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The program operates in rotating four-week cycles. Each cycle focuses on a specific obstetric topic. During the course of the year, 13 different topic areas are covered. Each week, obstetric nurse specialists and perinatologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who, in addition to their clinical duties, contribute to the Peri-FACTS program, prepare and distribute the following:
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Week 1
A Chapter Topic: A five to eight page detailed summary of current literature related to the specific topic being presented during the four-week cycle.
 View a sample Chapter Topic
Week 2
An actual obstetric Clinical Case Study that includes a segment of fetal heart rate tracing and questions related to the clinical case study and the previous week's reading material.
View a sample Clinical Case
Week 3
A Related Reading that focuses on a subject related to the current chapter topic. However, there are times when the STRONG Peri-FACTS team feels strongly that an issue needs to be addressed even though it does not relate to the chapter topic.
View a sample Related Reading
Week 4
A second obstetric Clinical Case Study, fetal heart rate tracing, and questions that relate to the clinical case study and the previous weeks' reading materials.
View another sample Clinical Case
Program participants interpret the tracing, answer the clinical case questions, and submit their answers online or to their on-site Peri-FACTS Coordinator for review. Answers to the clinical case studies are available two weeks after the questions are sent.
Each participating agency chooses their own on-site Peri-FACTS Coordinator. We recommend that you select a registered nurse who demonstrates leadership qualities and who has an established positive rapport with the obstetric nursing staff. The individual selected to be the Peri-FACTS Coordinator at each site is extremely important to the success of the program, for this person will act as a resource for the staff and be the liaison between your organization and Peri-FACTS. Along with facilitating and encouraging staff participation, this person will be responsible for making the weekly transmissions available, grading the clinical case studies, and reporting the scores to our office.
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