Learning objectives
The goal of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge and understanding of the essential elements that characterize labor and birth. Moreover the lessons will offer the theory basis to build the essential knowledges for midwives on birth care. The peculiar skills of a good midwife include the proper use of hands (touch, massage, encouragement, visit), eyes (observation, communication without word, control of environment), body (promotion and support free positions, ability in listening). The basic theory package is giving the absolutely necessary foundation to grow professionals able to preserve the birth as a natural and complex event ensuring safety and promoting health.
Prerequisites
Course unit content
The course deals with the intrinsic and extrinsic factors of birth, the times of labor, the phenomena that characterize it and the midwifery care during low risk labor and delivery. Underlines the role of proper support to the pregnant and to the couple from the admission time to the exit from the delivery room, including the acceptance and care of term healthy babies. Non- drugs painkiller strategies are investigated according to available scientific evidences.
Full programme
1. Intrinsic factors of birth
1.1. Passage
1.2. Passenger
1.3. Power
1.4. Psyche
1.5. Pain
2. Extrinsic factor of birth
2.1. Place
2.2. People
2.3. Organisation
3. Times of labour
4. Birth phenomena
4.1. Dynamic phenomena
4.2. Mechanical phenomena
4.3. Plastic phenomena
5. Physiology of birth: delivery care
6. Newborn care
6.1. Welcoming a newborn, observation of adaptation time
6.2. Care of term newborns: position, clearing of airways system, controlling heating and temperature,cord clamping, promoting bonding and skin-to-skin contact
6.3. Observation, first bathing, eye and vit K prophylaxis
7. Recording
7.1. Record in delivery register, clinical chart, birth certificate
Bibliography
R. Spandrio, A. Regalia, G. Bestetti “Fisiologia della nascita. Dai prodromi al post-partum”. Carocci Faber Ed., 2014.
Costantini W., Calistri D., OSTETRICA. Le basi scientifico-culturali. Piccin Ed., 2013.
Slides and audiovisual material
Teaching methods
According to the regulation of the Italian Government and the University of Parma about the COVID-19 pandemics, the present course is realized with frontal lessons via mixed in-presence and at-distance modality. In particular, the teacher takes lessons in the classroom with the help of PC (Powerpoint slides); simultaneous connection of the PC to the Teams platform in streaming modality ensures connection with students not present in the classroom. Each lesson is registered and loaded in the Elly portal of the course, together with the slides. The teacher is available for further explanations in office or by distance via Teams after e-mail appointment, or via chat on Elly platform.
Assessment methods and criteria
The student’s knowledge, topics’ comprehension and her/his skill to apply them on the occupational contexts will be evaluated by questions on the topics related to the course content. Failed answer to one or more questions or proved insufficiency of the basic knowledge on the subject will preclude the successful completion of the exam. In case of completion of the exam, an evaluation that contributes to the final grade of the course will be defined and it will be based on the achievement of the objectives.
In case the COVID-related sanitary emergence continues, the examination will proceed on the Teams platform (see the guidelines at the address: http://selma.unipr.it/).
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