Professional Development

The Center for Professional Excellence and Inquiry (CPEI) offers a variety of educational courses that supports a competent health care workforce to deliver and sustain improved patient outcomes through:

• Interprofessional education
• Evidence-based courses or workshops
• Specialty certification courses
• Leadership development
• Preceptor program
• Clinical simulation

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• 2025 Perinatal Potpourri Annual Conference - April 3 - 4, 2025 - The Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) is a program located at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology. MCCPOP leaders include neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists who consult on perinatal clinical care questions and provide education on current standards of care for mothers and newborns. These leaders partner with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), as well as other specialists and healthcare providers at Stanford Medicine, to provide a full spectrum of expertise, supporting high quality care for newborns and for women, before, during, and post pregnancy. For over forty years, the Annual MCCPOP Perinatal Potpourri Conference has provided current advances in maternal, fetal, and neonatal medicine for healthcare providers around the world. Perinatal clinicians and other experts present on a variety of topics through lectures, panel presentations and case-based discussions.
• Health Literacy Learning Camp - This learning camp is an introductory course about the basic principles of Health Literacy and the Teach-back method. Learners will have the opportunity to apply these principles to clinical situations in an interactive online class.
• Life Support Education (BLS and PALS), Continuing Education, and Certification Courses.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Provider - The NRP Program introduces the concepts and basic skills of neonatal resuscitation. It is designed for health care professionals involved in any aspect of neonatal resuscitation, including physicians, nurses, advanced practice nurses, nurse midwives, licensed midwives, respiratory care practitioners, and other health are professionals who provide direct care during neonatal resuscitation.
• AWHONN Fetal Heart Monitoring - We provide both Intermediate and Advanced courses that concentrate on fetal heart monitoring, serving as a knowledge assessment tool for experienced perinatal clinicians. These courses feature lectures, hands-on skill stations, case-based fetal monitoring interpretation, and encompass clinical interventions, communication, and risk management principles.

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