- Our monthly virtual learning sessions for 2026 will occur on the second Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm ET, except for November due to the Veterans Day holiday. The November virtual session will be held on Tuesday, November 10.
- Click on any of the dates below to register for one or more of the virtual sessions listed below.
- Zoom links will be sent for January-June 2026 session dates immediately after the registration form is submitted, while Zoom links for July-December 2026 session dates will be sent out closer to the sessions. Please hold these dates on your calendar.
Registration for 2026 PA PQC Virtual Sessions
Virtual Sessions
NEW! Postpartum Psychosis: Practical Considerations for the PA PQC
Register for the September 30th Virtual Session from 1:00am-2:00pm ET
Dr. Reid Mergler, Medical Director at the Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness, will provide an overview on postpartum psychosis including the warning signs, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment recommendations. The talk will also highlight other perinatal mental health conditions to consider when treating this population and ways to prevent recurrence in patients.
December 9, 2026 Virtual Session
Register for the December 9th Virtual Session from 11:00am-12:00pm ET - TBD**
**Pending accreditation for CEUs by ACCME, ANCC, and ASWB
Patient Care Communication Sprint Sessions
The goal for the Patient Care Communication Sprint series is to improve respectful communication approaches with patients and families experiencing postpartum discharge transition, depression, or substance use during the perinatal periods.
This sprint will help your team develop a plan for how to incorporate respectful communication practices within your PA PQC work. It will be guided by the Communication domain of the NICHQ Respectful Maternity Care toolkit, which includes applicable practices for your team.
This sprint will help your team develop a plan for how to incorporate respectful communication practices within your PA PQC work. It will be guided by the Communication domain of the NICHQ Respectful Maternity Care toolkit, which includes applicable practices for your team.
October 14, 2026 Sprint Kickoff
Register for the October 14 Sprint Session - Patient Care Communication Sprint Kickoff from 11:00am-12:00pm ET**
This session will define respectful communication strategies for maternity care and review data that demonstrates the need for improvement. The session will also review tools that PA PQC healthcare teams can use to understand their current condition for patient care communication strategies. Throughout this sprint, PA PQC healthcare teams can elect to focus on improving debriefs with patients after major clinical events or normalizing patient participation in team conversations, depending on which communication strategy best fits into your team's PA PQC QI project.
October 28, 2026 Sprint Check-in #1
Register for the October 28 Sprint Session - Patient Care Communication Sprint Check-in #1 from 11:00am-12:00pm ET**
During this session, PA PQC healthcare teams will share their initial experience with starting the process of understanding their baseline for the patient care communication strategy that they selected for the sprint. The session will also dive deeper into the two respectful communication strategies. The final part of the session will further explore quality improvement tools to better understand PA PQC healthcare teams’ current conditions.
November 10, 2026 Sprint Check-in #2
Register for the November 10 Sprint Session - Patient Care Communication Sprint Check-in #2 from 11:00am-12:00pm ET**
This session will continue peer-to-peer learning across the PA PQC healthcare teams. Each team will have an opportunity to share what they have learned about their current condition. The session will also review additional tools and resources for improving patient debriefs and normalizing patient participation in team conversations.
November 18, 2026 Sprint Technical Assistance Session
Register for the November 18 Sprint Session - Patient Care Communication Sprint Technical Assistance Session from 11:00am-12:00pm ET**
This technical assistance session will provide an open forum for PA PQC healthcare team to identify challenges, share success, and ask questions to support the development of their plans for incorporating the respectful maternity care communication strategies into their PA PQC QI projects.
December 2, 2026 Final Sprint Check-in
Register for the December 2 Sprint Session- Patient Care Communication Final Sprint Check-in from 11:00am-12:00pm ET**
The final session will highlight what the PA PQC healthcare teams learned and their next steps to improve patient care communication.