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 applied for CMEs, CNEs, 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.

Continuing Education Hours Available

Main Conference: 14.5 hours Applied for
Labour Support Skills Add-on: 5 Hours Applied for
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 2019 Conference, will be reviewed for credit by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Main Conference - 14.5 AAFP CME credits (Prescriptive or Elective) applied for
Labour Support Skills Add-on - Applied for 5 AAFP CME credits (Prescriptive or Elective)
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - Approved for 6 AAFP CME credits (Elective)
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - Approved for 6 AAFP CME credits (Elective)

Nursing CEUs - Nursing Contact Hours:

This program will apply for Contact Hours from the American Nurses Association of Massachusetts. ANA Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Main Conference - 14.5 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs applied for
Labour Support Skills Add-on - Applied for 5 Nursing Contact Hours / CNEs
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 will apply 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 approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - Applied for 0.5 MEAC CEUs (5 NARM Bridge qualified CEUs)
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - Approved for 0.6 MEAC CEUs
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - Approved for 0.6 MEAC CEUs

CERPs - Continuing Education Recognition Points

Applicable to IBCLC Lactation Consultants, Certified Lactation Consultants (CLCs), CBEs, CLE, Doulas & Birth Educators. GOLD Perinatal Online Conference 2019 will apply for 14.5 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 approved
Labour Support Skills Add-on - 5 Hours approved
Essential Lactation Skills Add-on - 6 Hours Approved (5 L-CERPs, 1 R-CERP)
Tools of the Lactation Trade Add-on - 6 Hours Approved (6 L-CERPs)