Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)

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Description:
An evidence-based, interprofessional, and multidisciplinary training program that equips the entire maternity care team with skills to effectively manage obstetric emergencies. This comprehensive course encourages a standardized team-based approach amongst physicians, residents, nurse midwives, registered nurses and other members of the maternity care team to improve patient safety and positively impact maternal outcomes.

Overall Course Objectives:

1. Discuss methods of managing pregnancy and birth urgencies and emergencies, which standardizes the skills of practicing maternity care providers.
2. Demonstrate content and skill acquisition as evidenced by successful completion of online course examination, skills workstations, and group testing stations.

Faculty:

Dr. Jane Willett
Dr. Jill Vroman
Dr. Rosa Avendano
Dr. Kylie Bossuyt

Accreditation:

The AAFP has reviewed ALSO Provider Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 8.00 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 5/9/2025 to 5/9/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Academy of Family Physicians is approved as a Provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 9.60 contact hours applicable for APRN, RN, or LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Provider number: LT0278-0312. This is an advanced level course and may not be suitable for all general continuing nursing education.

COURSE FEE
MEDI-SOTA MEMBER- $375.00

NON-MEMBER- $500.00

The course fee includes tuition, syllabus, and materials.  No refunds are available for failure to complete the online content review and examination.

Learners will be provided an email with a link and course code to the online portion of the ALSO Provider Course. Content consists of a pre-test; recorded lectures; online case studies; recorded workstation demonstrations; post-test and a course evaluation. After completion of the evaluation the learners must Claim Credit to show as ‘Complete’ in the Sponsor’s Course Dashboard and to qualify to attend the Live Course.

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be made no later than 15 business days prior to the course. The full course fee will be charged if cancellation is made in less than 15 business days. Full refunds will be given for all classes cancelled by Medi-Sota. Registration is NOT transferable to another person.