2024
Evolution and Trends in Obstetrics and Maternal Health Care
Name: Evolution and Trends in Obstetrics and Maternal Health Care
Code: ENF13439M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
Methodology and themes gave contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Goals
Understand the importance of ESMO given the inevitability of care in the preservation of the species
Recognize the importance of professional skills in the quality of SMO care
Know quality programs in order to stimulate the development of strategic institutional initiatives in the area of ââclinical governance
Skills
Reveal knowledge to support your praxis in ESMO knowledge standards
Demonstrate ability to integrate knowledge, deal with complex issues, develop solutions or make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on ethical and social implications and responsibilities
Communicate conclusions, knowledge, reasoning to specialists and non-specialists in the area of ââclinical governance
Develop skills for lifelong, self-directed and autonomous learning
Understand the importance of ESMO given the inevitability of care in the preservation of the species
Recognize the importance of professional skills in the quality of SMO care
Know quality programs in order to stimulate the development of strategic institutional initiatives in the area of ââclinical governance
Skills
Reveal knowledge to support your praxis in ESMO knowledge standards
Demonstrate ability to integrate knowledge, deal with complex issues, develop solutions or make judgments in situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflections on ethical and social implications and responsibilities
Communicate conclusions, knowledge, reasoning to specialists and non-specialists in the area of ââclinical governance
Develop skills for lifelong, self-directed and autonomous learning
Contents
Historical evolution of the discipline of Nursing in the context of Maternal and Obstetric Health.
Historical perspective of maternal care:
- Ancestral maternal care and in Western civilizations
Evolution of maternal care and its relation with ESMO
The health of the woman-mother (National and international guidelines)
WHO and UN Conferences
Maternity protection/support structures
Conceptualization and guidelines of the EESMO training profile
Legal framework of the EESMO career
Environments favorable to clinical practice
Management and organization of nursing care
People management (leadership, delegation, safe allocation, supervision, conflict management, professional performance and evaluation)
Risk management and patient safety in SMO
Information/Communication System
Clinical Information Management
Quality and development of health services
Quality Standards of Skilled Nursing Care
Historical perspective of maternal care:
- Ancestral maternal care and in Western civilizations
Evolution of maternal care and its relation with ESMO
The health of the woman-mother (National and international guidelines)
WHO and UN Conferences
Maternity protection/support structures
Conceptualization and guidelines of the EESMO training profile
Legal framework of the EESMO career
Environments favorable to clinical practice
Management and organization of nursing care
People management (leadership, delegation, safe allocation, supervision, conflict management, professional performance and evaluation)
Risk management and patient safety in SMO
Information/Communication System
Clinical Information Management
Quality and development of health services
Quality Standards of Skilled Nursing Care
Teaching Methods
Regarding the hours of contact with the teacher, the teaching / learning process will be organized based on lectures. In addition to the presentation of the programmatic themes by the teacher, the lectures also include the participation of students who, individually or in small groups, and based on resources previously distributed or to research in self study, will contribute to streamline the sessions.
Assessment
The course unit will be formally assessed by means of an individual written assignment (80%) and a presentation and discussion in the classroom (20%), based on a topic related to the course contents. The evaluation of the written work and the presentation will be based on grids previously presented to the students.
Final mark = written work 80% + oral presentation 20%.
Final mark = written work 80% + oral presentation 20%.
Teaching Staff
- Maria Otília Brites Zangão [responsible]
- Paula Cristina Vaqueirinho Bilro