MAJOPRA4 Advanced Holistic Midwifery Care Course description

The purpose of the course is for the student to further develop his/her knowledge, understanding and skills from the preceding courses and become familiar with professional practice at a more holistic and advanced level. Midwifery competence comprises the candidate's qualifications for providing satisfactory midwifery care, and includes specialist knowledge, skills, experience, personal qualities, attitudes and morals. In the preceding courses, the student has been gradually introduced to a midwife's areas of expertise. During this course, the student will focus on developing overall knowledge and mastery, so that he/she is capable of taking independent responsibility for midwifery practice on completing the programme. The period of clinical training in this course is seven weeks.

The student must have passed all the courses except MAJO5900 Master's Thesis.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• has an in-depth understanding of the ontological, epistemic and ethical basis for the profession's areas of knowledge and activity
• has advanced knowledge about how pregnancy, childbirth and family formation can be understood and maintained as natural biological processes
• is capable of analysing midwifery issues in a multicultural perspective

Skills

The student is capable of:

• independent and evidence-based work in the midwifery area of expertise and function in accordance with legal requirements and professional ethical standards
• being a leader in the field of midwifery in preventive and health-promoting work with women, families and newborns
• working independently on advising, teaching and providing guidance about the development of parenthood, women's reproductive health, sexuality and family planning
• working systematically to promote patient safety and quality in midwifery.

Competence

The student:

• is capable of using his/her knowledge and skills to carry out advanced midwife duties in cooperation with the woman and her family
• is capable of practising as a midwife in a professionally sound manner in hospitals and homes in cooperation with the rest of the municipal and specialist health services
• is capable of acting in a professional manner in intimate and unforeseen situations
• is capable of analysing ethical challenges and dilemmas in the field
• is capable of taking a reflective and critical approach to knowledge development and research
• is capable of initiating and participating in research and development work and contributing to new ideas
• is capable of communicating and disseminating knowledge about midwifery issues, analyses, research results and conclusions both to his/her colleagues and the general public
• is capable of assessing and discussing health policy challenges and guidelines in the field of maternity care

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has in-depth knowledge of the research process and ethical challenges in qualitative studies
• is capable of using knowledge about the planning and execution of qualitative studies
• has advanced knowledge of the most commonly used analysis methods in qualitative research
• has in-depth knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative studies

Skills

The student is capable of

• analysing qualitative data, such as different kinds of text material
• taking a critical approach to the interpretation of qualitative data
• identifying and elucidating research ethics issues in their own projects
• systematically presenting findings from qualitative studies

Competence

The student is capable of

• presenting issues of relevance to qualitative design
• disseminating qualitative academic and research results of relevance to the health and social services
• communicating ethical considerations concerning the dissemination of health research

Individual home exam over three days. Scope: 2,500 words (+/- 10%).

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F.