According to European Union Standards for Nursing and Midwifery (Vgl. FH-Heb-AV StF: BGBl. II Nr. 1/2006 (Version 2016)) gynecological and obstetric pathology is a part of the training programme for obtaining evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery. During their internships students are ask asked to observe pathological situations and to help and react appropriatly to their educational level. The training program for obtaining evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery also includes knowledge about analgesia, anaesthesia and resuscitation, pathology of gynaecology, obstetrics and the newborn infant.
Midwives are trained to recognize the warning signs of abnormality in the mother or infant which necessitate referral to a doctor and assisting the latter where appropriate; taking the necessary emergency measures in the doctor's absence. Additionally midwives shall examine and care for the new-born infant; taking all initiatives which are necessary in case of need and carrying out where necessary immediate resuscitation; Another part of midwifery training consists of caring and monitoring the progress of the mother in the post-natal period and giving all necessary advice to the mother on infant care to enable her to ensure the optimum progress of the new-born infant.

Building on the already acquired knowledge about real, physiological processes in the early and late postpartum acquired profound theoretical knowledge about different rules and irregular patterns in childbirth and their consequences for mother and child. Students shall use the correct terminology and understand the etiology of pathological processes. They have a deeper knowledge of medicinal pain relief and the impact and use of pharmaceuticals.

RESG, REGWB, MEDG-1, PSHEB-1-2, MEDG-2, BP 1-3;

The skills training in midwifery education serve to provide technical and scientific basis to link job-specific contents with practical work processes. Students shall attend skills trainings for practical exercises prior to hands-on internship experience. This skills training is focused on irregular processes.
Contents of skills training: (cause, recognition, treatment and prevention)
Involution disorder
Accumulation of lochia
Infections
thrombosis
anemia
Eclampsia
HELLP syndrome
Birth injuries (episotomy, injuries of the coccyx, impairment of the symphysis, etc.)
Urogenital tract disorders
Psychic disorders after childbirth
Mastitis
Breastfeeding in difficult situations
Breastfeeding aids
Weaning
In-depth knowledge of the use and effect of relevant drugs
Resuscitation of the newborn
Usage of incubator
Phototherapy
Transfer to the NICU
Support of mother and child by unknown congenital malformation of the newborn
Premature delivery

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Fehling, Hermann (2010). Die Physiologie und Pathologie des Wochenbetts: Für Studierende und Ärzte. Verlag: Classic Edition.

Illing, Stephan (2013). Kinderheilkunde für Hebammen (5., überarbeitete Auflage). Stuttgart: Hippokrates.

Mutschler, Ernst, Geisslinger, Gerd, Kroemer, Heyo K., Menzel, Sabine & Ruth, Peter (2013). Mutschler Arzneimittelwirkungen. Lehrbuch der Pharmakologie, der klinischen Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (10., vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage). Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Mändle, Christine & Opitz-Kreuter, Sonja (2015). Das Hebammenbuch (6. Auflage). Stuttgart/New York: Schattauer.

Schneider, Henning, Husslein, Peter & Schneider, Karl-Theo (2016). Die Geburtshilfe (5. Auflage). Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer.

Stiefel, Andrea, Geist, Christine & Harder, Ulrike (2013). Hebammenkunde. Lehrbuch für Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Wochenbett und Beruf (5. Auflage). Stuttgart: Hippokrates.

Lecture and practical training in groups, simulation training with models, instruments and puppets

Module examination