Midwife’s Assistant Orientation

SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Understand the ethics and the personal and social issues and attitudes of the midwife’s assistant and the midwife in the

   Apprenticeship Model.

2. Understand the requirements of the midwife’s assistant and prepare a Midwife’s Assistant Birth Bag.

3. Be oriented on the basics of being a competent assistant to the midwife during prenatal care, birth and postpartum care.

4. Understand the basic concepts of labor support and non-pharmacological pain management, including water labor and water

   birth.

5. Have a detailed knowledge of the midwife’s assistant’s duties before, during and after delivery.

6. Understand the role of the midwife’s assistant in various common emergency situations and how to assist the primary

   midwife to manage them safely.

7. Demonstrate how to set up for birth, resuscitation, IV, suturing, and newborn exam.

8. Be familiar with the MCU Clinical Program

9. Understand the theory and procedure of the following general skills: