Welcome to this comprehensive e-learning course for all birth workers, including Midwives and 3rd Year Student Midwives.
Instructor Background
With over two decades of experience in the field, your instructor brings a wealth of knowledge and practical skills to this course:
- 1998: Diploma in Swedish Massage
- 1999: Qualified as an aromatherapist
- 2008: Degree in Midwifery
- 2010: Diploma in Massage and Pregnancy
- 2020: Led NHS trust training for Midwives in aromatherapy and massage techniques
- 2020: Completed CPD course on Essential Oil Chemistry
Course Overview
This e-learning package is designed to blend theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience, offering valuable insights to fellow birth workers. Key features include:
- In line with NMC Code of practice and the RCM position statement and guidelines for complementary therapies
- In line with NHS Governance
- Comprehensive information about essential oils and their properties and health and safety for use in maternity settings.
- Detailed videos demonstrating massage techniques
- Photo and videos of Acupressure points
- Information and videos on the art of blending oils
- Optional practical training day available (price on application)
Alignment with RCM Guidelines
This course has been carefully crafted to meet the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) guidelines on Complementary Therapies (Tiran, D. 2023). As stated in their position statement on Complementary Therapies and Natural Remedies (RCM 2020):
“The RCM believes that it is appropriate for all midwives, at the point of registration, to have a basic understanding of the broad subject area of complementary therapies pertinent to maternity care and popular with women.”
“Midwives wishing to use CTs in their practice must complete professionally and academically appropriate midwifery-specific training in each therapy. They require a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the mechanisms of action, benefits and risks, indications, contraindications and precautions, side effects and possible complications relating to each therapy. Midwives must be able to apply the principles of each therapy to its specific use within midwifery practice and within the institution in which they work.”
We hope you find this course informative and beneficial to your practice. For any questions or clarifications, please contact the instructor at proctorw2002@yahoo.co.uk.
Aromatherapy in Midwifery Practice: Course Outline
Aim
Acquire knowledge and understanding of selected essential oils to safely use during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period. Perform massage with clients in late pregnancy or labour.
Objectives
- Name the 15 essential oils and their properties
- Describe how to support clients during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period using essential oils
- List the contraindications for use of essential oils during the maternity period
- Identify the Health and Safety of Essential Oils and carrier oils
- Identify UK legislation, these are laws that have been passed by Parliment
- Choose a blend of up to three essential oils for your client’s requirements
- Suggest suitable essential oil selections and explain rationale behind your recommended choices
- Name carrier oils and their properties
- Confidently perform massages on feet and lower leg, hand and arm, and back and hips
- Complete test with an 80% plus score
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Provide information, safety guidelines, and evidence to clients who want to use essential oils for common ailments during their pregnancy and postpartum period
- Support women during labour by:
- Blending up to 3 essential oils based on their preferences/ailments
- Offering massage confidently to either their foot and lower leg, hand and lower arm, or back and hips safely.
This comprehensive course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to integrate aromatherapy and massage techniques into your midwifery practice, enhancing the care and support you provide to women during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period.
RCM state “cascade training of colleagues is not appropriate. Complementary therapy regulatory organisations require teachers to be qualified and experienced in the practice and theory of the therapy and qualified and insured to teach it.”
“Professional updating should be undertaken approximately every two years, specifically relating to changes in midwifery and complementary therapy practice and to relevant laws and directives.” (Tiran, D. 2023)
At the end of this course is an opportunity to purchase your Kobasih Essential Oils and Carrier Oil with a 10% discount of the RRP.
