Course Purpose and Objectives

This course will provide the learner with a solid understanding of childbirth as a human right, the Midwives Model of Care and the safety of out-of-hospital birth. Through narrative accounts, research documents and the powerful imagery of birth, students will emerge from this course understanding the power, value and importance of access to midwifery care for all who choose this maternity care option.

SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this course, the students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in the following areas:

1. Birth as a human right and how women’s fundamental human rights are routinely violated in industrialized birth settings.

2. Why the maternal mortality rate is increasing in the United States and how midwifery care can stem the tide.

3. Each principal of the Midwives Model of care, their meaning and application in the childbearing year.

4. The safety of out-of-hospital birth.

5. Local, national and international professional and consumer-based organizations dedicated to the support of midwives and

increased access to midwifery care.

6. Understanding and awareness of birth models that work. (Midwives College of Utah, 2021-f, p. 4)

Midwives College of Utah. (2021-f). MDWF 1010: Introduction to midwifery student syllabus. Midwives College of Utah Midwifing Midwives, 3–4. https://midwifery.instructure.com/courses/2735/files/291011?wrap=1