Certification and Recertification
Obtain your professional doula certification or stay on track with recertification and continued learning opportunities.
Become a Certified Professional Doula
If you’re interested in becoming a recognized professional doula, obtaining your doula certification is a key step toward a successful career. Professional doulas play a crucial role in providing emotional, physical, and informational support during childbirth and throughout life. To ensure ethical standards, guidelines must be established for their services. With a certification and recertification process in place, the NDCB aims to set the standard for the qualifications of certified professional doulas as well as the continued quality of service throughout their careers through recertification and continued learning.
The NDCB’s certification process aims to establish the standards of knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for an individual to qualify as a professional doula.
In order to demonstrate your competence as a professional doula, the NDCB's CPD exam is required. You must complete one of the two pathways listed below in order to apply for the CPD Exam. Training and clinical expereince must be completed prior to the application. Once you have obtained your CPD doula certification, you can practice for three years with the opportunity for recertification.
Application pathways for initial certification
Applicants from the following educational backgrounds can apply for certification by the NDCB.
Apply online
The NDCB uses Prolydian as its credential management system. All your needs are covered by one easy-to-use platform, providing a wide variety of services, such as application, exam registration, submission of fees, and more.
CPD certification examination
Once your application has been approved, you will be eligible to register for the CPD Exam.
Click below for more information about the CPD Exam.
Become an approved training provider
The NDCB requires an application and curriculum review prior to authorizing any organization to become an approved training provider.
Become an approved training provider
The NDCB requires an application and curriculum review prior to authorizing any organization to become an approved training provider.
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