Patient Care & Procedural Skills

EFM Fundamentals in Practice-01: UC Data Part 1

Attainment and ongoing maintenance of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) skills is a requirement of all perinatal practitioners who actively participate in the care of pregnant patients. Lack of proper skills or failure to maintain skill in the interpretation and management…

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Prevention

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) increase healthcare costs, prolong hospital length of stays, and increase the risk of mortality. Healthcare had been making strides in reducing infections associated with central linesuntil recently. To reverse this trend, there needs to be…

The ASAM Criteria Online Foundations Course

Welcome to The ASAM Criteria interactive hybrid asynchronous Online Course designed to help beginner, intermediate, and advanced counselors, social workers, administrators, and other clinical staff develop patient-centered service plans and make objective decisions about patient admission, continuing care, and transfer/discharge…

The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course

The ASAM Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Course provides eight hours of required education to qualify for the waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in an office-based setting and covers essential information for providers to identify, assess, diagnose, and manage patients with…

Applying Choosing Wisely Recommendations

Applying Choosing Wisely® Recommendations is an online education series consisting of three courses that include virtual patients and complementary resources. The goal of the course series is to support physicians in their application of specific Choosing Wisely® recommendations. The recommendations…

EFM Case Study #02: EFM Triage, Part 2

The act of sorting patients according to the urgency of their need for care, known as triage, is not limited to the ED. There are no formal EFM triage recommendations or clinical guidelines from ACOG, SMFM, or AWHONN regarding this…

EFM Case Study #02: EFM Triage, Part 1

The act of sorting patients according to the urgency of their need for care, known as triage, is not limited to the ED. There are no formal EFM triage recommendations or clinical guidelines from ACOG, SMFM, or AWHONN regarding this…

Second Stage Labor-Part II: Management & Risk Mitigation

The second stage of labor creates the greatest physiologic challenge to both mother and fetus. Oxygen delivery is reduced while oxygen consumption increases during this phase of labor. Certain interventions may help or hinder oxygenation. Using closed-glottis (Valsalva technique), coach-assisted…

Second Stage Labor-Part I: Risk Exposure Case Study

The second stage of labor creates the greatest physiologic challenge to both mother and fetus. Oxygen delivery is reduced while oxygen consumption increases during this phase of labor. Certain interventions may help or hinder oxygenation. Using closed-glottis (Valsalva technique), coach-assisted…