Continuing Education

Are you working towards a professional designation or need to re-qualify? We've got you covered! Our conference offers a variety of educational credits to earn, based on the number of lectures you watch, the length of the presentation and the speaker's topic.

The GOLD Perinatal Conference 2019 has been approved for CMEs, Nursing Contact Hours, MEAC Midwifery CEUs & CERPs. This year we'll be offering 14.5 hours of education plus 5+ additional hours in each of our Add-on Lecture packs - Labour Support Skills, Essential Lactation Skills, Tools of the Lactation Trade.

Review of the educational activity by the planning committee concluded there is no commercial bias; there is a balance in presentation, evidence-based content and or other indicator of integrity. There are no conflict of interests for this activity for planners nor content reviewers. Any potential conflict of interest declared by a speaker is investigated and resolved by our content reviewers.

Continuing Education Hours Available

Main Conference: 14.5 hours Approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on: 5 Hours Approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on: 6 Hours Approved
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on: 6 Hours Approved

Our table of instructional hours can be downloaded below. It indicates the types of credits for each presentation.

CMEs - Continuing Medical Education

This Enduring Material activity, GOLD Perinatal Conference 2019, has been reviewed and is acceptable for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Term of approval begins 10/01/2019. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Main Conference - 13.5 AAFP CME credits (Prescriptive or Elective) approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - 5 AAFP CME credits (Prescriptive or Elective) approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - 6 AAFP CME credits (Elective) approved
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - 6 AAFP CME credits (Elective) approved

Nursing CEUs - Nursing Contact Hours:

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation until Oct 1, 2021

Main Conference - 13.5 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - 5 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - 6 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs approved
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - 6 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs approved

Midwifery CEUs - MEAC Contact Hours

Applicable to NARM Certified Professional Midwives and those require MEAC Certified Education. This program has been approved for MEAC CEUs by the Midwifery Education Accreditation Council. Please note that 0.1 MEAC Midwifery CEU is equivalent to 1.0 NARM CEUs

Main Conference - 1.4 MEAC CEUs (2 NARM Bridge qualified CEUs) approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - 0.5 MEAC CEUs approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - 0.6 MEAC CEUs approved
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - 0.6 MEAC CEUs approved

CERPs - Continuing Education Recognition Points

Applicable to International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs), Certified Lactation Counsellors (CLCs), Certified Lactation Educators (CLEs), Childbirth Educators (CBEs) and doulas. GOLD Perinatal Online Conference 2019 is approved for 13.5 CERPs GOLD Learning is designated as a Long Term Provider of CERPs by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) -Approval #CLT114-07.

Main Conference - 14.5 Hours (12.5 R-CERPs, 1 L-CERP) approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - 5 Hours (5 R-CERP) approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - 6 Hours(5 L-CERPs, 1 R-CERP) approved
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - 6 Hours(6 L-CERPs)
approved

ACNM CEUs

The lecture "Managing Back Pain in Labour Using Sterile Water Injections" by presenter Nigel Lee has been approved for education hours by the American College of Nurse Midwives. This credit is applicable to Nurse-Midwives, Certified Midwives, Registered Nurses. May be accepted by other certifiying bodies.

Main Conference - 1 CEU Approved