BPPA0241c Midwifery I

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Radka Wilhelmová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Radka Wilhelmová, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: PhDr. Radka Wilhelmová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BPAN011c Anatomy - practice && BPTP0121p Basics Theory of MDW I - lec && BPTP0121c Basics Theory of MDW I - pract && BPPV011c Midwifery skills - practice
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This subject is the main one for midwifery practice. Course acquaints with basic knowledge of care for a woman in all ages with a focus on gynaecological examination and basic gynaecological operative, on period of physiological pregnancy, childbirth and early childbed are introduced. Subject objectives - students will be able to: - apply theoretical knowledge into the clinical gynaecological-obstetrical practice; - define midwife’s competences in caring for woman and newborn; - manage admission of woman to the delivery room and correctly analyse current situation; - take care for a woman and child in all childbirth periods;
Learning outcomes
students will be able to: - describe historical consequences and current situation in midwifery; - apply theoretical knowledge into the clinical gynaecological-obstetrical practice; - define midwife’s competences in caring for woman and newborn; - manage admission of woman to the delivery room and correctly analyse current situation; - take care for a woman and child in all childbirth periods;
Syllabus
  • Module subject: - caring for women during gynaecological examination, before, during and after a small gynaecological operation; - caring for women before and after gynaecological operation; - activities of midwives in primary nursing provided to pregnant woman (objectives of prenatal caring, consulting room for pregnant women, pregnancy card, expected term of childbirth, basic examination, changes in woman’s body, psychical adaptation on pregnancy, healthy life style education); - midwives activities during woman’s admission on delivery room (physical admission – procedures – obstetrical examination – visually, touch and measuring of pelvis, auscultation, administrative activities); - midwives activities during in a first stage (childbirth process phases, continual caring during labour); - child monitoring in first stage (CTG, NST); - midwife’s activities immediately after the labour – fourth stage, education; - checking of wounds;
Literature
  • WILHELMOVÁ, Radka. Vybrané kapitoly Porodní asistence I a II. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021. Elportál. ISSN 1802-128X. PURL html url info
  • ROZTOČIL, Aleš. Moderní porodnictví. 2., přepracované a doplně. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2017, xxxiii, 62. ISBN 9788024757537. info
  • SLEZÁKOVÁ, Lenka, Martina ANDRÉSOVÁ, Petra KADUCHOVÁ, Monika ROUČOVÁ and Eva STAROŠTÍKOVÁ. Ošetřovatelství v gynekologii a porodnictví. 2., přepracované a doplně. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2017, 272 stran. ISBN 9788027102143. info
  • FRYE, Anne. Holistic midwifery : a comprehensive textbook for midwives in homebirth practice. Illustrated by Rhonda Baker. Second edition. Portland: Labrys Press, 2013, xxiv, 1477. ISBN 9781891145674. info
  • TAKÁCS, Lea and Jitka MLÍKOVÁ SEIDLEROVÁ. Psychosociální aspekty v současném českém porodnictví : kvalita perinatální péče očima rodiček : zpráva z výzkumu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Filozofická fakulta, 2012, 119 s. ISBN 9788073084318. info
  • MROWETZ, Michaela, Gauri CHRASTILOVÁ and Ivana ANTALOVÁ. Bonding - porodní radost : podpora rodiny jako cesta k ozdravení porodnictví a společnosti? 1. vyd. Praha: DharmaGaia, 2011, 279 s. ISBN 9788074360145. info
  • FRYE, Anne. Holistic midwifery : a comprehensive textbook for midwives in homebirth practice. Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd - Veronika Kolder, Illustrated by Rhonda Wheeler. Portland: Labrys Press, 2010, xv, 1184. ISBN 9781891145551. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures, discussion, group work – skills practising, audiovisual presentation.
Assessment methods
Type of completion: credit - 100% presence in practise lessons, activity, successfully mastered model situations
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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