Course: Community Practice in Midwifery

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Course title Community Practice in Midwifery
Course code KOS/KPP
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Kašová Lucie, Mgr.
  • Janoušková Kristina, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hendrych Lorenzová Eva, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Contents of lectures: History of midwifery practice in community care in the Czech Republic. Importance and definition of community care in midwifery. Multi-disciplinary collaboration. Current situation in community midwifery care in the Czech Republic and in the world. Establishing one's own community midwifery care in the Czech Republic. Community care of pregnant women. Assistance of midwives during delivery outside hospital. Community care of families after childbirth. Community care of women in menopause and post-menopause. Work of midwives with families. Creating one's own documentation for community care. Duties of midwives working in community care. Equipment, tools and devices of midwives in community care. Possibilities of further education on issues of community care. Contents of exercises: Practical experience in community practice - within departmental community care. Processing of case studies from a community environment and a proposal for complex nursing care. Work with foreign literature and discussions about practice in the Czech Republic. Work of midwives with families - problem teaching, group work. Work with the legislation necessary to establish one's own private practice. Creating one's own nursing documentation. Creating a portfolio of useful contacts in community care. Creating one's own standards - guidelines for care in a community setting. Organising research investigation to obtain new information from the field of community care in midwifery.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Skills demonstration, Lecture with visual aids, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No particular prerequisites specified.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to discuss issues of community care in midwifery. They will know how to become a community midwife. They will be able to use theoretical information in practice. They will have information about care provided by community midwives in countries such as Germany, Britain, Japan, the USA and others.
Seznámí se s tím, jak se stát komunitní porodní asistentkou.
Bude umět použít teoreticky získané informace v praxi.
Získá informace o péči komunitní porodní asistentky v zemích jako je Německo, Británie, Japonsko, USA a další
Skills
Student demonstruje techniky kojení.
Student demonstruje manipulaci s novorozencem.
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with visual aids
Practicum
Skills demonstration
Skills
Skills demonstration
Competences
Practicum
Lecture with visual aids
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Combined exam
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Brennan, Patty. The doula business guide : creating a successful motherbaby business. 2014. ISBN 978-0-9797247-8-7.
  • Frye, Anne. Holistic midwifery : a comprehensive textbook for midwives in homebirth practice. Volume II, Care of the mother and baby from the onset of labor through the first hours after birth. 2013. ISBN 978-1-891145-67-4.
  • Johnson, Ruth; Taylor, Wendy. Skills for midwifery practice. 2016. ISBN 978-0-7020-6187-5.
  • MACÁŠKOVÁ Š., HLINOVSKÁ, J., TOŠNAROVÁ, H. Primární a komunitní péče. Praha 2014. Vydavatel: VŠZ, o. p. s., Duškova 7, Praha 5., 2014. ISBN 978-80-905728-7-4.
  • Odent, Michel. Potřebujeme porodní asistentky?. 2017. ISBN 978-80-7500-300-3.
  • Wilhelmová, Radka a kol. Vybrané kapitoly porodní asistence.. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021. ISBN 978-80-210-8204-5.


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