Course Catalogue

1.1           Title of the module: MID303 Midwifery Practicum I

Programme: Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Midwifery 

Level: Year 3, Semester 1

Credit Value: 12 credits (T = 0hr. L= 0hr. P= 240 hrs.)

Module Leader: Sonam Deki

Module Tutor(s): Midwifery Faculties 

 

General Objectives

This module gives an opportunity for students to be posted in various clinical setting where they can put learnt theories into practice. During their posting students will be able to observe procedures, develop midwifery skills in providing holistic midwifery care for women during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period. 

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the module students will be able to:

  1. Perform health assessment of a woman during antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period.
  2. Identify and manage minor ailments in pregnancy.
  3. Perform abdominal and vaginal examinations of a woman in labour.
  4. Apply professional codes, competency, and ethical conduct standards, using the nursing process in provision of holistic midwifery care.
  5. Provide holistic midwifery care to maintain maternal and foetalwell-being during the antenatal and intrapartum period.
  6. Recognize the onset of labour and provide comfort measures.
  7. Identify the specific maternal and foetal problems during pregnancy and intrapartum period.
  8. Conduct normal delivery, perform and repair episiotomy competently.
  9. Perform an initial health assessment of the newborn and identify the specific problems.
  10. Demonstrate newborn resuscitation.
  11. Provide peri-operative care to woman.
  12. Demonstrate the correct technique of breastfeeding.

 

Skills to be developed

  • Perform health assessment.
  • Vaginal examination of a woman in labour.
  • Conduct normal delivery
  • Performing and repairing Episiotomy.
  • Labor pain management.
  • Monitoring progress of labour
  • CTG

 

Teaching and Learning approach

  • Placement of students in various midwifery clinical areas in JDWNRH.

 

Mode of assessment

Formative

  • Signing out of the procedures
  • Observation
  • Questioning
  • Feedback on documentation
  • Case presentation

      Ongoing summative                                        50

  • Performance evaluation                              10%
  • Signing out                                               15%
  • Case book                                                 25%

      Summative                                                       50

  • Practical examination          

 

Co-requisite knowledge

  • MID 301Perspectives in Midwifery and Antenatal Care
  • MID 302Normal Childbirth

 

Resource required: clinical setting

Subject matter of the module

Session (Hrs.)

Topics

Methods of T/L

Remarks

Practice

 

 

 

1 (170 hrs.)

Antenatal care

Clinical placement 

RHU, Maternity ward, Birthing center,  community

2 (170 hrs.)

 

Intrapartum care

 

Clinical placement

 

Reading List:

Main Text:

Fraser, D. M, & Cooper, M. A. (2009). Myles Textbook for Midwives. (15th ed.).London:  Churchill Livingstone.

Reproductive Health Program. (2007). National Guideline for Standard Newborn care in Bhutan.  2nd ed.). Department of Public Health Ministry of Health: Thimphu.

Reproductive Health Program, (2009). Standards for Midwifery Practice for Safe Motherhood.

                  (3rd ed.).Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health: Thimphu.

Lowdermilk, A. D. L. & Perry, S. E. (2010).Maternity nursing. (8th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. Faculty of Nursing and Public Health. (2014) reprinted in 2014. Midwifery Clinical Practice  Portfolio. University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan. Thimphu. 

 

Additional Readings:

Cunningham, F.G., Leveno, K., Bloom., Hauth, J., Rouse, D. & Spoong. C. (2009). Williams  obstetrics.  (22nd ed.).  New York: McGraw-Hill professional.

 

Date: March 22, 2016
Royal Thimphu College