Debra Betts

Goals & Objectives

Participants will have strategies to engage in conversations using western medical research evidence to answer questions such as ‘is acupuncture in pregnancy safe?

Participants will also be able to correctly the use western medical research terminology such as statistical significance, clinical significance, confidence intervals, efficacy, effectiveness and pragmatic trials to confidently discuss the evidence base for the use of maternity acupuncture.

Detailed Outline

• The ‘why’ of research and understanding key concepts from acupuncture research
• The ‘what not to say’ to establish your credibly. A look at the common mistakes and examples of how you can present research to promote your clinical practice

Goals and Objectives

Acupuncturists taking this class can expect to identify the key safety issues for referral to western medical care for pregnancy care and deepen their understanding of acupuncture treatment approaches for pregnant and postpartum women presenting in clinical practice.

Detailed Outline

- Saturday

• Session one: Nausea and Hyperemesis
• Session two: Threatened miscarriage and bleeding in early pregnancy
• Session three: Adverse outcomes including miscarriage, foetal demise and stillbirth
• Session four: Uncomplicated first trimester pregnancies with a complicated pre pregnancy history; ART, previous pregnancy complications, recurrent miscarriage

- Sunday

• Session one: Lost potential: Promoting use of postnatal care
• Session two: What separates birth preparation from induction of labour?
• Session three: What keeps me awake at night? A discussion on promoting safe and ethical clinical practice using the re-occurring themes for placenta previa, induction and breech seen in Facebook posts and e- mail questions
• Session four: Lower Back and pelvic pain:  the ‘backbone’ of a pregnancy practice. Importance of promotion due to current physiotherapy and dry needling practices

Course Outline

Activity one: Lecture /information to read

• A short lecture or information to read with a question about relevance and application to clinical practice designed to stimulate discussion.

Activity two: Online case presentation

• Participants submit a clinical case for peer discussion and feedback from tutor

Safety and ethics quizzes:

• Red flags for referral and understanding western medical routine assessment results during pregnancy.
• Ethical considerations for practice in maternity acupuncture

Written case History

• A written case history from clinical practice

Question and answer forum
on clinical practice situations

• A forum available to participants to post clinical questions and receive supportive feedback from tutors and participants of this programme.

Course Outline

Activity one: Lecture /information to read

• A short lecture or information to read with a question about relevance and application to clinical practice designed to stimulate discussion.

Activity two: Online case presentation

• Participants submit a clinical case for peer discussion and feedback from tutor

Safety and ethics quizzes:

• Red flags for referral and understanding western medical routine assessment results during pregnancy.
• Ethical considerations for practice in maternity acupuncture

Written case History

• A written case history from clinical practice

Question and answer forum
on clinical practice situations

• A forum available to participants to post clinical questions and receive supportive feedback from tutors and participants of this programme.

Course Outline

Activity one: Lecture /information to read

• A short lecture or information to read with a question about relevance and application to clinical practice designed to stimulate discussion.

Activity two: Online case presentation

• Participants submit a clinical case for peer discussion and feedback from tutor

Safety and ethics quizzes:

• Red flags for referral and understanding western medical routine assessment results during pregnancy.
• Ethical considerations for practice in maternity acupuncture

Written case History

• A written case history from clinical practice

Question and answer forum
on clinical practice situations

• A forum available to participants to post clinical questions and receive supportive feedback from tutors and participants of this programme.

Course Outline

Activity one: Lecture /information to read

• A short lecture or information to read with a question about relevance and application to clinical practice designed to stimulate discussion.

Activity two: Online case presentation

• Participants submit a clinical case for peer discussion and feedback from tutor

Safety and ethics quizzes:

• Red flags for referral and understanding western medical routine assessment results during pregnancy.
• Ethical considerations for practice in maternity acupuncture

Written case History

• A written case history from clinical practice

Question and answer forum
on clinical practice situations

• A forum available to participants to post clinical questions and receive supportive feedback from tutors and participants of this programme.