Trauma-Informed Care: Understanding trauma and applying best practice

This course is part of the Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative’s materials for the 2026-2027 Postpartum CARE initiative. The purpose of the course is to equip obstetric teams with the tools for understanding trauma and incorporating trauma-informed care principles into their practice. 

Congenital Syphilis Prevention

This course is part of the Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative’s materials for the 2025 Congenital Syphilis Prevention Sprint Initiative. The purpose of the course is to prepare inpatient obstetric providers with best practices for screening and treating syphilis and congenital syphilis in pregnant patients and infants.

Key Strategies for Improving the Culture of Care for Cesarean Reduction

This course was developed as part of the Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative’s Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth initiative. The purpose of this activity is to introduce Arkansas birthing hospital healthcare providers to the Arkansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (ARPQC) and the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health, as well as familiarize obstetric providers with the evidence behind the ARPQC’s 2023 - 2025 quality improvement initiative: Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth.

Key Strategies for Supporting Intended Vaginal Births and Managing Labor Abnormalities

This course is part two of ARPQC's two-part series on supporting physiologic birth, and was created as a tool for hospitals participating in our Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Birth Initiative. The first course, Key Strategies for Improving the Culture of Care for Cesarean Reduction, can be completed here. The purpose of this activity is to equip inpatient obstetric clinical teams, especially bedside staff, with tools to support vaginal births and manage common labor abnormalities that may increase the risk for cesarean sections.