SOSC 2030

SOSC 2030 - Childbirth Education - 2 cr.

DESCRIPTION:

This course will train the learner to confidently suggest appropriate childbirth education classes and to teach their homebirth clients themselves, within the context of their own knowledge base. This course also covers the information needed to teach childbirth education classes. It includes the development of course outlines, handouts and teaching materials. Basic teaching skills and theory are covered. OPTIONAL: Learners may complete an additional component and pay a fee to receive a certificate from Midwives College of Utah as a Prepared Childbirth Educator.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Recognize the historical foundations of at least five different types of Childbirth Education Organizations.

2. Develop a contact resource of local offerings, both hospital and community.

3. Compare and contrast different teaching styles and instructors and learn to evaluate excellence.

4. Encapsulate different childbirth education organizational perspectives utilizing both 1-2 sentences as well as several paragraphs for each.

5. Develop a childbirth class outline incorporating adult learning theories and teaching from an evidence-based perspective with an emphasis on being original/creative.

6. Demonstrate teaching skills utilizing adult learning theories.

7. Prepare a business plan for teaching childbirth courses.

OPTIONAL: Prepared Childbirth Educator Certificate: Submit audio-visual of student providing instruction of 3 components of your curriculum (at least 2 hours and no more than 3 hours of instruction). After successfully completing this component, the student can pay to receive a certificate from Midwives College of Utah as a Prepared Childbirth Educator. The student will submit a request for the certificate under the Student Menu and pay the fee. The certificate will be sent to the student.

ASSIGNMENTS:

Researching Childbirth Education Organizations:

• Lamaze

• ICEA

• Centering Pregnancy

• The Bradley Method

Client Handout:

• Childbirth Education Options

Paper:

• The Adult Learner

Childbirth Education Outline:

• CBE Curriculum

Teaching Tools:

• Contraction Simulation and Coping Techniques

• Care for Baby Relay Race

• Cascade of Interventions

Resource List:

• Helpful Classes and Support Groups

Observations:

• Childbirth Education Class #1

• Childbirth Education Class #2