This videoconference and hands-on workshop builds on the basic competencies for suturing, knot-tying, assessment and repair of birth lacerations. Our focus is on effective instrument handling, relevant anatomy, systematic assessment and approximation of birth-related lacerations. Education and simulation are combined so that everyone learns by doing. To ensure everyone gets individualized mentoring, workshops are limited to 8 participants. ACNM Program #2024-001EA.
Workshop Fee $225 – 3.5 contact hours. Fee includes instruments, flat model, and suture. Discounts available, please see below.
*Registration closes two weeks before event begins to allow time for supplies to arrive.* Additional information & information on this and other workshops can be found at www.nelltharpecnm.com
Reparations Tickets are available for Black, Brown or Indigenous midwives as reparations for historic enslavement or genocide. Ticket cost is $19.50 (10% of full ticket price) and includes all materials.
Pay-What-You-Can-Tickets ensure that financial need is not a barrier to attending. Financial documentation is not required. Recommended minimum donation is $80 to partially cover the cost of materials and shipping. In determining what to pay for a Pay-What-You-Can-Ticket, consider your own financial situation as well as acknowledging the cost of materials and the services of your midwife educator. Just as you are encouraged to value your midwifery skills in practice, you are encouraged to recognize the value of Nell's expertise and need to make a living.
DISCOUNTS for Full Price Tickets:
Midwives of Color discount: All self-described BIPOC may receive a 15% discount. Use code: MOCEquity
Membership discounts: ACNM, NACPM members may receive a 10% discount. Use the appropriate code for you: ACNMMember; NACPMMember.
HOW TO USE DISCOUNT CODES: The blue link to enter your promo code in Eventbrite is located at the top of the first screen shown when checking out, above the ‘Tickets’ heading. *You'll need to know the code and enter it before you choose your ticket and check-out.*
For membership discounts, your Membership number is required.
One discount allowed per purchase.
Nell Tharpe is a Certified Nurse Midwife who has been teaching suturing skills to midwives since 1996. Nell is the original author of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health now in its 6th edition. Nell is committed to equity in midwifery practice and building midwifery suturing skills for midwives at all levels and all practice sites. Workshop teaching techniques include PowerPoint lectures, demonstrations and return demonstrations, simulation of clinical situations, self-assessment, and interactive discussion.
