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The Community Based Doula Training program prepares students to provide compassionate emotional, physical, and educational support to families before, during, and after childbirth. Students learn evidence-based birth support techniques, comfort measures, labor positioning, client advocacy, communication skills, and professional doula practices. Through hands-on instruction and practical training, participants gain the knowledge and confidence needed to support positive birth experiences while working alongside healthcare professionals. This program is designed for individuals interested in maternal health, family support services, and community-based healthcare careers.

Doula Career Opportunities

• Community-Based Doula
• Birth Doula
• Postpartum Doula
• Maternal Health Advocate
• Family Support Specialist
• Perinatal Support Professional

This version flows consistently with the STNA, Phlebotomy, and EKG descriptions already on the Healthcare page while keeping the focus on training, skills gained, and career outcomes.

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You deserve all the support you can have to enjoy your pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience. In addition to your medical team and family the support of a Doula can add value to your birth team and overall experience.

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The Phlebotomy program is designed to teach the knowledge in technical and procedural aspects of basic phlebotomy, including collection of blood specimens and venipuncture required to become a Phlebotomy technician. The Phlebotomy program includes theory and hands-on instruction. The program will teach students the concepts of Introduction to Phlebotomy & Infection Control, Legal Issues in Healthcare, Introduction to Human Anatomy & Physiology, Phlebotomy Equipment & Supplies, Phlebotomy Procedures, and Phlebotomy Fundamental Essentials. This program is designed for learners who want to advance their career or are interested in starting a career in the medical field to become a phlebotomy technician.

The EKG program has been designed to give students the knowledge necessary to understand the functions of an EKG technician in the real world and the human heart as it relates to electrocardiography and the functions of an EKG technician. The EKG program seeks to develop in students some general approaches to the knowledge necessary for EKG technicians to work effectively in the field and to engage them in the intellectual work of the discipline. The EKG program is MedCA approved. MedCA is a third-party independent certification agency. Students who complete the program have the opportunity to take a national licensing exam issued by MedCA to become a Nationally Certified EKG Technician.

This program prepares students to become Community Based Doulas who are birth workers serving families within varying communities that center on African-descended people, Indigenous families, and people of color. Students will understand the importance of seeing a birthing individual, baby, and partner as a connected unit. This support is responsive to the whole birth experience and considers how physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual experiences impact pregnancy, labor, birth, and the postpartum period.

Community Based Doulas serve in a human rights framework to ensure that all people and families have access to safe, dignified, and culturally relevant care geared toward elevating the platforms of health equity, reproductive justice, and all stages of maternal health. Students will be able to define and practice cultural competence among marginalized groups, learn about trauma-informed care and how to utilize that in their field of work, as well as understand how social determinants of health and institutionalized racism impact black maternal health and cause racial health disparities. After completing this program, graduates will be able to support birthing parents in their community, with a holistic approach to encompass and include the entire family and provide resources to help bridge the game of health disparities and the socioeconomic, mental, health, and welfare of the client and their family.

Students will be trained in the full aspect and scope of a full-spectrum doula, providing prenatal support, birth support, and postpartum support to the client and family. Students will also train in bereavement care and lactation education. Students will also learn the basics of business and marketing, to independently provide services after graduation or to continue to work as staff with local community-based doula businesses to serve the needs of the community. The goal of the Community Based Doula Training program is to reduce barriers and decrease black maternal and infant mortality rates in the community with the support of a doula, and through spreading advocacy and awareness.

*Note: The Doula program’s lab hours may vary due to the unpredictable nature of childbirth and its duration.