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Medical Education Caucus of ACNM

We are ACNM members who are dedicated to promoting the role of midwives in medical education. Our members work in medical schools across the nation teaching medical students, OB residents, and family practice residents. We believe that by promoting normal pregnancy and birth in a woman centered philosophy, we are enhancing medical education. We are educating the OB consultants of the future.

Our membership

• Over 160 members
• Representing over 85 medical schools
• Join the listserv: mdstudents
• Membership list - If you have interest in this caucus, email christina.kocis@stonybrook.edu to be added to the member list.

Officers

• Chair: Angela Wilson-Liverman, CNM Vanderbilt University, angela.wilson-liverman@vanderbilt.edu
• Secretary: Christina Kocis, CNM Stoneybrook University, christina.kocis@stonybrook.edu

Caucus Meeting

The 2012 MECA meeting will be during the ACNM's 57th Annual Meeting (June 2-7 in Long Beach, CA). The meeting will take place from 7:30 - 8:30 AM on Sunday, June 3, 2012 in the Pacific Room in the Hyatt Regency. Please mark your calendars for this early morning meeting!

SROPs

•  Approved MECA SROPs

Resources

• Information about teaching guidelines and billing 
• Articles from the Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health:
• Obstetric Triage: Models and Trends in Resident Education by Midwives
• The Collaboration for Maternal and Newborn Health: Interprofessional Maternity Care Education for Medical, Midwifery, and Nursing Students
• Midwives as Educators of Medical Students and Residents: Results of a National Survey
• A National Survey of the Midwifery Director Role in Academic Midwifery Practices Involved in Medical Education in the United States
• Pioneering a Universal Curriculum: A Look at Six Disciplines Involved in Women's Health Care
• Models of Organizational Structure of Midwifery Practices Located in Institutions with Residency Programs
• Innovative Midwifery Teaching for Medical Students and Residents
• Documentation and Billing for Services Provided by Midwives Teaching Obstetric and Gynecology Residents and Medical Students
• Midwifery and Medical Education: A Decade of Changes
  

Meeting minutes

• Annual Meeting May 2009
• Annual Meeting June 2010
• Annual Meeting May 2011
  

Legislative update

• MOMS21