Group B Strep (GBS) Online Course
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Evidence-based course for health professionals approved for 10 HOURS CPD/CE/CERPs. Includes clinical guidelines for UK, USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
This is a one-time purchase. There are no recurring fees.
Purchase of this course gives you access to the course content for 3 years.
10 HOURS CPD / CE / CERPs can be claimed when needed for re-certification.
The usual price for this course is USD $247 – but we want to make this critical information affordable by all, so we have discounted the price to USD $80 price for a limited time only.
Group Bookings
For groups, the person who makes the purchase will be emailed access codes to distribute to all members of the group. Each group member will use the access code to create their own account. CPD/CEU credits are claimed by each individual upon completion of the course.
For larger groups of more than 10 people, including schools, colleges, universities or organisations, please CONTACT US for a bespoke quote.
GROUP B STREP (GBS) ONLINE COURSE
For Health Professionals
Helping YOU feel more confident about group B Strep.
Helping YOU support parents with full informed choice.
Evidence-based with up-to-date references
Easy-to-understand & easy-to-digest
Go-at-your-own pace so you can take days, months or up to 3 years to complete course (and claim your CE credits!
Learn from 5 world-leading professors and experts
Approved for 10 CPD HOURS / CE credits
Downloadable handouts & Certificate of Completion
Remember, this information can save lives.
Group B Strep is the leading cause
of serious infection (meningitis & sepsis)
in newborn babies.
Aimee was born 23rd July 2011 and very quickly developed early-onset GBS meningitis. Aimee was treated with IV antibiotics and survived. Aimee has severe quadiplegic spastic dystonia cerebral palsy affecting all four limbs, and pseudobulbar palsy affecting her eating and ability to talk. (Photo credit: Aimee’s mother, Charlotte)
Approved Continuing Education for midwives, doulas,
childbirth educators and lactation consultants
Group B Strep (GBS) Online Course has been approved for:
10 CPD HOURS approved by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM)
10 HOURS approved by the Midwifery Council (New Zealand) Alto Films Ltd Approval Number: 2018CME038E
11.0 LAMAZE CONTACT HOURS approved by Lamaze International #LIN 18-14
11.0 CONTACT HOURS accepted by The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) #LIN 18-14
10.5 CERPS (8.5 R-CERPs & 2 L-CERPs) approved by the International Board of Lactation Consultants Examiners (IBLCE) CERPs Registry Number 320039K
This course can be used as 10 HOURS CPD for revalidation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
10 HOURS or 1.0 Midwifery CEU credits by the Midwifery Education & Accreditation Council ( Program No MEAC ID #M2021-09-1010DE). These 10 HOURS / 1.0 Midwifery CEUs are applicable for Certified Professional Midwives recertifying through the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM).
If you are a midwife, lactation consultant, doula, childbirth educator or other health professional, the following CPD / CE credits are accepted by many midwifery, nursing, doula, childbirth education orgnanizations including: IBLCE, ACM, ICEA, DONA International, CAPPA and Lamaze International.
Group B Strep (GBS) Online Course
Accredited Continuing Education
from 5 leading group B Strep experts
VICTOR NIZET: Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Pediatrics & Chief, Division of Host-Microbe Systems & Therapeutics. And Professor, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego
MEGHAN AZAD: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Azad serves on the Executive Council for the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation, and the Breastfeeding Committee of Canada.
ANITA KOZYRSKYJ: Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr Kozryskyj is the PI of SyMBIOTA (Synergy in Microbiota) research program, one of the seven CIHR-funded Canadian Microbiome Initiative teams
PHILIP STEER: Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College London. Dr Steer has authored 135 research papers, and many reviews, editorials and book chapters/books. Former Editor-in-Chief of BJOG – an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, he is the current Chair of the GBS Support medical advisory panel.
JANE PLUMB MBE: Chief Executive, Group B Strep Support. A former member of the Department of Health priority setting workshops for GBS research and current member of the International Symposium on Streptococcus Agalactiae Disease scientific committee. Co-vice chair of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists’ Women’s Network.
Course Curriculum
START HERE: GROUP B STREP (GBS) ONLINE COURSE
StartHello and welcome!
StartCourse Instructions
StartHow does the course work?
StartNote on copyright
StartNotes on gender and spelling
StartLegal Disclaimer 1
StartLegal Disclaimer 2
StartList of Course Contents
StartFeatured Speakers
StartDeclarations of Interest
Session 1: Introduction to Group B Strep (GBS)
Preview1. Session One: Learning Objectives
Preview2. VIDEO: Why do you care about GBS? (2:56)
Preview3. What is group B Strep?
Preview4. VIDEO: What is group B Strep? (1:06)
Preview5. Microbial properties of group B Strep
Start6. VIDEO: Microbial properties of group B Strep (5:22)
Start7. GBS and the human microbiome
Start8. VIDEO: Group B Strep and the human microbiome (2:19)
Start9. Carrying GBS in the human microbiome
Start10. VIDEO: Difference between carrying group B Strep and having a group B Strep infection? (1:24)
Start11. How is GBS carriage detected?
Start12. VIDEO: Who is most vulnerable to GBS infections? (1:46)
Start13. GBS infection in adults
Start14. Session One: Science References
Start15. Session One: Graded Test
Start16. Session One: Downloadable Handouts
Start17. Session One: Discussion Forum
Session 2: Group B Strep and Newborns
Start1. Session Two: Learning Objectives
Start2. VIDEO: GBS infection in newborns: A serious global problem (1:03)
Start3. Global statistics for carrying GBS in pregnancy
Start4. VIDEO: How can infants acquire group B Strep during labour and vaginal childbirth? (2:40)
Start5. How can infants acquire GBS during labour and vaginal birth?
Start6. VIDEO: How can infants acquire group B Strep after birth? (1:43)
Start7. How can infants acquire GBS after birth?
Start8. VIDEO: Risk of a newborn developing a GBS infection (3:22)
Start9. Risk of a newborn developing GBS infection
Start10. VIDEO: GBS infection and preterm birth (1:37)
Start11. GBS infection and preterm birth
Start12. VIDEO: GBS infection with C-section (0:49)
Start13. GBS and C-section
Start14. Session Two: Science References
Start15. Session Two: Graded Test
Start16. Session Two: Downloadable handouts
Start17. Session Two: Discussion Forum
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