What is the Virtual Campus?
It is a free platform open to the general public which began operating in September, 2014. Its objective is to improve competencies and practices in public health, by taking advantage of innovations in information and communication technologies (ICT).
The course is approved by the National Center for Gender Equality and Reproductive Health, General Directorate for Health Quality and Education, Secretary of Health as well as by the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO) and is uploaded at the Virtual Campus of Public Health (PAHO), Nodo, Mexico.
Objective
To disseminate professional midwivery by using virtual platforms and sensitizing health providers in the inclusion of professional midwivery in their functions and skill sets through interdisciplinary health teams.
Target Public
Health providers and students of midwivery in the context of human rights with an emphasis on reproductive justice.
Where has the course been taught?
- Veracruz
- Morelos
- Michoacan
- Queretaro
- San Luis Potosi
- Guanajuato
- Warrior
- oaxaca
What have we achieved?
4670 health providers from different states have taken the Virtual Campus Course in 2018 with personalized technical assistance from professional midwives.
Advances in 2019
In 2019 the midwives of CASA in San Miguel Allende received with great enthusiasm 68 health professionals who work for the Secretary of Public Health in Mexico City.
TESTAMONIALS
I like the course and it stimulates me to acquire more knowledge to use with my patients.
Staff of the General Hospital of Axochiapan, Morelos
"Excellent information. Hospitals and health centers must implement good treatment of pregnant women as well as managing well the deliveries among pregnant women."
Norma Laura Lambarri, General Physician at the General Hospital Cadereyta, Querétaro
I thank you for your skills, patience and teachings and in having facilitated these learning sessions. Have an excellent day.
Irma Reséndiz, nurse at Cadereyta General Hospital
I like the course and it stimulates me to acquire more knowledge to use with my patients.
Staff of the General Hospital of Axochiapan, Morelos
"Excellent information. Hospitals and health centers must implement good treatment of pregnant women as well as managing well the deliveries among pregnant women."
Norma Laura Lambarri, General Physician at the General Hospital Cadereyta, Querétaro
Is your institution interested in receiving the midwifery course?
Write to us and we will gladly support you.