Your guide to

Becomming a

Certified Professional

Midwife (CPM)

Year 1 - Semester 1 - Courses 2025

Medical Terminology

We’ll cover the content of a medical terminology course, and we will cover:

  • Ethics in Midwifery

  • History of Midwifery

  • Charting and Documentation

  • Technical Writing Skills

  • Practice Documents for CPMs

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Labs, Tests, & Responses

Learn the laboratory testing and imagining used in midwifery care, and we will cover:

  • IV therapy and Phlebotomy

  • Genetics

  • Sonograms

  • Fetal Heart Tones

  • Nutrition and Nourishment

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prenatal care: assessments & Care

Prepare to provide prenatal care through the Midwifery model of care for your community:

  • Protocols for care by gestation

  • Skills for assessments

  • Trauma informed care

  • Medications in pregnancy

  • Maternal mortality

  • Childbirth education

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How long does it take to become a midwife?

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Creating a plan that works for you

You can read more about NARM’s minimum requirements of 2 years for attending births HERE.

This program is being created to help you become a midwife in approximately 3 years, but attending enough births with preceptors may take longer, based on many factors including transportation, family needs, and distance to other midwives.