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Midwifery Objectives

This document outlines the competencies and clinical practice requirements for three midwifery placements: The first placement is on the labour ward for 3 weeks and postnatal ward for 1 week. It focuses on health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, and management of mothers in labor. The second placement is again on the labour ward for 3 weeks, with competencies in health promotion for laboring mothers, assessment and diagnosis of labor, and management of normal deliveries. The third placement splits 2 weeks between the prenatal clinic and 2 weeks in the labour ward. It emphasizes assessment and diagnosis through antenatal history and exams, and management of antenatal patients and normal deliveries.

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Midwifery Objectives

This document outlines the competencies and clinical practice requirements for three midwifery placements: The first placement is on the labour ward for 3 weeks and postnatal ward for 1 week. It focuses on health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, and management of mothers in labor. The second placement is again on the labour ward for 3 weeks, with competencies in health promotion for laboring mothers, assessment and diagnosis of labor, and management of normal deliveries. The third placement splits 2 weeks between the prenatal clinic and 2 weeks in the labour ward. It emphasizes assessment and diagnosis through antenatal history and exams, and management of antenatal patients and normal deliveries.

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MIDWIFERY

MATERNITY PLACEMENT 1: LABOUR WARD: 3 WEEKS: POST NATAL: 1 WEEK

AREA OF COMPETENCE COMPETENCY REQUIRED CLINICAL


PRACTICE
Health promotion The ability to share essential Share one to one health
health messages with messages with pre natal
prenatal and post natal mothers
mothers.  Nutrition
 Hygiene

Assess and diagnose The ability to recognize  Identify two patients


abnormal vital signs with abnormal vital
Recognize normal signs through
Peurperium observations
 Witness three daily
postnatal
examinations
Management The ability to participate in  Set five delivery
management of mother in trolleys
labour.  Witness Apgar
scoring of five babies
 Witness first
examination of five
babies.

MIDWIFERY

MATERNITY PLACEMENT 2: LABOUR WARD: 3 WEEKS

AREA OF COMPETENCE COMPETENCY REQUIRED CLINICAL


PRACTICE
Health promotion The ability to share health Share four one to one
messages with mothers in health messages with
labour to promote safe mothers in labour on:-
delivery.  Nutrition
 Hygiene
 Breathing
 Bearing-down
Assess and diagnose The ability to recognize the Assess 5 mother in labour to
pattern of normal labour include:-
 Abdominal
examination
 Vaginal examination
 Complete
partograph of five
mothers in labour
Perform apgar score 15
times

Perform first examination of


the newborn on five babies
Management The ability to make Witness ten normal
problem list plan and deliveries
provide care to mothers in
labour. Catheterize two mothers

Conduct 15 normal
deliveries

Witness suturing of five


episiotomies

Provide immediate post


delivery care to five
mothers

MIDWIFERY

MATERNITY PLACEMENT 3: PRENATAL CLINIC 2 WEEKS& LABOUR WARD: 2 WEEKS

AREA OF COMPETENCE COMPETENCY REQUIRED CLINICAL


PRACTICE
Assess and diagnose The ability to identify Assess 4 mothers in
antenatal patients needs antenatal
through history taking and Complete partographs for
physical examination the four mothers

Management The ability to make Witness ten normal


problem list plan and deliveries
provide care to antenatal
mothers Catheterize two mothers

Conduct 6 deliveries

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