Course: Midwifery I

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Course title Midwifery I
Course code KPZ/P2PA1
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Moravcová Markéta, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Regular and irregular examinations in the prenatal care. Calculation of the term of birth, gravimeter. Physical examination.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquire basic terminology and practical skills in the field of prenatal care and care in the midwifery practice of a woman during a physiological birth. This is an essential part of midwifery care in a midwifery focused on monitoring the mother and fetus health during pregnancy and physiological childbirth.
The student independently performs basic tasks of prenatal diagnostics and he/ she is able to become an integral part of the diagnostic team in the field of prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling. Independently carries out the necessary care in the midwifery of a woman in travail in the course of physiological childbirth.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment, Didactic test

Completion of compulsory attendance at the practicum sessions. Completion of a written test and practical examination.
Recommended literature
  • HÁJEK, Z.; ČECH, E.; MARŠÁL, K. Porodnictví. 3. zcela přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014.
  • JOHNSON, R. Skills for midwifery practise. 3. st. publ. Edinburgh Churchill Livingstone: Elsevier, 2010.
  • MORAVCOVÁ, M.; PETRŽÍLKOVÁ, H. Základy péče v porodní asistenci I. 2. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2018.
  • Myles D.M.; Cooper M. A. Myles Textbook for Midwives. London, 2013. ISBN 0443072353.
  • PROCHÁZKA A KOL. Porodní asistence. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2020.
  • ROZTOČIL, A. Moderní porodnictví. 2. přeprac a dopln. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2017.


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