Course: Externship

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Course title Externship
Course code KPZ/P2PPA
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
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)
  • Mikšovská Vendula, Mgr.
Course content
Professional practice is focused on outpatient care, care in the delivery room and in the postpartum period, care in a midwifery practice of pregnant women with risk pregnancy, care of the newborn at the neonatal unit, care in the gynecology department, including operating rooms. Teaching takes place in hospitals, private offices, private midwives workplaces, counselling centres and workplaces of health education aimed at the care of the woman and the child. Performances, that are carried out at professional practice are recorded in the "Notebook of performances and other professional activities in midwifery". Professional workplaces - summer semester Gynecological ambulance, prenatal counseling Gynecological ward

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with text (with textbook, with book), Monitoring, Skills training, Work-related activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of professional practice is to acquire practical experience from real practice, which are important for professional development and understanding of the differences in meeting the needs of gynecology sick women, physiological, risk and pathological pregnant women, maternal and women in puerperium.
Students will become familiar with the care structure in midwifery, with the various forms of care and assistance in the outpatient, one day, inpatient and home health services, particularly with the organisation of health services under the care of the woman and the child. Students will learn to assess the environment (material and social) where people live in, the risks for their health, they become familiar with the types of diseases, which in the environment occur, with the need of preventive measures and methods of health education and apply them into practice. They will learn basic skills in midwifery.
Prerequisites
unspecified
KOS/P1OPT

Assessment methods and criteria
Student portfolio analysis

100% active presence in professional training fulfilment The fulfilment of stated practices and procedures in midwifery, recorded in the "Notebook of performances and other professional activities in midwifery". Student´s written reflection fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • "Záznamník výkonů a jiných odborných aktivit v porodní asistenci".
  • Marečková, J. Ošetřovatelské diagnózy v NANDA doménách. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2006. ISBN 80-247-1399-3.
  • NANDA International. Ošetřovatelské diagnózy definice a klasifikace: 2015-2017. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2015. ISBN 978-80-247-4328-8.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2013) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2014) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Midwife (2016) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer