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Perinatal Continuing Education Program
What Is The Perinatal Continuing Education Program?
In existence since 1984, the Oklahoma Perinatal Continuing Education Program (PCEP) provides doctors, nurses and other health care  providers across the state with valuable knowledge they use while caring for Oklahoma's most valuable resource, our children. The term perinatal means the time surrounding a baby's birth. It includes the pregnancy and the first days of a child's life.
The Perinatal Continuing Education Program Core Components:
manual skills and cognitive knowledge
multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty participation
self-instructional materials, broad perinatal content
self-assessment of perinatal care goals, resources, and care routines
Continuing education credits for participants - maximum of 51 for physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and physicians assistants; 83.5 contact hours* for nurses and respiratory therapists
Varied study tracks available based on area of practice of each participant. Tracks are Maternal/Fetal, Maternal/Newborn, Neonatal, and Perinatal
In Oklahoma cost per participant is $90-175 depending
on study track desired
How Is PCEP Offered In Oklahoma?
PCEP is offered by the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences
Center in a cooperative network with rural regional referral
centers in Enid, Lawton, and Norman. Hospitals take PCEP
beginning with  workshops
that are held four times a year. It takes approximately
five months to complete the entire program. Any hospital
in the state that delivers babies may take the program.
Program Effects:
cognitive knowledge increases for all participants
hospital perinatal-care equipment deficiencies decrease
elective patient care becomes more closely aligned with available resources
appropriate care practices increase
communication between disciplines and among care providers improves
Reasons for Success:
provides effective education; patient care improves
utilizes efficient implementation strategy
facilitates organizational change
provides useful tools for resource assessment, competency evaluation and risk reduction
is cost effective and efficient
allows advance budget planning
adapts to different users and locations
is well-accepted by participants
How Is PCEP Funded In Oklahoma?
PCEP is funded by the Oklahoma State Legislature, and supported by The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Departments of OB/GYN and Pediatrics and participating hospitals.
Visit our calendar for dates of the Coordinator's Workshop
Click here for a book order form.
*83.5 Nursing contact hours have been applied for through the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
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