Hey everyone! After a week of adjusting, observing, organizing, and preparing we will be having the first day of our training of trainers this Monday for 25 "students"--a mix of nurses, administrators, and students from the nursing school. We're very excited to get started! As this is a pilot of sorts, we will be asking for lots of feedback from our participants as we go along to best adjust the program for long term use. The UNC Volunteer Doula program has agreed to help support the program on the ground long term with informational support- a partnership we are very excited about!
The next week will look something like this:
-Monday through Thursday one set of medical professionals will be learning about the importance of supportive care during labor, learning and practicing comfort measures, and talking through a series of issues surrounding facility births as they are now.
-Friday will be a dialogue with Trained Traditional Midwives, (TTMs) who work in rural communities, with the goal of establishing a respectful and well defined relationship between the two groups to better serve laboring patients.
After the first week, adjustments will be made to better accommodate the needs of the medical professionals, and the program will be repeated with a new group during week two. So excited to meet our team!
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