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Study Course Description

Clinical Placement I

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
MDAK_069
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Midwifery
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdak@rsu.lv, +371 67061568

About Study Course

Objective

Practical training of students for work which provides supervision of a physiological pregnancy management and care.

Preliminary Knowledge

Anatomy, functional and pathological physiology, supervision of physiological pregnancy, gynaecology and care and nutrition of a healthy woman, interpersonal communication in healthcare, public health and epidemiology, basics of clinical care and clinical care in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Student will acquire symptoms of pregnancy and laboratory diagnostic methods of pregnancy; ability to determine gestational age and estimated date of delivery, will formulate the importance to ascertain mother’s risk group; to term prenatal diagnostic methods and explain the necessity to use these methods. Students will present a pregnancy supervision plan according to Cabinet Regulations No. 611, list the regulatory enactments regulating the record keeping procedure of medical documentation and records in medical institutions.

Skills

1.Student will be able to assess complaints of pregnant women, obtain reproductive history, calculate body mass index and measure blood pressure, perform gynaecological investigation, collect cytological smear and bacterioscopical smear from vaginal flora, use indicator strip to test urine, determine foetal position using Leopold’s manoeuvres, prepare documentation in accordance with regulatory enactments regulating the record keeping procedure of medical documentation and records in medical institutions, explain the data of ultrasound and various biochemical markers, determine estimated date of delivery, use the terminology approved in pregnancy care, assess the nature of foetal movements and records of foetal heart tones.

Competences

1.By implementing the obtained knowledge in supervision of physiological pregnancies, student is able to recognise a physiological pregnancy, assess the diagnostic results, included in Cabinet Regulations No. 611, and document the collected data.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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Completion of the placement diary.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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Assessment of Clinical Placement I is based on: - Performed manipulation sheet (Minimum requirements of education programmes require at least 100 performed prenatal examinations in order to be awarded the professional qualification of a midwife) - Placement diary - Assessment of the placement supervisor - Situation exercise.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

General safety provisions in a healthcare institution. Measures of infection containment and surveillance in care work. Provisions of disinfection regime.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Reflection of practice.
  1. Class/Seminar

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Preparation of a pregnancy supervision and care plan (Cabinet Regulations No. 611). Use of prenatal diagnostic methods during pregnancy and analysis of the obtained data. Preparation of the pregnant woman for specific diagnostic procedures. Social guarantees associated with pregnancy, childbirth and child care that are available in Latvia.
  1. Placement

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
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0

Topics

Two practice days of MITC simulations.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
9.00
Contact hours:
6 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Placement)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Dzemdniecība. D. Rezebergas redakcijā. Medicīnas apgāds, 2016

2.

WHO labour care guide: user’s manual

3.

Ginekoloģija. I. Vībergas redakcijā. Nacionālais apgāds, Rīga, 2013

4.

WHO labour care guide: user's manual

5.

WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience

Additional Reading

1.

Holcgrēfe B. Mazuli gaidot: 300 jautājumi un atbildes par grūtniecību. Rīga, Valters un Rapa, 2009.

2.

Strengthening quality midwifery education for Universal Health Coverage 2030: Framework for action

Other Information Sources

1.

Nr.611 ''Dzemdību palīdzības nodrošināšanas kārtība”

2.

“WHO Labour Care GuideUser’s Manual” Latviešu valodā tulkojušas topošās vecmātes Vaira Avota, Māra Luīze Zariņa, Samanta Zvejniece, Madara Kļaviņa.