Bridgeport Hospital: Doula-Clinician Collaboration Educational Forum – 5/6

This free session will be held at Bridgeport Hospital in the 5th Floor Conference Room on the Labor and Delivery unit. Registration is open to Bridgeport Hospital staff and any doula who supports patients in Fairfield County. Registration is required. 

The forum is intended to strengthen collaboration between hospital clinicians and community doulas in labor and delivery settings. It will focus on clarifying roles and scope, addressing common misconceptions, and aligning collaborative practice with maternal quality, safety, and equity priorities. Participants will gain practical, bedside-ready strategies to improve communication, workflow coordination, and maternal outcomes with a focus on maternal health equity.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the role of doulas in the hospital setting
• Differentiate the scopes of practice of doulas from those of clinical staff
• Explain at least three evidence-based benefits of doula support on maternal, neonatal, and patient experience outcomes, with attention to equity impacts
• Identify at least two common misconceptions or barriers to doula-clinician collaboration between hospital teams and doulas in real-time clinical scenarios
• Apply at least two practical communication or workflow strategies to improve collaboration between hospital teams and doulas

Each educational event will be cofacilitated by a community doula and a hospital-based clinician from the list below:

• Daileann Hemmings, DNP, RN, CLC, CCM, Hartford HealthCare
• Amore Panton, Community Doula, DoulasTogether, Inc.
• Casey Parker, Community Doula, A Mother Level
• Katie Spiess, MBA, MSN, CNM, RN, Stamford Health/Oula Clinic

Continuing Education Credits will be available for nurses and physicians.

Funded by support received from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fund for Women & Girls Black Maternal Health Initiative.

Contact CHA education services at EducationServices@chime.org for more information.