Curriculum and schedule: Dates and course work
First Module: covers normal pregnancy,
from conception until term.
September
September 10, Saturday,10AM
till 4PM
Introduction: history of midwifery, introduction
to terminology
Student homework: terminology
list
September 21 Wednesday
7- 7PM
History continued – Video
“all my babies”
Homework – research different
birth culture and do oral presentation next class
September 24, Saturday
10AM to 4PM
Medical terminology (Kim)
Introduction to charting; comparison
of various charting methods
Homework: Study terminology.
Practice charting
October
October 8th.
Saturday 10AM to 4PM
Developing Study Skills: Time
Management; Brain Gym
Presentations on Cultural Aspects
of Midwifery
Beginning of pregnancy -- s/s
of normal pregnancy, pregnancy tests (phys markers), landmarks
Skills development/practice: How to calculate a Due Date
Homework, reading assignments:
Handbook 105 to 112 do self test on 111, 112
October
19, Wednesday 6:30 to 9PM
Prenatal Development; video on
fetal anatomy (A child is Born)
Explanation of blood pressure;
physiology of blood pressure
Skills: Students learned how
to take a Blood Pressure
Homework: practice blood pressures
October 22, Saturday
10AM to 4PM
Prenatal Course continued: first
trimester
Common complaints and comfort
measures
The Prenatal Exam – explained,
discussed, demonstrated
Skills: -- Two pregnant women
came for hands-on demonstration.
Students did intake charting
(initial interviews, history) and did prenatal exams: blood pressure, urine dip, fundal height, palpation, fetal position,
heart tones.
Reading assignment 120 to 148
November
November 5thth
Saturday 10AM to 4PM
REVIEW – Oral pre-test
Mid Pregnancy: Common complaints
and comfort measures
Nutrition – requirements,
diets, vitamin supplements
Discovering Fetal Positions,
The Maternal Pelvis
Underlying health conditions
– lifestyle issues; drugs, alcohol, tobacco
Skills development: how to do
a urine pregnancy test
Homework: learn RDAs for pregnancy
November 16, Wednesday
6:30 to 9pm
Written test review
November 19, Saturday
10AM to 4PM
Course of pregnancy continued:
last trimester
Staying Healthy – vaginal
health, preventing preterm birth
Bloodwork in pregnancy: test
the doctor orders -- what they mean
Toxemia/hypertension overview
Homework: Choose first book on
DONA Required Doula Reading list. Prepare review due January 28 (five reports due monthly by end of training program)
Skills – prenatal exam
volunteers
December
December 10th
Saturday 9AM to 4:30PM
Neonatal resuscitation and CPR
DEC 7 Wednesday, 6:30
to 9PM
(originally scheduled for December 17, 10AM
to 2PM
Film, Discussion: Prenatal and
Neonatal Psychology “What babies want”
Oral Review
Winter break
Schedule 2006
January through May/June
Second Module: covers labor,
birth, postpartum: lactation: Doula role: business development/marketing
January
January 14, Saturday
10AM to 4PM
REVIEW: Written Exam, Skills
Assessment
Course of pregnancy; Minor problems
(UTIs, yeast, vaginal health etc)
Mechanics of normal labor; fetal
presentation; position
January 18, Wednesday
6:30 to 9PM
Fetal heart tone assessments,
Preventing fetal distress in labor
January 28, 10AM to 4PM
Preparing birth plans; dealing
with hospitals; negotiation skills
Home vrs hospital, advantages
and risk
Resources for Pregnant women
and families
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
Section issues
Book Report DUE. Next report
due
February 11, 10Am to
4PM
Childbirth education methods;
Becoming a Childbirth Educator; Advertising
Supporting a woman during labor
(speaker Pat Edmonds)
Emotional support; Physical aids
and comfort measures
February 15, 6:30 to
9PM
Video, Discussion: Gentle Birth
Choices
Public Relations
February 25, 10AM to
4PM
The Process of Birth; Comfort
measures, tools
The first ten minutes of life;
newborn adaptation; umbilical cord blood
Immediate care of mother and
baby
March
March 11, 10AM to 4PM
The normal newborn – care
and development in the first weeks
Breast feeding/lactation Initiating
breastfeeding; Video “Self Attachment”
Postpartum Period; Helping the
mother; Home care and Recipes
Postpartum Depression; identification,
prevention (Speaker “Baby Blues”)
March 15, 6:30 to 9PM
Alternative Birthing: Waterbirth,
lotus birth, activebirth
March 25 Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
Equipment and birth supplies;
preparing the birth area
Assisting a midwife
or doctor. Labor monitoring.
Health Issues: Blood born diseases;
Universal Precautions
Keeping financial records
April
April 8 Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
Emergency childbirth: “How
to deliver a baby”
Maintaining Breastfeeding; helping
mother overcome problems (speaker)
Preventive women’s health
care; accessing the medical system
April 19, 6:30 to 9PM
Public Speaking, and presentation
skills. ‘Dressing for success’
April 22 Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
Common herbs used in pregnancy
and birth
Workshop -- Making (and marketing)
salves from traditional herbs
MAY
May 13, Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
Public health issues; STDs. education
peers and clients for prevention
Business skills; advertising
and marketing your business (speaker)
May 17, Wednesday 6:30
to 9PM
Preparing a brochure; using the
internet
May 27, Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
International Midwifery; perspectives
Cultural Midwifery; rituals and
social issues (Shafia)
Interviews with foreign-experienced
midwives
JUNE
June 10, Saturday 10AM
to 4PM
Family Planning; Natural Family
Planning overview
Developing a business; billing,
contracting; IRS; record keeping
June 21, Wednesday 6:30
to 9PM
Graduation ceremony!
Doula training complete and certificates given.
ICTC Birth Companions will be capable of contracting to act as monitrice, doula/labor
support, midwife assistant, labor monitor, lactation counselor, or postpartum caregiver. Birth Companions also are taught neonatal resuscitation and emergency childbirth.
With their business development and marketing skills, they should be able to find
employment as entrepreneurs as well as employees.
September 2005 through end of Juny 2006 represents 146 hours of scheduled class instruction, plus the additional accumulation
of skills required during prenatal visits, attendance at labors, assisting at births, and volunteer hours doing office work
at ICTC.
MIDWIFERY SKILLS CONTINUED
Course work and curiculum
Fetal development and physiology
Maternal anatomy/pelvimetry
“Management” of labor
and birth
Preventing tears/techniques
Third stage
Common complications; prevention,
treatment, referral
Prolonged labor, dysfunctional
labor
Malpresentations, posterior labor,
Assssment/tests
prolonged pregnancy/postdates
Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia
Developmental anomalies and genetics
Bloodwork problems, anemias
STDs, and bloodborn disease,
HIV/AIDS, HPV, Hep,
Complications at birth; CPD,
dystocia, fetal distress, hemorrhage
