AzCRH Webinar Series: Enhancing Maternal Emergency Preparedness: Evaluating a Train-the-Trainer Model for Obstetric Life Support Implementation in Arizona

Learning objectives:   

• Describe disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in rural and underserved settings.
• Explain how OBLS simulation-based training enhances maternal emergency response and contributes to reducing health inequities.
• Discuss preliminary findings and lessons learned from evaluating a train-the-trainer approach to OBLS implementation across diverse healthcare settings in Arizona.

Dr. Andrea Shields, Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, is a maternal fetal medicine specialist, OBLS developer, and education researcher with more than 20 years of simulation experience.

Dr. Shayna Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences, is a health services researcher with extensive expertise in implementation science and mixed methods approaches to improve systems of care for maternal and reproductive health.