MDWF 3030

Course Description

This course covers complications in more depth for labor, birth and immediate postpartum.  Focus is directed towards writing midwifery-practice documents for emergency care and variations of normal delivery.  Case studies are utilized to demonstrate the application of clinical judgment and management within the scope of care of the Certified Professional Midwife. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Providing client education using a shared decision-making model  

2. Understanding and identifying components of the physiologic process of labor, including stages, support, monitoring and 

evaluation. 

3. Understanding the mechanisms of labor for all presentations. 

4. Familiarity with common complications of labor including indications and timing of transportation. 

5. Understanding common labor interventions 

6. Understanding principles of infection control, universal precautions, and reporting requirements for: 

7. Identifying components of physiologic second stage, including how to conduct a normal delivery and identification of 

complications and indications and timing of transportation. 

8. Understanding interventions for the second stage, including assisted birth and cesarean section 

9. Understanding indications for intrapartum transport 

10.  Understanding and identifying components of the third stage, including complications, interventions and indications and 

timing of transportation 

11.  Supporting expectant management of the third stage 

12.  Understanding indications and procedures for active management of the third stage 

13.  Understanding indications for postpartum maternal transport 

14.  Familiarity with IPP complications of the neonate 

15.  Understanding and identifying components of immediate postpartum care for the neonate  

16.  Providing evidence-based client education for the postpartum period 

17.  Understanding indications for postpartum neonatal transport 

18.  Understanding importance of interprofessional collaboration

(Midwives College of Utah, 2023).

Prerequisites: Completion of MDWF 2070/2075 (can be taken concurrently) and all Phase Two classes or currently a CPM/RM. All requirements completed August 2023. 

Credits: 3.5

References

Midwives College of Utah. (August, 2023). Midwives College of Utah 2023-2024 course catalogue. Salt Lake City, Utah.