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Quarter 3

Midwifery Care 3: Advanced Pregnancy and Prenatal Care (4.0 credits): This course includes information relevant to more complicated aspects of prenatal care: early pregnancy bleeding, management of the Rh-negative mother, anemia, infections, trauma, miscarriage, post-dates pregnancy, gestational diabetes, and hypertensive disorders. Prerequisite: Midwifery Care 2.

Counseling for the Childbearing Year 2 (1.5 credits): The course continues from Counseling for the Childbearing Year 1 with discussion and skill building around domestic violence, as well as resources and skills for counseling pregnant women dealing with substance abuse issues. Prerequisite: Counseling 1.

Pharmacology and Treatments 2 (1.0 credit): This course continues with an overview of certain complementary medicines such as homeopathy, western herbs and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Professional Issues Seminar 1: History of Midwifery and Medicine (3.0 credits): This is the first of a series of six Professional Issues (PI) Seminars. It includes the history of medicine and midwifery in North America through the 1800s and 1900s, from the rise of medical authority in the 1800s to the social movements of the 1960s that re-awakened the midwifery profession.

Clinical Skills 2 (1.0 credit): This section of Clinical Skills includes more advanced skills required for midwives such as neonatal resuscitation, IVs, and perineal suturing. Prerequisite: Clinical Skills 1

Clinical Seminar (1.0 credit): All clinical seminars include onsite time when students debrief clinical experiences. Students will learn how to integrate theoretical knowledge with midwifery practice. Learning activities include case presentations, charting and case management exercises, and projects to develop cultural competency and knowledge of community resources.

Practicum (3.5 credits): Theoretical coursework is complemented by clinical rotations with practitioners providing midwifery and related women’s health care. For more information, see the Clinical Preceptorships page.

Quarter 4

Practicum (4.0 credits): Theoretical coursework is complemented by clinical rotations with practitioners providing midwifery and related women’s health care. For more information, see the Clinical Preceptorships page.

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