Fundamentals of Clinical Midwifery - Part 1 (MJOP20)

Clinical studies are conducted in municipal health services and at the specialist health services’ maternity and postpartum wards. The focus is particularly on the care of normal pregnancies, births, and postpartum periods, emphasizing midwifery knowledge and skills. The organization of the practical subjects ensures that students will also gain clinical experience with complicated conditions, pathology, and risk factor assessment.

The course aims to meet the quantitative practice requirements for the entire master’s program by further developing knowledge, documentation, and reflection on learning situations, and mastering clinical skills. Students will also prepare in writing for expectation discussions, mid-term assessments, and final evaluations, with an assessment of their own learning outcomes.


Course description for study year 2025-2026. Please note that changes may occur.

Facts

Course code

MJOP20

Version

2

Credits (ECTS)

15

Semester tution start

Autumn

Number of semesters

1

Exam semester

Autumn

Language of instruction

Norwegian

Offered by
Time table

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Learning outcome

A candidate who has completed and passed the course should have the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The candidate:

  • Has advanced knowledge of normal pregnancies, births, and postpartum periods for mother and child.
  • Has advanced knowledge of breastfeeding and the bonding process between mother and child.
  • Has knowledge of current selection criteria.
  • Has advanced knowledge of normal processes in pregnancy, birth, and postpartum periods, including anatomy, physiology, psychology, and pharmacology relevant to professional practice.
  • Has advanced knowledge to conduct professional assessments and actions in line with theoretical and research-based knowledge, experience-based knowledge, and the patient’s needs and wishes.

Skills

The candidate:

  • Can, under supervision, use relevant methods to observe, examine, professionally assess, justify, independently implement, and document measures within the midwifery area of responsibility.
  • Can, under supervision, diagnose and suture birth tears.
  • Can, under supervision, prepare the pregnant woman and any partner for childbirth and parenthood.
  • Can, under supervision, promote a good start to breastfeeding and take responsibility for supporting and guiding in breastfeeding.
  • Shows empathy, uses principles of individually tailored communication and user involvement in relation to partners and in meeting the individual user and her family.
  • Documents and reports using checklists/SBAR in accordance with local routines, current guidelines, and professional guides.
  • Can apply the rules for duty to avert harm, confidentiality, duty to inform, and right to inform.

General Competence

The candidate:

  • Can apply the rules for duty to avert harm, confidentiality, duty to inform, and right to inform.
  • Can use knowledge and skills for self-care, has the ability to seek guidance, and contributes to teamwork and a good working environment.
  • Can use knowledge and skills to create a flexible, safe, and trusting relationship in meeting with the woman, partner, family, partners, and the public.
  • Can critically assess the knowledge base and, under supervision, make professional assessments and actions in line with the principles of evidence-based practice.

Required prerequisite knowledge

None

Recommended prerequisites

Basic technical nursing skills.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Pratice 1/1 8 Weeks Passed / Not Passed

To pass MJOP20, the student must complete supervised practice with 90% mandatory attendance and have the practice assessed as passed according to the curriculum and the course’s assessment form. This includes the following:Quantitative clinical requirements must be documented continuously, with written documentation of self-assessment and reflection on learning situations.Individual professional note (1500 words +/- 10%), alternatively video log.If there is doubt about the approval of the practice, the student must receive written notification halfway through, and no later than three weeks before the end of the practice period. The notification must indicate what the student is not mastering and what requirements must be met to have the practical studies approved. If the student, despite satisfactory study progress at the mid-term assessment, shows actions/behavior that clearly do not provide a basis for passing the practice, the student may still receive a failing grade even if a prior warning has not been given.

Course teacher(s)

Course coordinator:

Torhild Borlaug

Placement coordinator:

Ingjerd Aa

Study Program Director:

Eva Christina Furskog-Risa

Method of work

Individual goals, practice plan as a basis for expectation discussions

Supervised clinical practice including written and oral reflection

Documentation of quantitative clinical requirements (progression list that follows the entire course of study)

Professional note

Written self-assessment prior to mid-term and final evaluations

Self-study

Student-led skills and simulation training

Overlapping courses

Course Reduction (SP)
Focus on normal pregnancy, labour, postnatal period, healthy new-borns (MJOP20_1) 15

Course assessment

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

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