One common misconception I have heard is from people who work mostly with low risk women, or in out of hospital settings, and therefore where CTG monitoring isn't often used. They often figure there'll be nothing in the Academy for them.

Knowing the evidence about intermittent auscultation provides a lot of reassurance that intermittent auscultation is a safe and evidence-based practice. There's a module specifically designed to support people who use intermittent auscultation in practice. 

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If there is something else about fetal heart rate monitoring you would really like included - just ask and it will be added to the development time line. The Academy will grow over time to meet the needs of its members. 

If I was teaching the same material that is currently in the Fetal Monitoring Academy on a face-to-face basis, you would be looking at a three day workshop of about $1500 per person. On top of that you'd be up for accommodation, meals, and transport to the venue. And you would lose three days (or more allowing for travel time) away from your income generating work. 

By enrolling in the Fetal Monitoring Academy you get all the information PLUS support from peers PLUS regular live catch ups AND at most it will cost you just $240 a year - less if you take the annual subscription option. You can manage your subscription and opt out any time if you no longer feel you are getting value from your membership. And the size of the Academy will continue to grow and grow - so you will get increasing value with each passing year. 

The price of membership will rise over time for new members, but once you lock in today's price your renewals will stay at this price for as long as you stay subscribed. Join now and stay subscribed and you'll still be paying just the same in 2030 when I might be selling new memberships for $500 a year!

That's entirely up to you! The resources are all there, waiting for you, when you are ready to access them. You can binge your way through if you have the time to do nothing else, or you can watch a short video once every so often when you get a spare moment. You choose what to watch and when, without any feeling that you are falling behind someone else - as each person finds their own path through the Academy resources.

You can also make use of the Academy wherever you are - as long as you have internet access. There is an app version you can install on your phone or tablet, and it remembers where you were up to as you switch from one device to the next. Next client running late? Early to school pickup and have some time to fill? Pull out your phone and take a few lessons while you wait! It is that easy. 

You will have access to the Academy for as long as you stay subscribed. In the past, I ran time bounded courses of four to six weeks. The most common request I had about these courses was to have more time. The subscription based Fetal Monitoring Academy solves that problem. As long as the Academy continues to exist (and I'm not planning on shutting it down for a VERY long time) you will continue to have access to all current, and future resources included in the Academy.  

Typically, I hold these in the early evenings in Australian Eastern Standard Time (Brisbane). Check your time zone if you are somewhere else. I do have some flexibility in timing of these, and check in regularly with Academy members to see what times work best for most people.

All the MeetUps are recorded, and the recording is available in the Common Room not long after the session ends - so if you can't make a session, you won't miss out! You can ask your questions in the Common Room, or by email in advance and I'll answer them in the Meetup even if you can't make it in person. 

The doors to the Academy open only twice a year - in February and in August. Once the enrolment period ends on February 26, you will need to wait another six months before you can find your way inside. Don't miss this window of opportunity as you will have to wait!

Why it is not open continuously? It takes time for new people to get settled in and heading in the right direction. Current Academy members are there to help ease your transition, but that does cause some disruption to their own progress in the Academy. As you no doubt know - there is much work to be done to make maternity care better! The sooner we can all get pointed in the right direction and working on a shared goal, the more impactful Academy members can be. 

Limiting enrolments to two short periods each year helps to reduce these disruptions and ensure the Academy has the potential to support effective reform work in maternity services. 

The other good reason to enrol now and not wait is that subscription prices will likely go up each time I open enrolments! Lock in your ongoing subscription price at today's low rate and keep it for as long as you stay subscribed.