Midwifery High Dependency Care Level 7 7KNIM771 drafted draft

Program Overview

The Midwifery High Dependency Care Level 7 program at King's College London equips practitioners with advanced knowledge and skills to care for critically ill pregnant and parturient women. It focuses on recent advances in midwifery and obstetrics, enabling participants to expand their scope of practice to include high-dependency care.

Program Outline

It focuses on recent advances in midwifery and obstetrics, enabling practitioners to expand their scope of practice to include high-dependency care. Participants will critically evaluate research in high-dependency care and gain expertise in building on and evaluating strategies and interventions.

• Objectives:
• Enhance practitioners' knowledge of high-risk midwifery situations.
• Provide advanced skills and competencies for caring for high-risk and critically ill women.
• Develop critical analysis of research evidence and knowledge base for maternal high-dependency care.
• Expand knowledge of altered maternal physiology during pregnancy and childbirth.
• Increase knowledge of pre-existing medical conditions contributing to high-risk situations in childbearing women.
• Provide expertise in evaluating and building on strategies and interventions for high-dependency care.

Outline:

• Content:
• Principles of high dependency care.
• Research evidence and knowledge base for maternal high-dependency care.
• Altered maternal physiology during pregnancy and childbirth.
• Physiological parameters for monitoring and achieving equilibrium.
• Pre-existing medical conditions contributing to high-risk situations in childbearing women.
• Strategies and interventions for high-dependency care.
• Structure:
• Duration: Term 3, 25th April to 20th June 2024.
• Teaching schedule: 5 sessions, 25/04, 09/05, 23/05, 06/06, and 20/06.
• Assessment: Assignment and clinical assessment document.
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• Assignment
• Clinical assessment document
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• Faculty:
• Sam Bassett, Head of Department, Midwifery and Senior Lecturer in Midwifery Education
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• Available course dates: 25 April - 20 June 2024
• Application deadline: 15 March 2024
• Course status: Course closed
• Full fee: £1600
• Contact: Dr Sam Bassett (sam.bassett@kcl.ac.uk)
• Offered by: Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care