Course: Midwifery Practice in Delivery Room for International Students

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Course title Midwifery Practice in Delivery Room for International Students
Course code POA/P0701
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction English
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Javornická Daniela, Mgr. et Bc.
  • Procházka Martin, prof. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Bubeníková Štěpánka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to the qualifying training midwives and their competence in the Czech Republic. Familiarization with curriculum of the study program of Midwifery in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University in Olomouc. Participation in activities organized by the Institute of Midwifery (conferences, professional excursions, hands-on training and more. To acquaint students with the organization and running of midwife care for women during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
  • Attendace - 200 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
In the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme foreign students will write essay which compares training in the country where they underwent thoretical training to the place where they take practical training. Students will be able to compare the differences in the workload of midwives in the Czech Republic and their country.
Students will be able to analyze, describe and explain the differences in the work of midwives in their home country and in the country.
Prerequisites
The Student is well versed in the issue of the provision of care midwife in the home country. Knows the legislation related to the issue of midwifery. He knows his remit and job description on the professional clinical practice.

Assessment methods and criteria
Essay, Student performance, Analysis of Creative works (Music, Pictorial,Literary), Dialog, Systematic Observation of Student

Completion of practical training, familiarization with the competencies of midwives as current legislation relating to the work of midwives at all levels of care provision for women. Seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • (2013). Best practices in midwifery : using the evidence to implement change. New York.
  • (2008). Birth territory and midwifery guardianship: theory for practice, education and research. Edinburgh : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann.
  • (2011). Emergencies around childbirth : a handbook for midwives. New York: Radcliffe Publishing.
  • (2010). Childbirth, midwifery and concepts of time. New York: Berghahn Books.
  • (2010). Management of high-risk pregnancy : a practical approach. New Delhi : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.
  • (2012). Maternal newborn nursing care plans. London : Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • Standardy péče pro porodní asistentky (www.internationalmidwives.org).
  • (2006). The new midwifery : science and sensitivity in practice. Churchill Livingstone.
  • Vyhláška 423/2004 Sb. kreditní systém pro vydání osvědčení k výkonu zdravotnického povolání bez přímého vedení nebo odborného dohledu zdravotnických pracovníků.
  • Vyhláška 55/2011 Sb. o činnostech zdravotnických pracovníků a jiných odborných pracovníků.
  • Zákon 105/2011 Sb. Zákon o nelékařských zdravotnických povolání (o podmínkách získávání a uznávání způsobilosti k výkonu nelékařských zdravotnických povolání a k výkonu činností souvisejících s poskytováním zdravotní péče a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů).
  • (2011). 16. Midwifery & women's health nurse practitioner certification review guide. London : Jones & Bartlett Learning.
  • BICK, D., MACARTHUR, Ch., WINTER, H. (2009). Postnatal care : evidence and guidelines for management. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone.
  • Bulechek, G., Butcher, H., Mc Closkey-Dochterman, J. (2008). Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC). St. Louis: Mosby.
  • Davis, E. (2004). Heart & hands : a midwife's guide to pregnancy & birth.
  • Herdman, T.H., et al. (2012). NANDA Internalionl Nursing Diagnoses: Definitions & Classification 2012-2014. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Johnson, M., Bulechek, G., Butcher, H. et al. (2006). NANDA, NOC and NIC Linkageas, Nursing diagnoses, Outcomes, Interventions.. St. Louis: Mosby, 2006.
  • Leifer, G. (2004). Úvod do porodnického a pediatrického ošetřovatelství. Grada, Praha.
  • Moorhead, S., Johnson, M., Maas, M., Swanson, E. (2008). Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). St. Louis: Mosby.
  • Procházka, M., Pilka, R. (2012). Obstetrics. Olomouc : Palacký University Olomouc.
  • THARPE, N., FARLEY, C., L., JORDAN, R., G. Clinical practice guidelines for midwifery & women's health.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Midwifery (2020) Category: Health service 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -