UIC Perinatal Center Courses and Conferences

Hybrid event

presented by 

Kylea L. Liese, PhD, CNM, FACNM                                                                                                                        Associate Professor Human Development Nursing Science                                                                               Department of Anthropology                                                                                                                                   Associate Director of Research Center for Research on Women and Gender

PURPOSE: The activities will broaden knowledge base for clinicians to apply with their neonatal patients. The goal of the Neonatology Seminar is to provide faculty with educational programs to address knowledge gaps in current practices and advancements in research for neonatal patients.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Neonatologists, neonatal-perinatal medicine fellows, pediatricians, pediatric residents, neonatal nurses, neonatal therapists, pediatric subspecialists, and other neonatal providers

After completion of the activity, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the experiences of Black mothers' whose babies were in the NICU

2. Characterize how communication with NICU staff and providers impact MGMC patients' experiences

3. Introduce a new model of high-risk prenatal care that preemptively addresses mothers' anxiety about the possibility of having their baby in the NICU

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