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Quarter 7

Midwifery Care 6: Challenges in Practice (5.0 credits): This course contains discrete modules describing conditions considered to be deviations from normal and conditions for which controversy exists about how or where they should be handled. Modules will include medical as well as complementary and nutritional treatments for these conditions. Onsite classes will include presentations and discussions of a variety of viewpoints about how these situations are managed by midwives in out-of-hospital settings. Prerequisite: Midwifery Care 5.

Clinical Skills 5 (0.5 credits): Continuation of the clinical skills series. Students will learn emergency delivery skills including breech delivery, shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse and unexpected twin delivery. Prerequisite: Clinical Skills 4.

Professional Issues Seminar 4: Health Care Systems and Health Policy (2.5 credits): This course includes topics relevant to the organization and financing of health care, health policy issues, and methods to affect and change health policy. Content will be applied directly to midwifery clinical practice and professionalization. Consultation, collaboration, and referral relationships with community medical and social services will also be discussed. Prerequisite: Professional Issues Seminar 3.

Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation (2 credits): This comprehensive 6-day course is taught by board-certified lactation consultants. It teaches students to provide accurate, current, and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation to expectant and new families. Content is based on current scientific research as it applies to “best practice” issues in the clinical setting.

Clinical Seminar (2.0 credits): 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 (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 8

Practicum (4.5 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.

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