CAPPA Hospital Doula Training- Saturday June 8th & Sunday June 9th

Support Women and families during one of the most beautiful and important life events: birth

By Lexington Medical Center

Date and time

Saturday, June 8 · 8:30am - 4pm EDT

Location

Lexington Medical Center - North Tower 5th Floor Classroom B

2720 Sunset Blvd. West Columbia, SC 29169

Refund Policy

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About this event

Lexington Medical Center now offers Childbirth and Postpartum Professional Association training classes for people interested in becoming hospital based doulas. Hospital based doulas are specifically trained to offer comfort and support to mothers and their families as they bring their babies into the world. They also work with other hospital staff to ensure a positive birth experience for expectant parents.

Participants will learn:

-Comfort techniques for labor, including positions and movement support for non medicated and medicated mothers-the roles and scope of practice-the natural birth process-practical experience and role playing affirmation and encouragement techniques.

This is a 12 hour training course that is held on a consecutive Saturday and Sunday.

Each day, class will begin at 8:30 am and end at 4:00 pm. For more information, please contact Dianne Pound at edpound@lexhealth.org or 803-791-2631.

Once registration is received, additional paperwork with refund policy will be sent. This paperwork has to be filled out and returned to Dianne 1 week prior to class in order to attend.

Organized by

Lexington Medical Center

Lexington Medical Center is a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs a staff of more than 8,000 health care professionals. The hospital is ranked best hospital in the Columbia Metro and #2 hospital in South Carolina by U.S. News & World Report and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina” by SC Biz News, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group.

Lexington Medical Cancer Center is an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence and has a clinical research and education affiliation with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE Center. The network also has an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and more than 70 physician practices.

Lexington Medical Center operates one of the busiest Emergency departments in South Carolina, treating nearly 100,000 patients each year. The hospital delivers more than 4,000 babies each year and performs nearly 32,000 surgeries. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies.

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