TM5537:03
Maternal Health for Indigenous Health Care *
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
Four week subject ndash; 2 weeks lectures, 2 weeks clinical experience block mode Semester 1.
Staff: Assoc. Professor J Elston (Coordinator).
Conducted in partnership with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service Council. Designed to give the experienced Indigenous health worker a solid theoretical background and clinical experience that will optimise their management of high risk and abnormal pregnancies, this subject is taught predominantly by problem orientation and case study methods. It examines current epidemiological patterns, including examination of various maternal health programs and their comparative impact; review of female anatomy and obstetric anatomy and physiology; principles of normal pregnancy and antenatal care; recognition and management of high risk and abnormal pregnancy and puerperium; referral; recognition of labour and management of out-of-hospital deliveries; communicating effectively with hospital staff; abdominal palpation; use of foetal doppler and stethoscope.
Learning Objectives:
Assessment by two one-and-a-half hour examinations (50%); project (10%); clinical placement (40%).
* Not offered in 2003