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Midwifery

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Course title Course code
Physiology of Pregnancy ILV 553.011

Type of course

Integrierte Lehrveranstaltung
Level of course Year of study Semester Hours per week Number of credits
Undergraduate 2012/13 1 1,00 2,00

Name of lecturer(s)

Silke Heinzl, MSc

Objective of the course

Students will be able to identify the process of psychosocial change and growth concerning pregnancy, birth and transition to new family dynamics.
Students will be familiar with definitions and stages of pregnancy, physical and mental processes of adaptation, worldly and psychosocial influences on the process of pregnancy, history, development and modes of antenatal preparation classes

Prerequisites

none

Course contents

Definition and stages of pregnancy
physical and mental process of adaptation to changes,
worldly and psychosocial influences on the process of pregnancy (including gender and cross – cultural aspects)
Change of woman and man concerning their role and identity,
Concept of childhood from the perspective of the mother – to – be ,
experience of pregnancy from the perspective of a woman and her family,
development and change of family structures, prenatal psychology,
sexuality during pregnancy

Recommended reading

Hebammenkunde – Geist,Harder,Stiefel; 4.Auflage; Hippokrates Verlag
Das Hebammenbuch – Mändle,Opitz; 5.Auflage; Schattauer Verlag
Springer Lexikon Medizin – Reuter; 2004; Springer Verlag
Die Geburtshilfe – Schneider H., Husslein P., Schneider, K.Th.M.; 2005; Springer Verlag
Die Hebamme – deutsche Fachzeitschrift, 2009

Teaching methods

integrated course

Assessment methods

oral or written examination (final examination)

Language of instruction

German
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