OHSU Nurse Midwifery Grand Rounds is pleased to present



Penny Simkin

Just Another Day in a Woman's Life?

Lifetime effects of care received during childbirth and its relation to post-traumatic stress disorder



7:30-8:30 AM Tuesday, February 3, 2009

DCH 11620 Miller's Auditorium

Doernbecher Children's Hospital, 11th Floor

Free!

~ Penny Simkin will be speaking about "Just Another Day in a Woman’s Life?", her ongoing research regarding the lifetime effects of the care received the day a woman gives birth and relate it to recent studies on post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth, its causes and its prevention.

~ Penny Simkin, PT, is a physical therapist who has specialized in childbirth education since 1968. She estimates she has prepared over 9,500 women, couples, and siblings for childbirth. She has assisted hundreds of women or couples through childbirth as a doula. She is the author of many books on birth for both parents and professionals, at least one of which is a required text in the OHSU Nurse Midwifery program. Currently, she serves on several boards of consultants and editorial boards, including the journal, Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care; the International Childbirth Education Association; and the Seattle Midwifery School.

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For more information about OHSU's Nurse-Midwifery Grand Rounds, you can contact: Cassandra Selby, Midwifery Graduate Student, selbyc@ohsu.edu , or Carol Howe, CNM, DNSc, FACNM, Grand Rounds Faculty Advisor, howec@ohsu.edu