About the Course
Clear, precise, and legally sound documentation is essential for midwives navigating today’s complex birth landscape. Understanding how to chart defensively can protect both your clients and your professional practice while maintaining compassionate care.
This 3-CEU course, Defensive Charting Updates for 2025—a focused, midwife-led workshop—offers practical, evidence-based guidance to refine your documentation skills and reduce legal risk in real-world practice.
In this course, you’ll learn to:
Navigate the political and legal complexities of midwifery licensure in the U.S., including variations among five types of midwifery credentials
Identify common misunderstandings during hospital transports or investigations and manage scope-of-practice challenges
Evaluate charting examples for clarity, bias, and defensibility, and apply revisions that strengthen professional neutrality
Distinguish between informed consent and informed decision-making, and document refusals without introducing liability
Recognize problematic language in post-outcome documentation and apply protective, objective alternatives
Cultivate the mindset of sovereign professionalism, using documentation to reflect autonomy, accountability, and advocacy
Defensive charting is more than paperwork—it is a skill that safeguards your practice, supports ethical care, and ensures that your documentation reflects both clarity and professionalism.
Your Instructor
Augustine Colebrook
Augustine Colebrook is a midwife, mentor, and entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience supporting midwives and birth professionals worldwide. Her career has been dedicated to improving maternity care through education, advocacy, and system change, while also mentoring the next generation to build sustainable and fulfilling practices.
Having witnessed firsthand the dysfunction, scarcity, and isolation that often burden the profession, Augustine has made it her mission to replace them with connection, wisdom, and practical tools for success. She draws on her extensive expertise in leadership, business, and midwifery to guide students and graduates toward confident, empowered, and lasting careers.