Peel Childbirth Educators' Network
The purpose of PCEN is professional development and advocacy for childbearing families in Peel and surrounding areas.
Objectives:
- To share current hospital, obstetrical, midwifery and community practices in order to provide best practice information to childbearing families.
- To provide evidence-informed educational opportunities for health care providers of the childbearing family.
- To promote access to childbirth education to childbearing families.
- To have a representation of childbirth educators from across Peel.
Spring Workshop 2012
Deborah Bergman & Lisa Keenan-Lindsay
PCEN Co-Chairs
Thank you to those who donated books and/or cash in support of the Peel Young Parents' Resource Group Annual Picnic
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PCEN's Spring Workshop for Childbirth Educators was a great success!
From Evidence to Practice
April 19, 2012 6-9pm
PCEN extends a sincere thank you to
Jackie Muresan, RN MSc, Knowledge Broker, National Collaborating Centre for Methods & Tools and Prenatal Educator
for her excellent presentation: Taking evidence-informed practice
one step at a time: Key resources for childbirth educators.
Reference Links
In addition Deb & Lisa led the group through a fun and engaging look at childbirth in the media with documentary film Laboring Under An Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs.The Real Thing by childbirth anthropologist Vicki Elson.
The evaluations demonstrated how valuable the evening was for participants. Those who attended were from a wide variety of childbirth education backgrounds - midwife students, master's students, doulas, RNs, RPN, PHNs, Prenatal Educators, and a Residential support worker. There was a lot of networking done, great food enjoyed, and an interest in membership in PCEN.
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