Postpartum Care and Breastfeeding Counselling (3 cr)
Code: BM22BK06-3001
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2024 - 04.05.2025
Timing
05.05.2025 - 06.06.2025
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
- Vasa - timlärare Vård
- Terese Österberg
Teacher in charge
Terese Österberg
Groups
-
UBM22D-VBarnmorska (YH), h22, dagstudier, Vasa
Objective
Student:
- the student starts from evidence-based knowledge in his approach
- masters the care and follow-up of the new mother and the newborn child
- has knowledge of couple relationships, parenting and early interaction and can support the new family
- has insight into breastfeeding issues and can provide breastfeeding guidance
- can perform postpartum screening
Content
Postpartum care
Care of newborn
Breastfeeding counselling
Postpartum check-up
Location and time
Alere May 2025
Materials
Paananen m.fl. (2021). Kätilötyö. Edita.
Lindgren et al (2022). Reproduktiv hälsa. Studentliteratur.
Klemetti, R. & Hakulinen-Viitanen, T.( red.) (2015). Handbok för mödrarådgivningen. Nationell rekommendation. Institutet för hälsa och välfärd, Helsingfors.
NEUKO-databasen
Enligt föreläsarens anvisningar
Teaching methods
Lectures, cases, discussions, self-studies.
Practical skills training
Completion alternatives
Clinical training and active participation in the course.
Written exam.
Individual assignment.
Mandatory attendance at lectures in Postpatrum check-up
Student workload
27 h/cr
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
Study Units:
VÅV22GV
VÅV22HF
VÅV22KV
VÅV22PR