Systems Understanding
Learn how maternal healthcare systems, quality improvement efforts, and partnership spaces work — so you can participate with greater clarity and confidence.
Your Experience Matters — And It Can Help Shape Better Care
The Certified Patient Family Partner Training helps moms and families turn lived experience into informed, supported participation in conversations that improve maternal healthcare, support other families, and influence meaningful change.
Whether you're still processing your experience or already looking for ways to get involved, this self-paced training was designed to help you grow confidence, strengthen your voice, and better understand the systems shaping maternal care.
- Self-paced online training
- Trauma-informed approach
- Built for lived experience voices
Photo: moms & families in conversation
![Patient Family Partners in conversation at an event]()
Partnership Requires Preparation and Support
The experiences of moms and families can help improve communication, safety, trust, and care for future patients — especially when those voices are meaningfully included in conversations about maternal health.
But being asked to share your story and participate in systems conversations can also feel overwhelming. Many people are invited into advocacy spaces without ever being given the support, guidance, or preparation needed to navigate them confidently, safely, or sustainably.
The Certified Patient Family Partner Training was created to help bridge that gap — not by turning moms into professionals or asking them to relive painful experiences for the benefit of others, but by helping participants build confidence, strengthen communication skills, better understand healthcare systems, and explore meaningful ways to contribute at their own pace.
"Lived experience carries insight that healthcare systems cannot learn from data alone."
What You'll Learn
This training combines lived experience, practical advocacy tools, communication support, and systems understanding to help participants grow confidence and participate more meaningfully in maternal health conversations and partnership spaces.
You do not need to have everything figured out before starting.
Communication & Storytelling
Develop tools for sharing your lived experience thoughtfully and safely through storytelling, media opportunities, professional communication, and collaborative conversations.
Advocacy & Participation
Explore meaningful ways to contribute through advocacy, healthcare partnerships, quality improvement work, awareness efforts, and community engagement.
Healing & Emotional Support
Move through storytelling and advocacy work in ways that honor your healing, emotional wellbeing, personal boundaries, and lived experience.
Confidence & Communication Skills
Build confidence in your voice while developing practical tools like speaker preparation, bio writing, advocacy presence, media readiness, and communication skills.
Community & Connection
Connect with other moms, families, and lived experience advocates who understand the complexities of maternal health trauma, healing, and meaningful systems change.
Designed to Support You at Your Own Pace
This training was created with the understanding that healing, caregiving, work, advocacy, and everyday life all require different kinds of emotional and practical capacity. There is no pressure to move quickly or have everything figured out before you begin.
Self-Paced Learning
Move through the training on your own schedule, with the flexibility to pause, revisit, and return to modules when needed.
Virtual & Accessible
Access the training from home with flexible online learning designed to support different schedules, energy levels, and life circumstances.
Trauma-Informed Support
The training was intentionally created to support emotional wellbeing, personal boundaries, and thoughtful participation throughout the experience.
Ongoing Community & Resources
Participants can continue exploring connection, advocacy opportunities, events, and future engagement pathways through the broader MoMMAs Voices community.
At a glance
Format
Self-paced online training
Time Commitment
Approximately 4–6 hours total
Access
Fully virtual and accessible from anywhere
Includes
Storytelling support, systems understanding, advocacy tools, communication guidance, and partnership readiness resources
Designed For
Moms, families, and individuals with lived experience connected to maternal health complications, trauma, loss, or advocacy
Who This Training Is For
There is no single "right" way to arrive at this work. Some participants are still processing their experiences. Others are already involved in advocacy, storytelling, or community support efforts and are looking for more guidance, confidence, or connection.
This training was created for people who want to explore meaningful participation at their own pace — with support, flexibility, and lived experience at the center.
You may be here because…
- you want to better understand what happened during your pregnancy, birth, or postpartum experience
- you're looking for a meaningful way to help other moms and families
- you want to learn how to share your story more safely and confidently
- you've been invited into advocacy or healthcare conversations and want more preparation and support
- you're searching for connection with others who understand maternal health trauma, loss, or complications
- you want to turn lived experience into something that can help shape safer, more compassionate care
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![A participant reflecting at a MoMMAs Voices gathering]()
This training welcomes:
- moms
- parents
- partners
- family members
- lived experience advocates
connected to maternal health complications, trauma, loss, advocacy, or systems improvement work.
Your Experience Matters — And You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone
Whether you're still processing your experience or already exploring ways to become involved, the Patient Family Partner Training was created to support meaningful participation, connection, and growth at your own pace.
Your Experience Matters — And You Don't Have to Navigate This Alone
Whether you're still processing your experience or already exploring ways to become involved, the Patient Family Partner Training was created to support meaningful participation, connection, and growth at your own pace.