MSTM   Midwifery Skills Conference/Retreat

Sunday thru Tuesday, August 13, 14 & 15, 2006

Text Box: Sunday - August 13, 2006



 9:00 am - 10:00  Registration  

10:00 - 10:30 Welcome address
& facility tour 

10:30 - 11:30 SESSION 1  
Post Partum Hemorrhage
Management & Control  - Casey Makela, CTM

12:30 - 1:30  Lunch

1:45 - 2:30     SESSION 2
STD’s - Current Management Protocols
Marion Parsons, BA, CTM

2:45 - 3:30     SESSION 3
Midwife Apothecary - Making Herbal Tinctures
materials provided - Casey Makela, CTM

3:30 - 3:45    Break w/ refreshment

3:45 - 5:00   SESSION 5 
Newborn Exam - PKU test
& Birth Certificate Registration
Casey Makela, CTM

5:30 - 6:30   Dinner 
included in registration fee

6:45 - 8:15   Skills Assessments 
 Midwifery Skills Verification Workbooks required

8:30pm Woman’s-Way & gift blanket 
Discussion circle & gift exchange at the fire-pit.  
All attending should bring a small gift to exchange - 
(under $10).
Bring your talent - storytelling, music...? 
(it may be chilly so bring a jacket)

9:30pm - ?  Birth Video’s for Night Owls Explore MSTM’s huge archive of birthing videos - twins, breech, VBAC’s,  water births & more…


Text Box: Monday - August 14, 2006

7:00   Wake-up Bell
7:30 - 8:45  Breakfast 

9:00 - 9:45     SESSION 6
DOULA vs Midwifery Care
 A Rose by Any Other Name...? - Hannah Makela, CTD, CBT

10:00 - 10:45     SESSION 7 
The Business of Midwifery 
Marketing techniques & Diversifying your Talents to 
Achieve Financial Stability 
Casey Makela, CTM

11 - 12:30      SESSION 8
Body Casting
Marion Parsons, BA, CTM  &  Hannah Makela, CTD, CBT  Materials included

12:30 - 1:30  Lunch/Free time  

1:30 - 2:30     SESSION 9
Stages of Labor & Delivery - 
Assessment &  Management, Karen Kamyszek, CTM

2:00 - 3:00     SESSION 10
Complications of Labor & Delivery
Twins, Breech, Shoulder Dystocia &  Posterior Arrest

3:00 - 3:30    Break w/ Refreshment

3:30 - 4:30      SESSION 11
The Circumcision Decision
An interesting & unique presentation
Lori Hanna, NoCirc of Michigan

4:30 - 5:00    Break/Free time

5:00 - 7:00  Awards Dinner 
Included in registration fee,  
Mu Omicron Mu induction & more

7:00 - ?  Birth Video’s  & 
Midwifery Skill Assessments


Text Box: Fowler Text Box: Alpena
Text Box: Harrisville
Text Box:  US - 23
Text Box: Mikado

Cruzen Rd.

Text Box: F-30
Text Box: M-65
Text Box: Curan
Text Box: Mio
Text Box: Tait Text Box: Procunier Text Box: M-72
Text Box: Glennie
Text Box: F-30
Text Box: Sprinkler Lake
Ed. Center
Text Box: Stout Rd.
Text Box: Adams Rd.
Text Box: F-41
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Text Box: Tuesday - August 15, 2006

7 a.m. - 7:45 Breakfast 

8:30 - 9:30 
Midwifery Skills Verification 
Bring your Midwifery Skills Verification Workbooks.

9:30 - 10:00 Conference Exam

10:00 Exam Review,  Conference Certificates issued

11:00 Conference end