Doula Training For Medical Professionals

Course Description

Elevate Your Clinical Practice with Holistic Birth Support

This premier, multidisciplinary training is expertly designed for medical professionals in healthcare—including nursing assistants, techs, nurses, midwives, physician assistants, and medical students—who are ready to integrate a holistic, patient-centered approach into their clinical repertoire.

More than just a doula course, this program serves as a powerful bridge between clinical expertise and compassionate care, equipping healthcare providers with the tools to deliver comprehensive emotional, physical, and informational support during labor and birth.

Through immersive modules grounded in evidence-based research and culturally congruent practices, you will gain a deep understanding of the doula’s role in improving maternal health outcomes—while expanding your ability to foster trust, reduce intervention rates, and enhance patient satisfaction.

Redefine your impact at the bedside. Strengthen your outcomes. Empower your patients.

Perfect for those committed to advancing equity, enhancing birth experiences, and transforming how care is delivered—from triage to transition.

Exciting Program Update: New Hybrid Format Launching August 1, 2025!

Beginning August 1, 2025, our Doula Training for Medical Professionals will officially transition to a 98% online, self-paced hybrid program—designed with your demanding schedule in mind.

This flexible model allows you to complete your course modules at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. The remaining 2% of the program will consist of a one-day, in-person Skills & Drills Workshop, held only after you’ve completed your online modules with a minimum grade of “C.”

What’s Changing?

The traditional 2-day in-person training requirement will be retired
A streamlined, hybrid learning experience is now in place
Same comprehensive training—now more accessible than ever

This new structure maintains our high standards while giving busy healthcare professionals like you the flexibility to train and certify on your terms. Students will participate in LIVE interactive lectures, dynamic peer discussions, and explore evidence-based research that deepens clinical understanding and critical thinking. This is followed by high-impact, hands-on one-day workshop intentionally designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice—empowering students to step into their roles with confidence, clarity, and real-world competence. These immersive sessions offer the opportunity to master evidence-based comfort techniques through lifelike labor simulations, including positioning, touch therapy, and movement strategies proven to enhance the birth experience.

Participants will also take part in strategic role-playing scenarios that strengthen critical communication skills—both with clients and interdisciplinary care teams—ensuring seamless collaboration, trauma-informed advocacy, and professional poise in real-world birth environments.

These workshops are not just educational—they are transformative. Prepare to step into any birth space with confidence, clarity, and competence.

Upon successful completion of this advanced training, participants will emerge with enhanced clinical and interpersonal skills that elevate their ability to provide compassionate, patient-centered care within a collaborative, interdisciplinary team.

This course is more than professional development—it’s a paradigm shift in how providers engage with birthing individuals and their support systems. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of the doula’s essential role, learning how to collaborate seamlessly with doulas at the bedside to create safer, more satisfying, and culturally attuned birth experiences.

Designed to strengthen your impact and broaden your scope, this training equips you to be not only a clinician—but a catalyst for change in maternal health equity.

Upcoming Training Dates

April 26-27, 2025 (10:00am to 4:30pm) – FULL
June 28-29, 2025 (10:00am to 4:30pm) – FULL
August 30-31, 2025 (10:00am to 4:30pm) – NOW ENROLLING – Transition to 98% Online Course Work with 2% In-Person Training (Hybrid Course)
October 25-26, 2025 (10:00am to 4:30pm) – NOW ENROLLING

In order to enroll in our Doula Training Program, you must have one or more of the following:

1. Active License or Certification as a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Midwife, Nurse Practitioner, Doctor, Resident Doctor, Birth Assistant, Medical Assistant, Nursing Assistant, Surgical Tech, Respiratory Therapist, Paramedic/EMT, Behavioral Health Technician, Patient Care Technician, Nurse Support Technician,

2. OR Currently in School with an Active Preceptorship in one or more of the following roles listed above.

3. Active CPR Certification

4. Ability to Complete OB Medical Terminology with The Black Doula Training within one month prior to the start of the program.

The student must be able to complete all of the following requirements after their in-person training:

1. Must be available 24/7 to support birth and postpartum clients.

2. Support 3 Birth & 3 Postpartum Clients

3. Complete Childbirth Education Class with The Black doula Training

4. Complete Basic Breastfeeding Course with The Black Doula Training

5. Obtain NRP Certification with The American Academy of Pediatrics

6. Complete 3 Book Reports for recommended books.