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Midwifery Work During Pregnancy (5 cr)

Code: TH00BY30-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2022 - 15.01.2023

Timing

01.01.2023 - 30.06.2023

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Health and Well-being

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

10 - 20

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Tiina Murto
  • Marjatta Häsänen
  • Sanna Virtanen

Groups

  • AVOKÄTIK23
    Degree Programme in Midwifery, Part-Time Path Studies, Spring 23

Objective

The student:

· Can advise, guide and care for a woman and family in planning a pregnancy and as it progresses
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during pregnancy
· Can prevent, anticipate and identify risk factors and complications of pregnancy
· Can monitor the well-being of the woman and the foetus during a risky pregnancy and participate in treatment as a member of a multi-professional team

Content

Contents

• Pregnancy planning
• Support for growing up into parenthood
• Family and childbirth education
• Prenatal Monitoring and Consultancy
• Pregnancy diagnosis and progress, prenatal changes
• Embryology
• Monitoring and care of low-risk pregnancies
• Screenings
• Foetal diagnostics
• Prenatal health advice
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• High-risk pregnancies
• Prenatal complications
• Monitoring and treatment of high-risk pregnancies
• Support for growing up into parenthood in high-risk pregnancies
• Fear of childbirth

Evaluation scale

H-5