PRONTO International
Kimberly Calkins is an experienced professional in the fields of curriculum development and community health support. Currently serving as the Curriculum Director at PRONTO International since August 2012, Calkins previously worked as a Birth Doula at Sea Mar Community Health Centers, where support was provided to high-risk, socially isolated Hispanic women. An internship with The Big Push for Midwives involved designing a focus group to explore young women's perceptions of pregnancy and midwifery. In Nicaragua, Calkins worked as a Community Health Worker, initiating programs to encourage high-risk mothers to seek pre-natal care. Earlier experience includes a Development Intern role at NARAL Pro-Choice Washington. Calkins holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the School for International Training and a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Societies & Justice and Women Studies from the University of Washington.
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PRONTO International
VISION: PRONTO envisions birth as a safe and respectful experience for all mothers, babies, and healthcare providers. MISSION: We aim to optimize care during birth. We develop and implement innovative training strategies for health care providers that act as a catalyst for individual, team, and system change. We accomplish our mission by… ●Providing low-cost, highly realistic obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation training for interprofessional teams in resource-limited settings around the world. ●Promoting kind, dignified, and culturally responsive care of women and babies through interactive training modules that facilitate group discussion and self-discovery. ●Assisting local teams in the diagnosis of system barriers and in identifying achievable strategies to improve patient safety and birth outcomes. ●Contributing expertise to the field of low-resource simulation and facilitated debriefing. ●Participating in implementation research to refine training modules that improve outcomes for mothers, babies and healthcare providers. COMPANY OVERVIEW: PRONTO was born in response to the WHO Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5 and a call from the Mexican government to develop a program that focuses on improving the quality of care for women and neonates during obstetric emergencies. PRONTO International is an obstetric and neonatal emergency training program that leads inter-professional medical care teams through a series of skills stations, team-building activities, and low-tech, high-fidelity simulations. Participants gain the knowledge and skills necessary for the immediate diagnosis, treatment and stabilization of obstetric emergencies in resource-limited settings through innovative training modules.