Paradigm of Kindness Training (CME Accredited)

Paradigm of Kindness Training (CME Accredited)

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Course Overview

The Paradigm of Kindness training is a comprehensive, seven-module clinical education program designed to equip healthcare teams with practical, evidence-based strategies to deliver compassionate, patient- and family-centered care for infants and families affected by Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). Grounded in the Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) approach and structured around five core pillars, the curriculum progresses from foundational understanding to actionable practice change, beginning with Module 1, which introduces the scientific rationale and defines kindness as a visible, impactful clinical intervention, followed by modules that emphasize leading with kindness through stigma reduction and person-centered communication, empowering mothers as primary therapeutic agents, treating the infant with developmentally appropriate, relationship-based care, creating calming, home-like healing environments, and approaching medication use thoughtfully as part of a broader non-pharmacologic strategy. Each module integrates brief didactic content with case-based application, knowledge checks, and interactive reflection tied to a longitudinal patient scenario, reinforcing real-world clinical decision-making across the perinatal continuum. The training culminates in Module 7, which focuses on synthesizing all principles into daily practice, guiding participants through structured reflection and the development of 30-, 60-, and 90-day implementation plans to support sustained practice transformation at both the individual and system level.

Course Content

Credits

1.50
AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits

* AMA PRA Category 1™ credits are used by physicians and other groups like PAs and certain nurses. Category 1 credits are accepted by the ACCME, ARDMS, CCI, and Sonography Canada.

Course Details

Duration
1.50 hours
Released
May 15, 2026
Last Review
May 15, 2029
Expires
May 16, 2029

Objectives

  • Apply evidence-based, patient- and family-centered care strategies consistent with the Paradigm of Kindness framework and Eat, Sleep, Console (ESC) approach to improve outcomes for infants and families affected by NOWS/NAS.

  • Examine integration of the five core Paradigm of Kindness pillars, including stigma reduction, caregiver empowerment, developmentally appropriate infant care, therapeutic environment optimization, and thoughtful medication use, into clinical decision-making across the perinatal care continuum.

  • Develop and implement actionable practice changes at the individual and systems level by translating Paradigm of Kindness principles into structured clinical workflows, team-based care processes, and measurable quality improvement strategies.

Target Audience

All clinical staff working with perinatal patients and infants.

Faculty & Disclosure

Faculty

Matthew Grossman, Donald Stader, Susan Bradley, Rachael Duncan, Mellie Ryan

Disclosure

Matthew Grossman, Donald Stader, Susan Bradley, Rachael Duncan, Mellie Ryan discloses no such relationships exist

Accreditation

Accreditation: Each activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Iowa Medical Society (IMS) through the joint providership of Compass Healthcare Collaborative and Epifluence. Compass Healthcare Collaborative is accredited by the IMS to provide continuing medical education

for physicians.

Credit Designation: Compass Healthcare Collaborative designates this enduring activity for a maximum of ­­ 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Commercial Support: Each activity was developed without support from any ineligible company. *The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is

producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Note: The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests – unless the provider of clinical services is owned, or controlled by, and ACCME defined ineligible company.

Disclosure: Compass adheres to the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. The content of each activity is not related to products or the business lines of an ACCME-defined ineligible company. None of the planners or moderators for each educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing products used by or on patients.