Advanced Midwifery (MJO130)

Content

This theoretical course provides students with a thorough understanding of advanced midwifery. Key areas included:

Complexity around pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period: Advanced knowledge of the normal processes around pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period forms the basis for understanding both normal and abnormal processes. The dilemmas that can arise with the use of technology, while maintaining midwifery care, are discussed. Theory about complicated conditions in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and newborns is central to this course, and students will learn about managing challenging situations, including acute conditions and care for sick newborns.

Sexual and reproductive health: The course covers topics such as sexual health, contraception, gynecology, and family planning from a life course perspective, as well as rights, both nationally and globally.

Patient safety and non-technical skills: The course addresses technical skills and non-technical skills such as situational awareness, prioritization of actions, collaboration, communication, leadership, and critical thinking.

Global perspective on midwifery: Students will become aware of global health challenges and cultural differences in midwifery practice.

Midwifery in a public health perspective: The course explores how midwives, through their role, can contribute to public health work.

Learning outcome

Advanced Knowledge:

• Has advanced knowledge of complex and pathological conditions in pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum period, breastfeeding/milk production, and in the unborn and newborn child.
• Has in-depth knowledge of non-technical skills and their importance for midwifery leadership, patient safety, and teamwork.
• Has in-depth knowledge of issues related to families in vulnerable situations, such as illness, domestic violence, and migration.
• Has advanced knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and rights, family planning, contraception, and abortion from a national and global perspective.

Skills:

• Can analyze complex conditions in pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, and can apply their knowledge and skills to discuss midwifery challenges related to these.
• Can apply knowledge of user involvement, especially in caring for the woman, child, and family at individual and societal levels where pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period are characterized by complexity and risk.
• Can communicate and interact with users, relatives, intra-professionally, inter-professionally, across sectors, and across organizations and levels, and can initiate such interaction.
• Can guide in the use of contraceptives, prescribe and administer contraceptives, and use relevant methods for simple gynecological examinations, including performing cervical smears.
• Can use relevant methods for life-saving obstetric emergency measures if a doctor is not available, including vacuum extraction, breech delivery, and manual removal of the placenta to stop severe postpartum bleeding.
• Can use knowledge and relevant methods to identify, initiate, and treat newborns who need resuscitation.
• Can analyze and use relevant methods to prevent, diagnose, and suture first and second-degree perineal tears, and perform episiotomy when indicated.

General Competence:

• Analyzes and discusses issues and can apply knowledge and skills related to complex clinical situations in pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
• Can apply knowledge and skills for practical, physical, and psychological care of families in crisis related to stillbirth and seriously ill fetuses/newborns.
• Can apply knowledge and skills to support the physiological, social, and cultural processes in pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period.
• Can apply their knowledge and skills of non-technical skills and interdisciplinary collaboration within the entire midwifery competence area for increased patient safety.
• Can apply knowledge and skills for self-care, be aware of their own vulnerability, have the ability to seek guidance, and contribute to a good working environment for themselves and others.

Required prerequisite knowledge

Recommended prerequisites

Exam

Coursework requirements

Active participation in teaching is a prerequisite for developing subject understanding. Therefore, there is a requirement for 75% mandatory attendance in lectures, group presentations, simulations, and workshops.

100% mandatory attendance is required for practical exercises in the insertion of implants (contraceptive rods) and IUDs, as well as in the suturing workshop.

Course teacher(s)

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Study Program Director:

Method of work

Course assessment

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