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CSC was the only company to research and develop the first NICHD EFM Certification Course nationwide, abcdEFM: The Course-2Day. CSC offers a variety of EFM Courses to meet the needs of all levels of practitioners at all levels of expertise. ALL COURSES ONLY INCORPORATE 1997 & 2008 Updates of NICHD GUIDELINES  & TERMINOLOGY. Each course includes a Post Testing/Certification Option for knowledge retention validation. Through CSC CoSponsorship, hospitals/hospital systems/corporations may host any CSC EFM course on-site.

·        abcdEFM: Critical Core Concepts: This course is recommended for staff members with less than 2 years clinical experience in EFM training. Core Concepts in EFM interpretation by NICHD requirements are enhanced with periodic breakout sessions for critical thinking enhancement.

·        abcdEFM: Advanced Course-2 Day (Certification/Review Course):  This is an excellent course for all practitioners with previous EFM training and experience > 2 years who require knowledge of the NICHD guidelines and terminology as they apply to all aspects of EFM: interpretation, documentation, and communication. Participants may utilize the course as a review for the NCC EFM Exam or sit for the CSC EFM-EXAM

·       abcdEFM: Advanced-1 Day:  Any perinatal practitioner responsible for interpretation of EFM to include: Nurses, Nurse Midwives, Residents, & Physicians with greater than 5 years experience will benefit from this one day update to include the NICHD guidelines

·        abcdEFM: Update (Half Day/4 Hrs): This is an excellent annual follow up course once staff have completed the Advanced-1 Day. 

·        abcdEFM: Master Course (2 Day): All levels of practitioners with at least 5 years clinical experience in EFM skill may attend.  Advanced concepts in perinatal asphyxia, fetal dysrhythmias, uterine & fetal intolerance, acid-base testing, and multiple advanced critical thinking skills through case study analysis.