Fall 2025 Mini-Course Schedule

Citational Practice & APA Basics

Have you ever felt overwhelmed or even annoyed by all of the rules of formatting a paper? Do you ever wonder why all these formalities are even necessary? In this mini-course, we will break down not only why citations are important but also how citational practice is shaped by issues of oppression. There will be a short presentation on citational practice and resources on APA requirements. This course is especially recommended for new students, but all students and faculty are invited. 

• Tuesday, September 9th  10:00 - 11:00am MT

Copyright for Students and Midwives 

Please join in for this presentation on Copyright for Midwives. You will be expected to observe copyright law while in school and there is a different set of copyright rules you'll need to know when you are in private practice. You'll want to know how to protect your own work if you blog, publish, or share images. Learn how to provide attribution for your image and how to include them in your APA references. You'll also learn how to Google for copyright-compliant images. 

• Monday, September 15th 2:00 - 3:00pm MT 

Practice Guidelines 

You will write around 100 Practice Guidelines while studying at MCU.  Practice Guidelines are a cornerstone, not only of your midwifery education, but also your midwifery practice after graduation. This mini-course is an introduction to MCU's PG template, the concept of guidelines and their legal implications, and finally, how to keep your written materials up-to-date. 

• Friday, September 12th 11:00am - 12:00pm MT

Writing and Generative AI

Are you familiar with ChatGPT?  What about Grammarly? Both systems utilize large language model (LLM) artificial intelligence (AI) technology. In this mini-course we will go over some ethical implications of these kinds of generative AI (as they pertain to writing), the benefits and complications for its use in our field, and our institutional policies regarding the scope of its use. This is a new offering that is open to both students and faculty

• Wednesday, September 17th 1:00 - 2:00pm MT

• Monday, September 22nd  2:00 - 3:00pm MT