Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for your own professional development linked to risk assessment and skills rehearsal in obstetric and neonatal emergencies.
- Identify and justify the skills required for discussion/negotiation with other professionals within the obstetric/neonatal emergency scenario.
- Review and apply the evidence base appropriate to the pathophysiology linked to emergency scenarios.
- Recognise and articulate the importance of team-working in the best interests of women, fetus/neonate.
- Evaluate the skills required to recognise, respond to, and manage, within the scope of practice, maternal, fetal and neonatal deterioration and emergency situations.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 15 |
| Revision | 30 |
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Wider reading or practice | 58.5 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 24 |
| Total study time | 187.5 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Access to the local Maternity Services for theoretical and skills rehearsal.
Internet Resources
RCM/RCOG joint statement on multidisciplinary working.
Textbooks
Chapman V and Charles C (2013). The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook. John Wiley and Sons Limited.
Stables D and Rankin J (eds) (2010). Physiology in Childbearing. Elsevier.
Williamson A and Crozier K (2008). Neonatal Care: A Textbook for Student Midwives and Nurses. Lantern Publishing Ltd.
Downie G, Mackenzie J and Williams A (2013). Calculating Drug Doses Safely. Churchill Livingstone.
Winter C, Crofts J, Draycott T, Muchatuta N. (2017). Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training PROMPT course manual. Cambridge University Press.
Bass, J., Fenwick, J., Sidebotham, M (2017). Development of a Model of Holistic Reflection to facilitate transformative learning in student midwives,’ Women and Birth. Elsevier: Australian College of Midwives.
Johnson, R. and Taylor, W. (2010). Skills for midwifery Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Johnson R and Taylor W (2010). Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health. Open University Press.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
To pass this module you must achieve a grade of 40 % or more from the OSCE assessmentFormative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Formative Assessment
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative assessment feedback will be via peer and academic feedback within the skills rehearsal activity
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Objective Structured Clinical Examination | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Objective Structured Clinical Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External