Midwifery Education Your Way

Are you a self starter who wants the freedom of a focused study program to prepare for the NARM through the Portfolio Evaluation Process on your own timeline? 
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Certified Professional Midwife Training 

Prepare to be a CPM through focused study on topics from early pregnancy to postpartum, nutrition to life saving measures, fundal height to fetal anomalies. Study aids are built as you progress so you’re ready to take the NARM and get started in your practice.

Clinical Skills

Be ready to be hands on in your apprenticeship or sharpen your clinical skills with resources, tips, and guides for clinical assessment, treatment, and documentation. 

Business Tips

Don’t just be ready for the NARM, be ready to practice! Business building help is included in each course to help you be practice-ready after licensure. 

How the Program Works

Student midwives on the NARM PEP pathway will be guided through courses to systematically gain knowledge for NARM testing success as well as future practice preparation. No timelines, no strings attached. 
Learning takes place within a collective, where we all work shoulder to shoulder to keep learning. As the program grows, new instructors will be added to help the students round out knowledge and skills. 

Each course provides focused study questions, midwifery vocabulary, a quiz, reflections, tips, study aids, and resources to explore. 

Students complete the assignments at their own pace. The work is submitted and graded, then a short follow up phone call with the instructor is scheduled. 

Students who need additional help can schedule a tutoring session (extra fees apply). 

Fellow students and the instructor are available for online discussion so you’re never alone on this journey. 

This program currently needs a limited amount of beta testers. In exchange for feedback, beta testers pay a reduced fee for the course being tested. To receive this discount, be one of the first to purchase. See sample course for more information. 
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About Providence CPM Training Collective creator

Wendy Fowler, BS, LM, CPM 

Wendy is a licensed midwife in Texas who has been serving families in one way or another since her graduation from Texas Woman’s University in 1999. She has helped women in crisis pregnancies, lactation support, as a doula and childbirth educator and midwife. She has started two non-profits and was on the team that opened a birth center. She loves to teach and is especially excited when she gets to help student midwives move into licensure. 

Wendy lives in north central Texas with her husband where they have raised five daughters. She has various leadership roles in her community including helping to lead a non profit that provides on scene support to firefighters. She is “Wendybird” to two grandbabies. 

What Others are Saying

Wendy is one of my go-to midwife colleagues when I want to consult about a case. If she doesn’t know the answer, she knows where to find it.

Sabrina Elliott, LM, CPM 

Wendy is thorough and thoughtful in her approach to how she runs clinic, how she supports a family during birth, and how she teaches others to do the same. You’ll not regret learning under her. 

Nichole Hackney, LM, CPM

Wendy gets it. She was intentional about helping me to get all the clinical knowledge and experience she could while respecting that I was also a wife and new mom during my apprenticeship. 

Daisy Perez, former student

Frequently asked questions

Is there a deadline for finishing a course? 

No. Go as fast or as slowly as suites your lifestyle and learning plan. 

Is this program MEAC accredited? 

No. MEAC accreditation is not necessary to take the NARM exam. However, if you need/want a MEAC education, consider completing the NARM MEAC Bridge Certificate after you become a Certified Professional Midwife. Check your state rules for your specifics requirements. 

How many courses are there in the program and how often will they be released?

At this time, there are approximately fourteen courses covering the NARM exam topics, clinical/practice guidance, study helps, and business building topics. As beta testers try out the material and the courses are built, this number could change slightly. They are projected to be released, at minimum, at a rate of one per month. 

Do the courses have to be completed in a certain order? 

Courses are designed and placed in a strategic order that mirrors the progression of pregnancy, clinical guidance, and business building, but in the spirit of autonomy of the adult learner knowing their needs best, there is no required order of courses at this time.

Biologically accurate, woman-centric, no political agendas. 

And this is the most you’ll hear about the politics

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