OBSTETRICS, GENERAL HYGIENE

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in MIDWIFERY

Moduls:

APPLIED GENERAL HYGIENE

2 credits
SCIENZE TECNICHE E DIETETICHE APPLICATE

1 credits
OSTETRICIA E GINECOLOGIA (OSTETRICIA)

1 credits
SCIENZE INFERMIERISTICHE OSTETRICO-GINECOLOGICHE (ASSISTENZA DI BASE APPLICATA ALL'OSTETRICIA)

2 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

no no To have passed the exam of the courses of Biochemistry and Anatomy

AF code:

40004073

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

oral or written exam at the end of the course Final oral exam Final oral exam Final oral exam

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

Upon completion of this course the student must know the main hygiene knowledge in order to provide a service more and more pertaining to their profession. At the end of the course the student knows the basic notions of pregnancy and delivery The student must learn the knowledge related to the first phase of the process of obstetric care in normal pregnancy, with particular reference to the assessment phase.
It must also acquire the techniques of midwifery care during the cardiotocographic (CTG) examination and learn the basics necessary to distinguish one from physiological and pathological CTG. At the end of the course the student will know the main functions performed by the organs and the human body systems, with particular reference to oogenesis and spermatogenesis and ovarial and testicular endocrine functions. Regulation carried out by the hypothalamic-pituitary axis will be also studied. Furthermore, the student will learn the circulatory conditions that occur during fetal life and will draw attention to the differences that exist with the circulation after birth.

Contents

1. Meaning and content of Hygiene
2. Concept of health. factors influencing health status.
3. Epidemiological methodology and epidemiology. Definition and purpose. epidemiological studies. Risck assessment.
4.General epidemiology of infectious diseases. Infectious diseases in community.
5. Prevention: levels of intervention.
6. Definition and purpose of Health Education.
7. Types of educational intervention
8. Education Health content. Diagnosis of pregnancy
Initial approach to pregnant woman: tests for pregnancy
Prenatal diagnosis
Ultrasound scans during pregnancy
Biophysical monitoring of pregnancy
Periods of delivery
Diagnostics in labor
The puerperium The process of midwifery care:
Phases of obstetric care: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation and revision.
Nomenclature on the pregnancy .Phase assessment of obstetric care of normal pregnancy
History. obstetric examination
Methods of detection of fetal heart rate and uterine activity.
Understanding the interpretation of CTG. Technical tools in obstetrics. Consultation and compilation of documented sources.
Hygiene of pregnancy
The business unit, Acts and instruments of working. The team medical care. Professional autonomy
Professional skills - Functions and composition of blood. Hemostasis.
- Morphological and functional organization of the cardiovascular system. Functional properties of the heart. Electrical and mechanical activity of the heart.
- Characteristics of respiratory anatomy and physiology. Functions of the respiratory system. Nervous and mechanic principles of ventilation.
- Structural and phisiological organization of the kidneys. Nephron. Concentration and dilution mechanisms of the urine.
- Digestion and absorption.
- Structural and phisiological organization of the nervous system. Sensory and motor systems. General phisiological processes in the neuron.
- Ovary function: follicular growth, ovulation, corpus luteum and steroidogenesis. The testis.

Recommended Bibliography

Hygiene for health professions degrees
Cesare Meloni
casa editrice Ambrosiana Cherchi PL., Capobianco G (2013). Gravidanza oltre il termine. In: Trattato di Ginecologia e Ostetricia - Mac-Graw-Hill.
Cherchi PL, Piga M.D., Capobianco G (2013). Diagnosi di gravidanza, modificazioni materne, semeiotica ostetrica. In: "La disciplina ostetrica e ginecologica per l'ostetrica" . NAPOLI: Idelson-Gnocchi.
CHERCHI P.L., CAPOBIANCO G (2012). PUERPERIO E LATTAZIONE. In: TRATTATO DI OSTETRICIA E GINECOLOGIA. vol. 18, p. 233-247, ROMA:E.M.S.I. Ed. Mediche Scientifiche Internazionali.
Pescetto, De Cecco, Pecorari, Ragni: “ Ginecologia e Ostetricia", Società Editrice Universo, Ed. IV 2009, 2 Volumi.
The slides and other materials used for lectures is made available to the students on the online moodle platform. Midrio. Compendio di Fisiologia Umana. Piccin Editor, last edition.
Stanfield, Germann. Fisiologia. EdiSES, last edition.
Zocchi. Principi di Fisiologia. EdiSES, last edition.
Rindi, Manni. Fisiologia Umana. UTET, last edition.
Conti. Fisiologia Medica. edi.ermes, last edition.
Guyton, Hall. Fisiologia Medica. Elsevier, last edition.
The slides used for lectures are made available to the students.

Teaching Methods

no Study of most frequent cases in the field of obstetrics. Exertitations, laboratory, working groups Lectures by using slides

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