Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Public and Allied Health
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Tutorial
Workshop
Module Offerings
6105MW-MAR-CTY
Aims
To enable the student midwife to develop skills in managing obstetric emergencies and offer first line management in a timely collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify a range of psychosocial or biomedical risk factors that place the mother/birthing person and/or baby at increased risk for adverse outcomes during the childbirth continuum.
2.
Critically apply an evidence-based approach to respond promptly to signs of compromise and deterioration in the woman/birthing person, fetus and newborn infant.
3.
Make clinical decisions based on need and best practice evidence in emergency situations, act on those decisions, and demonstrate ability to refer to the interdisciplinary team as needed.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Outline Syllabus
Complex Care: Hypertensive diseases, VTE, acute fatty liver, placental abruption, Sepsis, DIC, HELLP syndrome.
Obstetric Emergencies covered throughout the module: Shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, Massive Obstetric Haemorrhage (MOH), sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), uterine inversion/rupture, Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE), clinical shock, maternal and neonatal arrest.
Learning Activities
Lectures with discussions, workshops, on-line learning, tutorials and self-directed study.
Students will be formatively assessed throughout this module and specifically by practice VIVA Voce and feedback, peer presentation of case-loading experience.
Outline Syllabus
Complex Care: Hypertensive diseases, VTE, acute fatty liver, placental abruption, Sepsis, DIC, HELLP syndrome.
Obstetric Emergencies covered throughout the module: Shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, Massive Obstetric Haemorrhage (MOH), sepsis, Pulmonary Embolism (PE), uterine inversion/rupture, Amniotic Fluid Embolism (AFE), clinical shock, maternal and neonatal arrest.
Learning Activities
Lectures with discussions, workshops, on-line learning, tutorials and self-directed study.
Students will be formatively assessed throughout this module and specifically by practice VIVA Voce and feedback, peer presentation of case-loading experience.
Module Overview:
The student will demonstrate knowledge and understanding that the complications and additional care needs of women, newborn infants, partners, and families during complex care in the childbirth continuum may relate to physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual factors.
The student will demonstrate knowledge and understanding that the complications and additional care needs of women, newborn infants, partners, and families during complex care in the childbirth continuum may relate to physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual factors.
Additional Information:
This module is component marked. For this module, all assessments need to be passed at 40%.
The VIVA Voce is made up of 4 components. If student is referred for 1 VIVA component, then they will be required to re-sit the 1 component. If the student is referred for 2 they will resit the 2 components. If student is referred for 3 components, they will be required to re-sit 3 components. If student is referred for 4 components, they will be required to re-sit all 4 components.
This module is component marked. For this module, all assessments need to be passed at 40%.
The VIVA Voce is made up of 4 components. If student is referred for 1 VIVA component, then they will be required to re-sit the 1 component. If the student is referred for 2 they will resit the 2 components. If student is referred for 3 components, they will be required to re-sit 3 components. If student is referred for 4 components, they will be required to re-sit all 4 components.