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Academic Calendar

Classroom AttendanceHere it is, all scoped out for you for the next three years. This way, you can enter your class schedule and plan where you’ll be and what’s expected of you, and even though you’re an adult, you know when recess is. (Woot! Your teachers are just as excited about recess as you are. They like to go to the beach, or ski, or hit the spa—or sleep for 14 hours, too.)

Classroom attendance is essential to learning everything you need to become a competent and respected midwife. The classes themselves, and the one-month modules build one on top of the other and link together, and you don’t want any chinks in the armor! Missing classes doesn’t only harm you, but your classmates and partners who rely on you and your input to sharpen their own skills. Please read the attendance policy and the exceptions for absences. Even if you’re excused for legitimate reasons, you’re still responsible for completing what you’ve missed, so obey that calendar or scheduling app that you fill with classes, labs, attending births, and holidays.

So add your schedule to whatever phone app is your master, and remember, “To everything there is a season.”

Class. Lab. Study group. Exams. And recess.

Academic Calendar for October 2020 – September 2021

*Includes additional 2021 winter dates. All classes meet from 9:30am – 3:30pm unless otherwise stated.

October 2020

Thursday 1, 8, 15, 22
Module 1 – Foundations of Midwifery
Module 25 – Infant Feeding
Friday 2, 9, 16, 23
Module 13 – Diagnostic Testing 1
Module 36 – Midwifery in Global Context

November

Thanksgiving holiday: 26, 27
Thursday October 29, Nov 5, 12, 19
Module 2 – Practice Documentation
Module 26 – Pharmacology 2 Botanical
Friday October 30, Nov 6, 13, 20
Module 14 – Diagnostic Testing 2
Module 38 – Disaster Training

Graduation TBA

December

Winter holiday 24, 25, 31
Thursday 3, 10, 17
Module 3 – Intro to Skills (+ Nov 19)
Module 27 – Pharmacology 3 – IV Skills
Friday 4, 11, 18
Module 15 – Prenatal Care 1

January 2021

Winter Holiday Jan 1
Thursday 7, 14, 21, 28
Module 4 – Cultural Sensitivity
Module 28 – Pharmacology 4 Biomedical
Friday 8, 15, 22, 29
Module 16 – Prenatal Care 2

February

Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25
Module 5 – Complete Health Assessment
Module 29 – Pharm 5 Trad Chinese Medicine
Friday 5, 12, 19, 26
Module 17 – Normal Labor and Birth

March

Thursday 4, 11, 18, 25
Module 6 – Intrapartum Care
Module 30 – Pharmacology 6 Homeopathy
Friday 5, 12, 19, 26
Module 18 – Pharm 1 IV Didactic

April

Spring Break April 1, 2
Thursday 8, 15, 22, 29
Module 7 – Midwifery Research
Module 31 – Intrapartum Complications 1
Friday 9, 16, 23, 30
Module 19 – Complications of Pregnancy 1

May

Thursday 6, 13, 20, 27
Module 8 – Foundations of Repro Science
Module 32 – Intrapartum Complications 2
Friday 7, 14, 21, 28
Module 20 – Complications of Pregnancy 2

June

Thursday 3, 10, 17, 24
Module 9 – Well Woman/Well Person Care
Module 33 – IP Variations – Breech and Twins
Friday 4, 11, 18, 25
Module 21 – Assessment of Fetal Wellbeing

July

Summer Break: 1, 2
Thursday 8, 15, 22, 29
Module 10 – Midwifery and the Law
Module 34 – Neonatal Complications
Friday 9, 16, 23, 30
Module 22 – Perineal Integrity and Repair

August

Thursday 5, 12, 19, 26
Module 11 – The Placenta
Module 35 – Grief & Counseling/Trauma
Informed Care
Friday 6, 13, 20, 27
Module 23 – Care of the Normal Newborn

September

Fall Break: 30
Thursday 2, 9, 16, 23
Module 12 – Nutrition in Pregnancy
Module 36 – Midwifery Care in a Global
Context
Friday 3, 10, 17, 24
Module 24 – The Postpartum Period

October

Fall Break: 1
Thursday 7, 14, 21, 28
Module 37 – The Midwifery Practice
Friday 8, 15, 22, 29
Freshman Class Start

November

Thanksgiving holiday: 25, 26
Thursday 4, 11, 18
Module 38 – Disaster Training (dates TBA)
Friday 5, 12, 19

December

Winter holiday 23, 24, 30, 31
Thursday 2, 9, 16
Friday 3, 10, 17

Graduation Ceremony: Date to Be Announced

Nizhoni Institute of Midwifery observes all recognized U.S. federal holidays. Although classes are not held on these days, students in clinical rotations must remain on call if the preceptor’s clinical schedule requires them to be available on those dates.

January 1: New Year’s Day

Third Monday in January: Martin Luther King Day Third Monday in February: President’s Day Last Monday in May: Memorial Day

July 4: Independence Day

First Monday in September: Labor Day Second Monday in October: Columbus Day November 11: Veteran’s Day

Fourth Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day December 25: Christmas Day