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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-V
    Barnmorska (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