Natural and Medical Sciences in Midwifery 1 (2 cr)
Code: 7K00EX74-3001
General information
Enrolment period
30.11.2021 - 02.01.2022
Timing
03.01.2022 - 13.03.2022
Credits
2 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Emergency Care, Midwifery, Public Health Nursing
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Nursing and Health Care, Midwifery
Teachers
- Maija Koivunen
- Hoitotyö Luennoitsija
- Outi Kajula
- Riika Riihelä
Person in charge
Maija Koivunen
Groups
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19KL
Objectives (course unit)
The student
- is able to describe the structure and functions of reproductive organs during the lifespan
- knows the physiology of pregnancy, labour, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding
- knows the normal development of foetus and the main genetic disorders
- knows the physiology of normal neonatal period and the most common diseases of newborn babies
Content (course unit)
- anatomy and physiology of reproductive organs for midwives
- genetics and hereditary diseases
- obstetric anaesthesiology
- perinatology for midwives
Prerequisites (course unit)
The student must have completed 135 credits of nursing studies including Anatomy and Physiology and courses of Perioperative Nursing, Maternity Care and Gynaecological Nursing. Supervised clinical training could not be started before completing all theoretical and clinical nursing studies.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student
- knows the anatomy and physiology of reproductive organs
- knows the physiology of pregnancy, labour, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding
- knows the normal development of foetus and the main genetic and other disorders and diseases of the newborn babies
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student
- knows in detail the anatomy and physiology of reproductive organs
- knows in detail the physiology of pregnancy, labour, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding
- knows extensively the normal development of foetus and the main genetic and other disorders and diseases of the newborn babies
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student
- is able to implement the knowledge of reproductive organs’ anatomy and physiology to the midwifery practice
- is able to implement the knowledge of physiology of pregnancy, labour, postpartum recovery and breastfeeding to the midwifery practice
- is able to discuss the meaning of the normal development of foetus and the main genetic and other disorders and diseases of newborn babies to the midwifery practice
Assessment scale
0-5