New Jersey Midwifery Education Project Preceptor Support
Together We are Growing Midwifery
Midwifery preceptors are essential to expanding and sustaining New Jersey’s midwifery workforce. Their clinical teaching ensures that students gain the skills and experience needed for safe, high-quality practice.
The NJ Midwifery Education Project provides focused educational programming that helps practicing midwives strengthen their teaching skills while earning continuing education units.
Preceptor learning opportunities
- In-person workshops
- Rutgers Midwifery online preceptor learning platform
- Funding for professional development activities
Midwifery Preceptor Learning Platform
In-person Workshops
Upcoming Spring 2026 Preceptor Workshop
Sustaining Ourselves: Managing the Impact of Vicarious Trauma in Midwifery Practice
Monday, June 1
9 am to 2 pm
Rutgers University Ackerson Hall
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Past Midwifery Preceptor Workshops:
- Teaching suturing and perineal repair
- Precepting during perinatal emergencies
- Integrating equity, inclusion, and cultural humility into precepting
- Incorporating consent and trauma-informed care when teaching midwifery students in the clinical setting
- Teaching while supporting physiologic birth: best practice in pelvic dynamics and fetal positioning
- Incorporation of self-care and wellness into practice for midwifery preceptors and students
About the Online Preceptor Learning Platform
These online, asynchronous modules expand continuing education opportunities for midwifery preceptors and enhance training for students in clinical settings. They support New Jersey’s statewide strategy to improve prenatal health outcomes and strengthen the midwifery workforce.
All proceeds support the Midwifery Education Scholarship Fund
Professional Development Activities
The New Jersey Midwifery Education Project supports preceptors in accessing diverse continuing education opportunities, including the American College of Nurse-Midwives Annual Meeting, the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health Annual Conference, and Spinning Babies workshops. These programs provide evidence-based training that strengthens both clinical practice and teaching skills.
Interested preceptors can contact the New Jersey Midwifery Education Project to attend the upcoming Thomas Jefferson University Vaginal Breech Birth Certificate.
