CLNC 2040
Clinic 2040: Phase Two Practicum
CREDITS 2
COURSE PURPOSE & OVERVIEW:
Students assist approved preceptors with appropriate prenatal, labor and birth, postpartum and newborn care duties and describe in writing or oral presentation one case from each area (prenatal, labor and birth, postpartum and newborn care), linking knowledge or skills acquired in assistant experiences with knowledge acquired in phase two of study, including current research in the field. Students evaluate learning gained from assistant clinical experiences.
SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Record assistant-level clinical experience obtained in the student’s own community under the supervision of one or more approved preceptors.
2. Engage in the maternity care system professionally and ethically.
3. Demonstrate fluency in appropriate clinical judgment and decision-making.
4. Demonstrate proficiency in verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
5. Assemble an ePortfolio of professional documents and reflections to provide evidence of experience in educating others in their profession and in their communities.
6. Critique individual and social learning through reflective and critical thinking writing through ePortfolio creation.
7. Organize practice directive documents collected in ePortfolio.
8. Describe what they have learned about themselves in connection with a clarified sense of the role of education within midwifery as a profession.