George Washington University School of Nursing
George Washington University School of Nursing
Special Offer
The American Association of Birth Centers is proud to partner with GWU School of Nursing to provide their students with a special offer! When you register for AABC's How to Start a Birth Center Workshop, you will receive a free one-year AABC membership!
Take Your Career to the Next Level
Birth centers are an integrated part of the health care system and are guided by principles of prevention, sensitivity, safety, appropriate medical intervention and cost-effectiveness. While the practice of midwifery and the support of physiologic birth and newborn transition may occur in other settings, this is the exclusive model of care in a birth center.
The birth center setting allows midwives to practice in their full scope with autonomy and dignity. The How to Start a Birth Center Workshop grants you the opportunity to learn what opening and operating a birth center looks like and how it can change the trajectory of your future as a midwife.
About the Workshop
AABC's How to Start a Birth Center Workshop will teach you all of the key information for opening a birth center. Wherever you are in your journey - whether you know you'd like to open a birth center or just want to explore what your future avenues can look like - this workshop is here to guide you.
In this workshop, you'll learn about:
- birth center operations
- site selection and facility design
- financial management and budgeting
- community assessment
- marketing
- next steps
- and more!
We offer the HSBC Workshop in various formats to optimize your learning experience!
- In-Person: Join us for our pre-conference HSBC Workshop! This in-person workshop takes place over three days and allows for face-to-face connection with our faculty and other students. This class includes live presentations, a tour at a local birth center, and a case study panel with other local birth center owners. This year, we will be in Portland, OR!
- Online: Take the workshop as a self-paced online course to take your time and digest the valuable content. You will be able to access the class for 12 weeks with recorded presentations and access to Curbside Consulting sessions with our faculty.
Each version of the course includes a comprehensive digital library full of resources to supplement your learning.
No matter what format you choose to take the course, our seasoned faculty will be available to answer all of your questions and provide support!
The How to Start a Birth Center Workshop manual also includes over 100 articles and videos from dozens of birth center and community birth experts. If you have a question, there's likely an article for it!