Study Guide

Objective

ADVANCED SPECIAL SKILLS IN MIDWIFERY 45 cr KäSY
- Students will learn to work independently and as members of a multiprofessional team
- Students will learn to improve and deepen their skills in the planning, provision, documenting and evaluation of midwifery in various settings.
- Students will comply with the ethical guidelines of midwifery and the applicable legislation.
- Students will master aseptic techniques.
- Students will master the central contents and methods of midwifery-related pharmacotherapy and administer safe pharmacotherapy.
- Students will deepen their guidance skills in sexual and reproductive health questions regarding the woman and her family.
- Students will master the management of a normal pregnancy.
- Students will know how to recognise at-risk pregnancies and send at-risk women to further care when necessary.
- Students will master the monitoring and treatment of pregnant women and foetuses in at-risk pregnancies.
- Students will learn to independently handle all the stages of a low-risk delivery.
- Students can work as a member of a multiprofessional team in a high-risk delivery.
- Students will learn to perform immediate observation and care of newborns and initiate resuscitation if required.
- Students will master the monitoring, guidance and care of women after childbirth.
- Students will master the care of healthy newborn babies.
- Students will know how to support women and families in breastfeeding and the development of early interaction.
- Students will learn to provide critical care to newborns as members of multiprofessional teams.
- Students will learn to provide the treatment process of a gynaecological patient.
- Students will master the guidance of gynaecological patients and their family members.
- Students will learn to support women and their family members in lifecycle-related crises.
- Students will learn to use different information systems to reliably document the care administered to women and families.

Content

Contents
The study units are practical training units that meet the requirements of the EU/2005 directives.

Teaching methods

Practical training in working life.

International connections

Learning by doing
Co-operation with working life

Completion alternatives

15/45 credits (= 405 hours) can be accredited if student has been working as a midwife during studies (application for accreditation has to be done in in Peppi-system and working certificate (in pdf-form) has to be included to the application)

Student workload

STUDENT´S TASKS AND DUTIES:
- setting goals for practical training and uploading those to Sopro Online-application at the end of the first week of practical training
- mid-term evaluation discussion with supervisor and written report of that discussion to Sopro Online-application
- final evaluation discussion with supervisor and written report of that discussion to Sopro Online-application
- reporting working hours to Sopro Online-application
STUDENT´S WORKLOAD:
- 45 credits = 1215 hours, of which 6 hours info and feedback lessons during spring semester 2021 and 6 hours during autumn semester 2021

Content scheduling

CONTENT: Internship
TIMING: Practical training in spring 2021 and autumn 2021

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation criteria in intranet Messi.
Supervisor´s feedback (midterm and final evaluations) and self-evaluation.
Final grade can be given, when supervisor and teacher have approved working hours and evaluations.