Study Guide

Objective

Student:
- has insights into issues concerning the midwife's history and its impact on midwifery knowledge today
- is familiar with the ethics and values of the midwifery profession and understands the importance of creating a good relationship with the woman and her family
- knows and can make use of the legislation that governs the midwife's work
- is familiar with family and women - centered work of a midwife
- has an understanding of the role of the midwife in society and the world and has a professional mindset to pay attention in sexual and reproductive health to all forms and dimensions of poverty and inequality
- has full insight into the importance of evidence in midwifery
- has the ability to independently acquire new research results in midwifery knowledge

Content

Midwife's history
Midwife training in Finland today
Midwife's work area
Midwifery ethics
Legislation
Statistics
The role of the midwife in society (nationally and internationally)
Sustainability issues from a midwife perspective

Location and time

Campus Alere spring 2025

Materials

Vainio-Korhonen K 2012, De frimodiga, WSOY.
Oscarsson & Georgsson red. 2021, Etik för barnmorskor
Statistikrapport Perinatalstatisktik – föderskor, förlossningar och nyfödda 2021. THL.
Lundgren et al(2022) Theories and perspectives for midwifery. Studentlitteratur.
Melender, H-L. 2012. Näyttöön perustuva Kätilötyö - mistä näyttöä. Kätilölehti - Tidskrift för barnmorskor 2, 12-13.
Sarajärvi, A., Mattila, L-R. & Rekola, L. 2011. Näyttöön perustuva toiminta. Avain hoitotyön kehittymiseen. WSOY, Helsink

Teaching methods

Lecture, discussion, individual learning tasks, examination with seminars

Exam schedules

Seminars xx och xx

Completion alternatives

Individual assignments:
1. History of Midwives
2. Reflection about communication and ethics
3. Choose an optional fiction book that is in any way about a woman's / women's life. Read the book and consider the following questions:
Where in life is the woman?
What is her situation?
What problem does the book deal with and how does it affect the woman?

Choose a theme from a midwife's perspective and search for three
relevant research articles dealing with the theme. Write a short review of the book based on the questions above and then report on the results of the articles. Then do an analysis of what the book is about based on the research articles you have chosen.

The work is presented in discussion form (30min), all other students act as opponents and comment on the work at the presentation.

Feedback is given in writing to each student after the seminar.

Student workload

27 h/cr

Further information

Introduktion och seminarier obligatoriska. Rekommenderas närvaro vid samtliga schemalagda lektioner. Aktivitet under lektioner kan höja ett slutvitsord.

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.

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

VÅV22GV
VÅV22HF
VÅV22KV
VÅV22PR