perspective on women’s health using the powerful tools of Chinese medicine.
Dr. Deb discusses fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum from her perspective as a doula, childbirth educator, and licensed acupuncturist. She will include tools to help you build confidence in working with this population. Deb shares case studies about fertility, birth, standard of care, and pregnancy & postpartum diseases along with tools to help postpartum mamas including TCM treatments and more.
Take this course if you want to explore women’s health beyond fertility, or if you are new to the world of birth and want to expand your knowledge. Grow your skills to become more confident in working with this precious population.
This class is an excellent overview of helpful knowledge to support women on their journey starting with fertility and following them through postpartum! Join us for our series working as an acupuncturist with Successfully Supporting Women During the Childbearing Years with TCM: A Fresh Perspective on Women’s Health.
Objectives
-
Understand the causes of infertility and how to support with TCM.
-
Learn how to help patients get pregnant, stay pregnant, and carry to term.
-
Be able to identify pregnancy red flags.
-
Identify pregnancy and postpartum diseases and protocols.
-
Discover application of TCM tools during labor, birth, and postpartum recovery.
Outline
0 hrs - 1 hrs
This is an introduction to the causes of infertility and options for treatment within the Western healthcare system. It includes lifestyle suggestions, TCM protocols, and Chinese herbs to support cases of infertility.
1 hrs - 2 hrs
This section teaches about safety protocols to have in place for treating pregnancy. It also includes how to "hold the baby in" with acupuncture protocols, conscious conversations to have with pregnant women, and tools to have in the clinic.
2 hrs - 3 hrs
Help practitioners identify red flags that can occur during pregnancy and how to create a referral list to other practitioners, especially in high risk cases.
3 hrs - 5 hrs
Learn about the several common pregnancy and postpartum diseases and TCM protocols for treating them.
5 hrs - 6 hrs
This section shows ways to apply TCM tools during pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum recovery.
Teacher
Deb Davies
Deb is an acupuncturist, educator, and best-selling author. She’s spent over 20 years passionately following her mission of supporting women through fertility, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care, & empowering families by educating and equipping them with natural and integrative health care ideas.
Disclaimers
-
*CEU/CPD Approvals
Some accreditation bodies have course approval expirations. If the approval expires, you will see a notice next to the name with a date of expiration: "[Until YYYY/MM/DD]". Please factor this date into your own renewal deadline. If an approval expires, you will be able to request that it is renewed and we will submit it for you within 2 business days. Renewals normally come back to us after 30 days.
If your accreditation body is not listed under the "Approved" section, you may find it under the "Pending" section. That means that it is either currently pending approval, or that it is available for you to request: "[Upon Request]". New course approvals usually come back to us after 45 days.
We use an automated system within our platform that allows you to make these requests in an easy and convenient way. Just visit the course page in your Net of Knowledge account and click the "Request Approval" button at the top.
Each "Course and CEUs/CPDs" purchase grants you 1 request per accreditation body. If you request a course approval and do not complete it before its new expiration date, you will need to purchase another "CEU/CPD Add-On" to make another request.
If the course is ineligible for approval with an accreditation body due to their subject-matter policies, it will be listed as "[Ineligible]", and no requests will be possible for the course.
-
Accessing Your Course
After checking out, your email address will be sent to Net of Knowledge securely and you will gain instant access to your course. If you do not have a Net of Knowledge account yet, one will be created for you automatically and you will receive an email with a link to set up your password. Log in to your account at netofknowledge.com and start learning!
-
Unlimited Access & CEUS
You will have unlimited access to this course for as long as it is on Net of Knowledge, so that you can keep reviewing and learning from it over the years.
CEU requirements must be completed within 1 year from the purchase. During this time, you must view the training and complete any required documents to get your certificate. You must also print and save your certificate for your own records.
-
Cancellation Policy
Please note we do not offer refunds for our recorded online courses/webinars.
-
Note
This recording is available in an online format only; you will not receive a DVD or physical copy of the recording – it is only available to watch as a course to watch on the internet through your online account.