Upcoming Events

Thu 19 Oct
October 2023 Advanced Fetal Monitoring Webinar Session 1
Zoom Webinar
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Oct 19, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT
Zoom Webinar
We focus on the principles of AFM knowledge & the skills necessary in clinical practice. Utilizing a case-study format, we will analyze complex FHR patterns/characteristics, underlying maternal-fetal physiology related to various maternal complications, appropriate interventions, and more!
Fri 27 Oct
October Fall 2023 High Risk Neonatal Webinar
Zoom Webinar
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Oct 27, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Zoom Webinar
Join MCCPOP and Kirsten Strzok, NP as she discusses "Jaundice, Exchange Transfusion".
Thu 02 Nov
November 2023 Advanced Fetal Monitoring Webinar Session 2
Zoom Webinar
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Nov 02, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT
Zoom Webinar
We focus on the principles of AFM knowledge & the skills necessary in clinical practice. Utilizing a case-study format, we will analyze complex FHR patterns/characteristics, underlying maternal-fetal physiology related to various maternal complications, appropriate interventions, and more!
Fri 03 Nov
November Fall 2023 High Risk Neonatal Webinar
Zoom Webinar
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Nov 03, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Zoom Webinar
This course is a repeated webinar session from September 20. Please join MCCPOP and Sharon Lau, NP as we learn about early and late onset neonatal sepsis.
Tue 21 Nov
November Fall 2023 OB Hot Topics Webinar
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Nov 21, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST
Zoom Webinar
Please join Sonya Drottar, LCSW, ACM and Holly Gibbs, Director of CommonSpirit Health's Violence & Human Trafficking Response Program as they discuss the fundamentals of Human Trafficking and the PEARR Tool. This session is repeated from July 26.
Fri 01 Dec
December Fall 2023 High Risk Neonatal Webinar
Zoom Webinar
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Dec 01, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST
Zoom Webinar
This course is a repeated webinar from our session on October 27, 2023. Join MCCPOP for our last High Risk Neonatal webinar series of 2023, as Kirsten Strzok, NP does an in depth presentation on "Jaundice, Exchange Transfusion".

Services Overview

The MCCPOP is a program of the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC), located at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine. Our MCCPOP faculty leaders include neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists who consult on perinatal clinical care questions and provide education on current standards of care for mothers, birthing people, and newborns. These leaders partner with CPQCC as well as other physician specialists at Stanford Medicine to provide a full spectrum of expertise, supporting high quality care before, during, and post pregnancy. In addition, MCCPOP offers timely continuing education courses for nurses, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physicians, and other health care professionals, via an eLearning platform. Included in all of our educational programs and offerings are the following core values, as we strive to improve birth outcomes for pregnant women and their infants:

Evidence-based clinical practice integrating research and national standards into bedside practice
Equitable healthcare
Multidisciplinary team training
Family-centered care
Patient safety
Use of technology to enhance educational programs and maintain connections with community providers

Programs and Activities

Educational seminars
Perinatal Potpourri: Advances in Care, Annual Conference
For contracted hospitals in the Mid-Coastal California Region: morbidity & mortality conferences, peer reviews, nursing education and CPQCC data reviews

Population Served

The Mid-Coastal California Region (RPPC) includes the counties of Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo. The region extends along the California Central Coast for approximately 300 miles and includes urban, suburban and rural areas, as well as being socio-economically and ethnically diverse.