Course Purpose and Overview

To be a midwife, to be with people, means caring for people throughout the lifecycle from adolescence to menopause. While the bulk of your study is caring for people during pregnancy and birth, be assured that the fundamentals of Well Person care are very similar. This course is designed to give you a solid exposure to the fundamentals of Well Person Care, building on and adding to that which you have learned in your core midwifery classes. At the heart of midwifery is recognizing the spectrum of normal. In order to provide reassurance of normalcy and empower people to make healthy choices, you must be confident in understanding the range of normal for the female body and spirit and recognize deviations from normal. You must have the knowledge and skill to guide your clients through a referral process in a complicated healthcare system. When to refer is as important as knowing to whom to refer and maintaining a current list of those sources. By virtue of being a midwife, you will be sought out by your clients, family, friends, and neighbors as a resource for health—not only during pregnancy and birth. This course will prepare you to be that resource for your clients and the people in your community. 

Midwives College of Utah. (2023). MDWF 2100: Well Person Care. Midwives College of Utah Midwifing Midwives, 4-5. file:///C:/Users/haile/Downloads/MDWF2100%20Student%20Syllabus%20Fall%202023.pdf