Courses
Our Network is committed to a focus on a "Evidence-Based Learning and Growth and a Maintaining Competency Strategy" that includes supporting continued education opportunities for healthcare professionals and embedding quality standards into everyday work. Our goal is to aid in the maintenance of knowledge, skill and expertise in the healthcare provision for birthing families, women, children, and youth. To view our Education Framework, click here.
This workshop is now full. New dates will be added when they are available.
This one day course will provide health care professionals information and skills to support families in attaining their breastfeeding goals.
Date: June 5, 2026
Time: 8:00AM - 4:00PM
Location: Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital - GoMed Room
The Fetal Health Surveillance (FHS) course introduces learners to the principles of antenatal and intrapartum fetal health surveillance. This course reviews the research concerning fetal surveillance and principles of fetal/maternal physiology as well as their relevance to antenatal and intrapartum methods of surveillance.
Dates & Location:
May 14 from 8:00AM - 4:00PM - RVH - Rotary Lakeview Meeting Room
September 23 from 8:00AM - 4:00PM - RVH - Rotary Lakeview Meeting Room
Please email Ferry Dhillion at dhillonf@rvh.on.ca for registration. For non-RVH staff the cost for FHS Fundamentals is $200.
The Fetal Health Surveillance (FHS) course introduces learners to the principles of antenatal and intrapartum fetal health surveillance. This course reviews the research concerning fetal surveillance and principles of fetal/maternal physiology as well as their relevance to antenatal and intrapartum methods of surveillance.
Dates & Location:
April 16 from 8:30AM - 4:30PM - OSMH - GOMED Training Room
Cost: Free for OSMH Nurses. $195 - Midwives, Physicians, and external healthcare providers.
Registration: Please send etransfer and form to pinnegar.rachel@gmail.com.
This is a refresher course for staff who are currently working in the perinatal care and have completed the full Fundamentals Fetal Health Surveillance course.
Dates and Location:
June 17 from 12:00PM - 4:00PM - RVH Rotary Lakeview Meeting Room
November 10 from 8:30AM - 12:30PM - RVH Rotary Lakeview Meeting Room
Please email Ferry Dhillion at dhillonf@rvh.on.ca for registration. For non-RVH staff the cost for FHS Fundamentals Refresher is $100.
This self-paced, online series is brought to you by Women and Children's Health Network and Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings. It covers the following topics: burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma in perinatal health professionals, and perinatal mental health psychoeducation. Open for registration! Cost: Free to clinicians working in Central Region North (sponsored by WCHN) To Register: info@canadianperinatalmentalhealthtrainings.com
A 6-week self-paced, online course designed to help you transition from feeling unclear about delivering culturally appropriate pregnancy care to feeling confident in your cultural knowledge and abilities to continue fostering positive and engaging relationships with prenatal and postpartum Indigenous people and their families.
Open for registration!
Cost: $375.00 CAD (contact for group discount)
This is an educational program that introduces the concepts and skills of neonatal resuscitation.
Date: May 4 and May 19, 2026
Time: 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: OSMH OB High Risk Room
Cost: $175 (does not include text or exam fee). Note course is funded for eligible staff working in the OSMH Regional Women and Children Program
This workshop is now full. New dates will be added when they are available.