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If your maternity patients go to Google for medical information, a customized patient education program could remove any gaps.

So you’ve made the decision to purchase YoMingo® — a maternity education app — and you’re well on your way to delivering great education on prenatal care, labor and birth, postpartum care, breastfeeding, and newborn care to your patients. But how do you let them know about it so they can start to use it?

When it comes to processing and retaining information, people have different styles, strengths, and preferences. Not to mention busy schedules, obligations, and priorities. Let’s start with a quick look at the three basic learning styles, then explore some of the best ways to help prepare patients for childbirth in today’s busy/crazy/connected world.

At some point, hospitals and birth centers will begin scheduling live classes again. Telemedicine visits will go back to being prenatal office visits. Although we don’t yet know what the post-pandemic “new normal” will actually look like, we do know that online childbirth classes will continue to be a valuable resource for educators, lactation consultants, and other health professionals.