Antenatal Care - SWCH9014
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Women's and Children's Health
Course Outline: http://wch.med.unsw.edu.au/postgraduate-obstetrics-gynaecology
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
Enrolment Requirements:
Women's Health Medicine program only (7014 & 9014)
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
This Course will cover the following topics:
- Pregnancy preparation/Pre-pregnancy care
- Early pregnancy care
- Antenatal screening
- The pregnant woman in society
- Late pregnancy care
- Complicated pregnancy: maternal
- Complicated pregnancy: fetal
- Pregnancy as a stress test for life/Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Course Aims
Learning Outcomes
- Investigate and critically appraise current systems and components of pregnancy care
- Apply theory to the provision of appropriate, evidence-based and woman-centred pregnancy care, including addressing the lifelong impact of pregnancy complications and the impact of pregnancy and motherhood on a woman's emotional and social health
- Recognise the woman who is not appropriate for routine care and undertake referral to appropriate specialist care