Tracks

This year we are listing our breakout sessions into "tracks." We hope the track system is helpful as you make decisions among the high quality and extensive variety of breakout sessions offered at MANA 2015. Some participants might use this to make a varied schedule while others might choose to select a one-track conference. We have listed only the most dominant track for each session, although many sessions could be applied to more than one track. Enjoy choosing your experience for the upcoming conference, we are thrilled at the offerings and look forward to sharing at SHINE with you!

Clinical Issues 

• Bipolar Illness and Postpartum Psychosis — Tara Tulley, CPM, LCSW  (Breakout Group A) 
• Medicinal Plants of the Southwest Bioregion — Mary Lou Singleton, LM, FNP (Breakout Group A) 
• Human Placentophagy: Modern Values, Primal Needs — Sarah Hunter, CPM, CH, CQIA  (Breakout Group B)
• Thriving With Homeopathy During Pregnancy, Birth & Postnatal Phase — Angelika Maria Koch, D.N.M. LCH H.N.H.Ir  (Breakout Group C)
• Now that Marijuana is Legal: Creating an Evidence-Based Conversation About Cannabis Use During the Perinatal Period — Heather Thompson, MS, PhD (Breakout Group C)
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence: What Every Midwife Needs to Know — Christine Ann Kent, RN  (Breakout Group B)
• Supporting Plus Size Birth - Jen McLellan, CBE (Breakout Group E)
• Hospital Transfers-What's Best Practice and What's the Next Best Thing — Audrey Levine, CPM, Diane Holzer, PA-C,  Jill Breen, CPM and Lawrence Leeman, MD (Breakout Group D)
• Gestational Diabetes Screening: Missing the Point? — Sora Colvin, CPM (Breakout Group D)
• Worried Waters: Learning about Legionnaires — Colleen Donovan-Batson,MS, CNM, ARNP (Breakout Group E)
• Lyme Disease 101: What Every Should Know Regarding Tick-Borne Infections — Hilary Schlinger, CNM (Breakout Group E)
• Well Woman Care — Hilary Schlinger, CNM (Breakout Group D)

General interest

• Homebirth Cesarean - Helping Homebirth Clients and Midwives Prepare, Cope, and Heal from Cesarean Births — Courtney Key Jarecki, Author (Breakout Group A)
• Darling We are Growing Older (or Silver Threads Among the Gold) — Karen Ehrlich CPM, LM, MA (Breakout Group E)
• Birth Story Medicine: How to Excavate and Heal a Birth Story — Pam England, Author, Artist, Former Midwife (Breakout Group B)
• AME Presents: Forgotten Midwives: A Better Look at the History of Midwifery — Neva Gerke, CPM, MSM and Eve German, LM, CPM, MSM (Breakout Group B)
• Appropriate Use of Modern Medicine (Circumcision From the Perspective of a Urologist and Mother) — Adrienne Carmack, MD (Breakout Group D)

Educator 

• From Midwife to Midwifery Preceptor - Easy Teaching Techniques that Work for Midwives — Jennifer West, LM, CPM, CST, CH, TBMP, IPE and Anna D. Khamsamran, PADI OWSI, MSDT, MI, SI (Breakout Group A)
• US MERA: Update — Colleen Donovan-Batson, MS, CNM, ARNP, Vicki Hedley, CPM, CM, and Sherry DeVries (Breakout Group C)

Social Justice

• Fostering the Future of Latina Midwifery Care: Birth Professional Collaborations between Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the US — Vanessa Caldari, CPM, BSN, Melissa Cheney, PhD, CPM, LDM and Holly Horan, MA, CD  (Breakout Group E)
• Beyond White Bellies: Reflecting Families of Color in Birth Imagery — Carrie Murphy, CD(DONA) and Esperanza Dodge, BA, MSW (Breakout Group A)
• Toronto Birth Centre - an Indigenous and Midwife-Led Space — Cheryllee Bourgeois, RM(Canada) and Indigenous Midwife (Breakout Group B)
• Bringing Cultural Diversity to Midwifery — Tamara Joy Littles, CNM, Nandi Andrea M. Hill LM, CPM, Felina Ortiz, CNM, DN, Michelle Pino, CNM, MSN, Brittany Simplicio, CNM, MSN (Breakout Group D)
• New Mexico Birth Justice Coalition: Improving Access to Home and Birth Center Options in NM - Esperanza Dodge, Tannia Esparza, Nandi Andrea M. Hill, Jessica Frechette-Gutfreund (Plenary)

Skills 

• So BABY, Am I Hearing You Right? The Art and Science of Fetal Auscultation; More Than a Pulse Check! — Wreatha Carner, DNP, MN, CNM (Breakout Group E)
• Traditional Medicine: Curanderismo and Childbirth — Tonita Gonzales, BS, BA and Dr. Eliseo Torres, Dr. Felina Ortiz, Assistant Professor CNM, DNP, Rita Navarrete Perez, Traditional Healer (Breakout Group C)
• Hands On! Managing Obstetrical Emergencies (Post-partum Hemorrhage, Shoulder Dystocia and Unexpected Breech) — Laura Migliaccio, CNM, MSN, Larry Leeman, MD, MPH, Rebecca Leeman, CNM (Breakout Group E)

Research

• Outcomes of Planned Home VBACs from the MANA Stats 2.0 Cohort: Implications for Practice and Shared Decision-Making — Kim J. Cox, PhD, CNM  (Breakout Group B)
• What a Little Data Can Do: How Midwives in Washington Are Using Data to Drive Change — Audrey Levine, LM, CPM, Bruce Ackerman, Data Collection Director, Emily Stephens, BA (Breakout Group A)
• Plenary: Perspectives on Risk: MANA DOR's 2015 Research - Missy Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM (Plenary)
• Outcomes among Higher-Risk Women Receiving Care from Home and Birth Center Midwives: Evidence from MANA Stats and AABC’s Perinatal Data Registry Marit Bovbjerg, PhD, MS and Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM (Breakout Group D)

Legal

• Risk Management for Adverse Outcomes in the Home Birth Setting — David Pulley, MSM (Breakout Group C)