Doula programs and clinical labor support, built to your hospital’s standards.
Two paths, one trainer. I design and deliver in-house doula programs for hospital systems, and I train OB residents, L&D nurses, and midwifery learners in evidence-based labor support. Trauma-informed, equity-grounded, and built to fit your quality framework, your procurement requirements, and the patients you serve.
What you are working on
You are likely facing some version of these:
- HCAHPS or maternity-specific patient experience benchmarks that are not where you want them
- Severe maternal morbidity, primary cesarean, or perinatal disparity reduction goals tied to quality contracts or DEI commitments
- Joint Commission perinatal certification or Levels of Maternal Care designation work
- A state Medicaid doula benefit and live questions about how hospital-based doulas integrate
- Community benefit, DEI, or population health priorities that name doula access
- OB/GYN residency milestones around teamwork, communication, and labor support
- L&D nursing education needs for nurses who came up in a paradigm that did not center labor support
- Midwifery learners who need explicit doula skill training as part of their clinical preparation
The training has to fit hospital procurement, clinical credentialing, current evidence, and equity goals at the same time. Off-the-shelf workshops do not do that.
Two paths I work with you on
Path A: In-house doula programs
For hospital systems building or expanding a doula program embedded in L&D, women’s health, or community health services. I work with you on:
- Program design from scratch or expansion of an existing program
- Doula recruitment screening and onboarding curriculum
- Comprehensive birth doula training that meets DONA International standards
- Integration with L&D, OB, anesthesia, midwifery, and case management teams
- Documentation and EHR-friendly workflows for doula encounters
- Outcomes data collection that supports your community benefit, DEI, or quality reporting
- Alignment with state Medicaid doula benefit requirements where they apply
Path B: Clinical labor support training
For OB/GYN residencies, L&D nursing education, midwifery programs, and hospitalist OB groups investing in labor support skill development. I deliver:
- Evidence-based labor support training scaled for clinical learners
- Skill demonstrations matched to ACGME, CNE, or program-specific competencies
- Trauma-informed care and inclusive practice training relevant to maternity care
- Joint sessions for interdisciplinary teams (residents, nurses, midwives, doulas) when that fits your goals
- Pre and post measures that fit residency milestone reviews or nursing competency frameworks
What I deliver across both paths
A custom training program designed for your population, your quality framework, and your procurement requirements.
Curriculum aligned to current evidence. I review the relevant literature and clinical guidance for the audience and design a curriculum that holds up to your medical leadership’s scrutiny.
Trauma-informed, equity-grounded facilitation. Every session is taught with adult learning principles, structured reflection on obstetric racism and historical harm, and the kind of facilitation that holds up when the room is doing emotional work.
Curriculum refresh as evidence and policy shift. Clinical guidance, accreditation standards, and current evidence change. I update materials between cohorts so each group is trained against current standards.
Outcomes built in. Pre and post knowledge measures, skill demonstrations, reflective practice tools, and cohort-level reporting you can include in quality dashboards, residency program reviews, community benefit reports, or DEI metrics.
CME and CNE credit eligibility where it applies. I work with your CE provider relationships or my own to make sure clinical participants leave with documented hours.
How it fits hospital procurement
I am procurement-friendly. Specifically:
- Vendor credentialing documentation ready for your supply chain process
- Master service agreement available, with capacity for multi-year scopes
- Liability and professional insurance coverage in place
- Flat or scoped fees that map cleanly to your budget categories
- IRB-friendly outcome data collection if you are formally evaluating the program
- Custom reporting templates aligned to your quality, DEI, or community benefit reports
I do not need hand-holding through your procurement process. I have written into hospital MSA templates before.
What you can report on
Each engagement produces documentation that supports:
- Pre and post knowledge measures with cohort-level statistics
- Skill demonstration and clinical competency completion rates
- Cohort completion and certification readiness rates (Path A)
- Resident milestone or nursing competency progress (Path B)
- Patient experience trend tracking when you collect it
- Community benefit, DEI, and quality dashboard inputs
- Demographic data of trained doulas or clinical staff if you collect it
You receive a written cohort report within thirty days of each delivery, formatted to fit your reporting templates.
Why work with me
I am a DONA International approved Birth Doula Trainer with a PhD in healthcare management and systems sciences, an MPH, an MSHPE, and a CPH. I have attended over 1,500 births and trained over 10,000 doulas. I bring graduate and undergraduate teaching experience, instructional design rigor, and a healthcare systems background that maps directly to the hospital decision-making your program will live inside.
I write clean reports. I will tell you when something is outside my scope and connect you with someone who can help.
How partnerships work
1. Project brief
You send a written intake telling me about your service line, your patient population, your quality framework, your timeline, and what you need from a training partner. I reply within two business days with questions, a proposal outline, or both. A short Zoom only happens if both of us think it will move the project forward.
2. Custom program design
I send a written proposal with curriculum scope, delivery format, schedule, deliverables, outcome measures, procurement documentation, and a flat or scoped fee.
3. Delivery
Live, hybrid, or fully online. Single cohort, recurring cohorts, or sustained engagement built around your residency or program calendar.
4. Continuation
Recurring cohorts, curriculum refresh as evidence and policy shift, or ongoing facilitation if you want it.
Ready to talk?
Tell me about your service line, your population, and your timeline. I will follow up within two business days with next steps and a proposal outline.