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Continuing Education
Practical Series for New Doulas
The following three webinars are intended to help doulas navigate through content areas which have been highlighted by the doula network as being integral to building a successful practice.
- Business of Being a Doula with Patty Brennan.
- Medicaid 101 with Lorenda Lewis.
- Sustainable Birthwork with Rachel Oney.
Deep Dive Content Series
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Launching Your Doula Business Step-by-Step
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Nurturing the Nurturers Workshop
Presented by Martin’s Village Birth Services
Doula Initiative Professional Development:
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2025
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2024
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2023
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"Doula Words of Wisdom" Video Series:
Watch this 12-minute video series developed by Region 9 Perinatal Quality Collaborative, featuring both Arnetta Ford, a seasoned Michigan birth and postpartum doula, and Melisa Scott, a certified nurse-midwife at Michigan Medicine:
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Infant Safe Sleep & Breastfeeding:
Please contact the MDHHS Doula Initiative with questions, concerns, inquiries or to request a grievance form at MDHHS-MIDoula@michigan.gov.
If you would like to receive monthly updates about doula related content from the MDHHS Doula Initiative, consider completing the MDHHS Doula Update Subscription. Please enter your email and select “MI Doula Initiative”.