Overview

Rooted in Community. Transforming Care. 

Celebrating Black Maternal Health Week 2026 

This year’s conference holds special significance as it aligns with the ten-year anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week. The theme acknowledges the week’s focus on “justice and joy” during the birthing experience and the role of healthcare professionals in fostering positive health and experience outcomes through exceptional care. 

The Mid-Coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (MCCPOP) is located at Stanford University School of Medicine, Division of Neonatology. MCCPOP leaders include neonatologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists who consult on perinatal clinical care questions and provide education on current standards of care for mothers and newborns. These leaders partner with the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) and the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC), as well as other specialists and healthcare providers at Stanford Medicine, to provide a full spectrum of expertise, supporting high quality care for newborns and for women. For over forty years, the Annual MCCPOP Perinatal Potpourri Conference has provided current advances in maternal, fetal, and neonatal medicine for healthcare providers around the world. Perinatal clinicians and other experts present on a variety of topics through lectures, panel presentations and case-based discussions.

This year’s program will include a focus on multiple advances in perinatal care. Agenda subject to change. Some included topics:

• Black Maternal Mental Health

• Severe Maternal Morbidity

• Neonatal Pain Management

• Equitable Use of AI

• Obstetric Sepsis

• Anemia and Pregnancy

• Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Registration

Virtual attendance fees:
Physicians: $300

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $150

Fellows/Residents: $80

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $80

BIH/PEI Partners: $80

Doulas: $50

Students: $50

In person day 1 attendance fees:

Physicians: $200

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $125

Fellows/Residents: $100

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $100

BIH/PEI Partners: $100

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

In person day 1 plus virtual day 2 attendance fees:

Physicians: $350

Nurses/AHPs/Pharmacists/Social Workers/Registered Dietitians/Midwives: $200

Fellows/Residents: $140

Public Health/Community Health Organizations Staff NOT Seeking Continuing Education Credit: $140

BIH/PEI Partners: $140

Doulas: $100

Students: $100

Registration fees may be paid by Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

If you are registering a group of 5 or more from one organization, email hollykm@stanford.edu for a 20% discount.

STAP-eligible employees can use STAP funds towards the registration fees for this activity. Complete the STAP Reimbursement Request Form and submit to your department administrator.

Your email address is used for critical information, including registration confirmation, evaluation, and certificate. Be sure to include an email address that you check frequently. 

Credits

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (12.75 hours), ANCC Contact Hours (12.75 hours), ASWB Continuing Education (ACE) credits (12.75 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses Contact Hours (12.75 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (12.75 hours)

Target Audience

Specialties - Maternal-Child Health, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Midwifery, Neonatology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Professions - Advance Practice Nurse (APN), Fellow/Resident, Non-Physician, Nurse, Physician, Registered Nurse (RN), Student

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1. Utilize the most recent clinical guidelines for effective pain management in newborns.
2. Integrate a respect-based approach to Black maternal mental health that honors the lived experience and dismantles a mask of resilience to foster stigma-free support.
3. Identify the optimal time for umbilical cord clamping to maximize neonatal health benefits.
4. Employ evidence-based strategies to address identified disparities in care, specifically regarding Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM), mental health care, anemia and newborn pain management.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Stanford Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Credit Designation 
American Medical Association (AMA) 
Stanford Medicine designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Stanford Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.75 ANCC contact hours. 

California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
Stanford Medicine Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17874, for 12.75 contact hours.

ASWB Approved Continuing Education Credit (ACE) – Social Work Credit 
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Stanford Medicine is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this activity receive 12.75 general continuing education credits.