Clinical Placement I

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:5.00

Study Course Accepted:08.02.2023 10:50:29

Study Course Information
Course Code:		MDAK_069		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		6.00		ECTS:		9.00
Branch of Science:		Clinical Medicine; Health Care		Target Audience:		Midwifery
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Valentīna Beļavska
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Department of Nursing and Obstetric Care
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, mdakrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061568
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		1	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		2
Classes (count)		2	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		4
Total Contact Hours								6
Study course description
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.
Objective:
Practical training of students for work which provides supervision of a physiological pregnancy management and care.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	General safety provisions in a healthcare institution. Measures of infection containment and surveillance in care work. Provisions of disinfection regime.			Lectures		1.00	clinical base
2	Reflection of practice.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
3	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.			Classes		1.00	clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Completion of the placement diary.
Assessment Criteria:
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.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Defence (Placement)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		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:		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.
Competencies:		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.
Clinical Skills:
No.	Skill					Level
1	Administration of Medication by i/v Route using a Syringe with a Needle					B1 - Basic level
2	Antenatal care planning according Republic of Latvia program					C1 - High level
3	Determination of antenatal and postpartum leave date					C1 - High level
4	Determination of vaginal pH					C1 - High level
5	Due date estimation					B1 - Basic level
6	Fundus uteri identification					B1 - Basic level
7	Fundus uteri measurement during pregnancy					C1 - High level
8	Hygienic Hand Disinfection					B1 - Basic level
9	Hygienic Hand Washing					B1 - Basic level
10	Intravenous Infusion of Medications with a Butterfly Needle					A - Beginner level
11	Intravenous Infusion of Medications with a Butterfly Needle					B1 - Basic level
12	Leopold maneuvers					B1 - Basic level
13	Pap smear performance (cervix cytology smear)					B2 - Intermediate level
14	PCR					C1 - High level
15	Performing swab test of cervical microbiological material					C1 - High level
16	Performing vaginal smear test					C1 - High level
17	Prevention of the postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)					B1 - Basic level
18	Withdrawing Medication from an Ampoule into a Syringe					A - Beginner level
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Dzemdniecība. D. Rezebergas redakcijā. Medicīnas apgāds, 2016
2	Ginekoloģija. I. Vībergas redakcijā. Nacionālais apgāds, Rīga, 2013
Additional Reading
1	Holcgrēfe B. Mazuli gaidot: 300 jautājumi un atbildes par grūtniecību. Rīga, Valters un Rapa, 2009.
Other Information Sources
1	Nr.611 ''Dzemdību palīdzības nodrošināšanas kārtība”