Claudia Citkovitz

How does it all work?

This course is structured in monthly modules with small cohort sizes to maximise your learning experience. While having access to lectures and resources, the expectation is that you will spend 2-3 hours per week of self-study engaging in set activities to deepen your understanding of the material.

• At the beginning of each month, you will log into an online classroom that contains a lecture and handouts from a MAMPS tutor(s) about their experiences and treatment suggestions for a specific treatment topic.
• You then have three weeks to engage in this lecture along with extra reading material and forum activities in preparation for a live feedback Q&A session with your tutor(s) in the final week. This will be recorded for those unable to attend.
• Ongoing discussion of the classroom material is possible through forums. These forums provide community engagement and also provide the opportunity for you to submit questions and case histories from your clinical practice for group support and feedback.
• Additionally, forums provide you with the opportunities to post suggestions for topics you would like to see covered and start-up connections with others for projects you may like to work together on that can be supported by the MAMPS team.
• Optional additional resources will be provided for those who wish to explore topics in further depth, including understanding key research and how to utilise this for promoting acupuncture in maternity care.

At the end of the course and completion of forum activities, you will receive a MAMPS certificate for advanced practice and have the option of applying for distance CEU / PDA through Healthy Seminars included as part of your tuition. 

How does it all work?

This course is structured in monthly modules with small cohort sizes to maximise your learning experience. While having access to lectures and resources, the expectation is that you will spend 2-3 hours per week of self-study engaging in set activities to deepen your understanding of the material.

• At the beginning of the month you will log into an online classroom that contains a lecture and handouts from Debra and/or Claudia around specific topics, safety considerations and treatment suggestions.
• You then have three weeks to complete set activities such as worksheets and quiz’s in preparation for a live feedback Q&A session with Debra and Claudia in the final week.
• Ongoing discussion of the classroom material is possible through forums. These forums provide community engagement and also provide the opportunity for you to submit questions from your clinical practice for group support and feedback from Debra or Claudia.
• Optional additional resources will be provided for those who wish to explore topics in further depth, including understanding key research and how to utilise this for promoting acupuncture in maternity care.

Topics include:

• Pregnancy and Pre-Labor
  • Breech, musculoskeletal pain
  • Oligo/Polyhydramnios (too little or too much fluid)
  • Preeclampsia/Hypertension/HELLP
  • IUGR (small for dates babies)
  • Intrahepatic Cholestasis (ICP) vs. PUPPPS
  • Intrapartum depression

• Labor Preparation and Postdates
  • Differential diagnosis and treatment (not just ‘all the contraindicated points)
  • Special approaches to preparing for early medical induction or VBAC
  • Home care packages of constitutionally and situationally appropriate acupressure, exercises and activities

• A few quick tips for birth
  • Tuina and acupressure approaches for family and friends’ births
  • Identifying and working with bony obstruction, slow dilatation, inadequate contractions, spirit/emotional challenges

• Postpartum:
  • C/S recovery, Symphysis Diastasis, tears, coccyx injury
  • Lactation, Constipation
  • Sleep/Energy, “Baby Blues” vs posptartum depression