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Leadership in Midwifery (3 cr)

Code: BM21FU03-3001

General information


Enrollment

02.12.2024 - 07.01.2025

Timing

07.01.2025 - 02.02.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Health and Welfare

Teaching languages

  • Svenska

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Midwifery

Teachers

  • Terese Österberg
  • Carina Gädda

Teacher in charge

Carina Gädda

Groups

  • UBM21D-V
    Barnmorska (YH), h21, dagstudier, Vasa

Objective

Student
- understands the importance of leadership in midwifery
- can assess the work group's resources, prioritize the tasks and the responsibilities they bring
- can identify the main principles for planning, organizing and managing operations, and have readiness to lead the work
- can coordinate and be responsible for a continuous care of the patient as a whole
- can account for management principles, the working methods of working life and can work in the work community
- can develop and understand the importance of internal and external entrepreneurship
- Understands the importance of change in healthcare and can function responsibly in the event of changes
- has insights into the midwife's professional decision-making, independence and responsibility
- has insights into the midwife's community awareness and commitment

Content

Leadership and development in midwifery

Location and time

Spring 2025, Campus Alere

Materials

Recommended literature can be found in Moodle

Teaching methods

Lectures
Self-studies

Completion alternatives

Individual assignment in the part about Leadership
Groupwork

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student has a superficial knowledge of the subject (by heart reading)

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions and their knowledge of the other students' work is inadequate. The student shows limited substance knowledge, can be essential.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student can account for the literature, reflect and motivate his / her views

Assessment criteria for written work
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows insufficient knowledge about the other students' written work. The student master the substance of his work, but the application is limited

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Criteria for evaluation of the exam
The student shows in his answer an in-depth knowledge and maturity beyond the traditional

Criteria for evaluation of written work individually or in groups
The student has followed the instructions for the written work and shows that she has mastered the substance. They have read the other participants' written work and can ask relevant questions and lead a discussion at the seminar. The written work and the possible opponentship show something out of the ordinary (technical execution, oral presentation, mature reflections, and independent working methods)

Qualifications

Biomedical sciences
Health promotion in nursing care
Clinical nursing care