| CODE | MID3118 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Spirituality in Midwifery | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Midwifery | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is targeted to third year midwifery students. It is hoped that this study unit will provide an understanding of the learners' own spirituality and how it can be nurtured as part of their professional growth, promotion of their wellbeing and the basis of their calling as a midwife. It should provide knowledge of research data on the impact of spirituality on health during pregnancy and childbirth and on the impact of the client's cultural identity, beliefs, practices and interactions with the midwife. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to enable the midwifery student to become competent at point of registration as a midwife in providing spiritual care to mothers and their family. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to define 'spiritual' and 'religious'; become familiar with different faith traditions, beliefs and practices regarding birth, care of women, dietary habits, birth control, infertility and death; be aware of own S/R beliefs and biases. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to elict a spiritual history, assess, diagnose, intervene and refer appropriately identified spiritual needs; develop nonjudgemental empathy and respect towards all clients. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Gaskin I.M. (2002) Spiritual Midwifery. Book Publishing Company London. - Hall J. (2001) Midwifery, Mind and spirit. Emerging issues of Care.Books for Midwifery Oxford. - Johnston Taylor E. (2007) What do I say? Templeton Foundation Press Philadelphia and London. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study and Group Learning | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Josephine Attard Claudia Psaila |
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