Training Program for Midwifery Major
I. Major and major code
1. Major Code: 620202-1
2. Major: Midwifery
II. Training objects
International students
III. Duration
3 Years full-time
Maximum: 6 Years
IV. Training objectives
This talent training program is tailored to international students in
V. Occupational position (s) analysis
Through market survey and analysis, graduates of midwifery major are mainly engaged in clinical midwifery, clinical nursing and maternal and child health care in specialized obstetrics and gynecology hospitals, general hospitals, maternity and child health care hospitals, community health service centers, maternity care centers, family planning institutions and medical and health institutions at all levels.
VI. Introduction to core technical courses and core vocational skills courses
1. Core technical courses
(1) Course code: 1010028
Course name:
Course nature: Vocational basic course
Course content: This course includes the basic knowledge, basic theory and basic skills of human body morphological structure. After learning this course, students can tell the composition and division of each system of human body, understand that the human body is a unified organic whole; students can describe the position, form and important structure of each major organ, accurately touch the bone and muscle markers commonly used throughout the body, the body surface positioning and main adjacent relationships of important organs, and indicate the names and locations of important blood vessels and nerves on models, specimens and/or living bodies; students can understand and simulate the clinical nursing related examination, operation and positioning methods so as to lay a solid foundation for further study of other nursing professional technical courses.
(2) Course code: 1010029
Course name:
Course nature: Vocational basic course
Prerequisite course:
Course content: This course is a functional discipline for nursing students after completing morphology courses such as normal human body structure, as well as an important functional scientific foundation for follow-up subjects such as abnormal human function, pharmacology and clinical courses. After learning this course, students should master the basic theory, basic knowledge and basic experiment skills of the discipline and the laws of normal life activities. Students should focus on the physiological functions which are closely related to clinical nursing work, their processes, principles and the influences both from internal and external environment so as to meet the requirements of the nursing profession.
(3) Course code: H080116
Course name: Abnormal Body Structure and Function
Course nature: Vocational basic course
Prerequisite courses:
Course content: This course includes the pathological morphological characteristics of various basic diseases, the general rules of disease occurrence and development and basic pathological knowledge of common diseases. After learning this course, students should master the general law of disease process and understand the clinicopathological relationship of common diseases; students can use pathological knowledge to make logical, scientific and reasonable explanation to and analysis of the occurrence and development of diseases, and put forward preliminary pathological diagnosis; students should be able to use relevant basic medical knowledge and pathological knowledge to explain the pathological changes and outcomes of common diseases, and learn to use pathological knowledge to analyze and understand professional nursing knowledge and skills.
(4) Course code: H080024
Course name: Pathogenic Biology and Immunology
Course nature: Vocational basic course
Prerequisite courses:
Course content: This course includes an overview of etiology, basic knowledge of immunology, biological pathogenic factors and major diseases, etc. After learning this course, students should understand the etiological characteristics of common diseases and pay attention to the relationship between psychosocial factors and human health and disease; students should be familiar with the types of common psychosomatic diseases; students understand the immunological phenomena, infectious diseases, parasitic diseases, laboratory examination and specific prevention and treatment measures of common diseases in clinical nursing to make simple explanation; with aseptic concept in mind, students should combine knowledge of disinfection, isolation and infection prevention with practical nursing work and have a deepened understanding of the relationship between people, environment, health and disease to lay a foundation for follow-up courses.
(5) Course code: 1010022
Course name: Nursing Pharmacology
Course nature: Vocational basic course
Prerequisite courses:
Course content: This course includes the overview of the mechanism of drug therapy, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and introduction to commonly used clinical drugs. After learning the course, students should be familiar with the types of commonly used clinical drugs, their efficacy, treatment methods, and common clinical manifestations of adverse drug reactions. Students can learn to apply the basic theory of pharmacology to guide medication nursing, medication precautions and observation of adverse reactions, so as to prevent and reduce the occurrence of drug-induced diseases and medical accidents, and ensure the safety and effectiveness of clinical medication. This course highlights the integration of nurse qualification standards with course objectives, and the integration of national nurse qualification examination syllabus with the teaching syllabus of the course so that the knowledge objectives, ability objectives and quality objectives meet the need of the post.
2. Core vocational skills courses
(1) Course Number: H080027
Course name: Health Assessment
Course nature: Vocational skill course
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing
Course content: The course includes basic methods for health assessment, symptom assessment, medical examination, the human body functional health patterns evaluation, cardiogram, imaging examination, laboratory examination, nursing diagnosis and nursing medical records writing, etc.. It helps students to master the basic theory, knowledge and skills of health assessment, and trains students’ skills in assessing physical, psychological and social health. Students should master the methods of specimen collection for laboratory examination, be able to systematically organize the results of consultation, physical assessment and other examinations and write nursing records that meet the requirements. Students are trained to collect information from physical, psychological and social aspects, conduct comprehensive human-centered evaluation, monitoring and judgment, and to form scientific clinical thinking and decision-making methods to lay a foundation for learning various clinical nursing courses.
(2) Course code: 1010031
Course name: Nursing Technology
Course nature: Vocational technical course
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing
Course content: Based on the working process of the clinical nursing post and taking into account the post capacity needs, National Nursing Qualification Examination requirements and students’ individual development needs, this course includes the basic theories, basic knowledge and basic skills of clinical care, community care, and home care posts. With students at the center, the course features a project-oriented curriculum design which integrates knowledge, theory and practice. The work-related learning is a synergy of all common nursing techniques aimed at developing students operational skills, keen observation, analytical and problem-solving abilities to apply nursing techniques to solving patient health problems. The course trains students’ professional abilities in a comprehensive way and serves as a bridge between nursing basic course and practical clinical course.
(3) Course code: 1010032
Course name: Adult Nursing
Course nature: Vocational technical course
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing, Health Evaluation
Course content: This course includes nursing evaluation, nursing diagnosis, nursing planning and nursing evaluation for patients with common adult diseases. Its main task is to set the nursing concept of “making the patients’ health the priority”. With the guidance of the holistic nursing concept, students can apply the basic knowledge and basic skills of adult nursing in the nursing work for adult patients with common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases in the right procedures in holistic nursing mode. Students can provide health guidance and health education to individuals, families and communities suited to individual needs with the use of preventive care knowledge and interpersonal skills. Students are trained to achieve high qualities and enhanced knowledge, skill and ability in acknowledging patients’ needs and improving nursing skills with a more comprehensive, systemic and holistic viewpoint to meet the needs of modern nursing.
(4) Course code: 1010024
Course name: Child Care
Course nature: Vocational technical course
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing, Health Evaluation
Course content: This course includes children’s growth and development rules, children’s health care; disease prevention and overall care for children. Its main task is to set the nursing concept of “children’s health is the center”. Students should care for children and cherish life, with a high sense of responsibility, love, patience and dedication; students should master the basic theory, basic knowledge and basic skills of child care, and apply a holistic approach in caring for children; students should have the ability to carry out emergency treatment and cooperate in rescue children for acute, critical and severe situations; students should master the physiological and psychological characteristics of children’s growth and development, can carry out planned immunization, growth and development detection and health care guidance for children, and help children and their families to obtain maximum physical and mental health.
(5) Course code: 1010034
Course name: Obstetric Care
Course nature: Vocational technical course
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing, Health Evaluation
Course content: This course treats maternal care, childbirth and neonatal nursing care as a whole in the life cycle, and promotes and maintains the maternal and child health with the
“family-centered” philosophy. The course includes common health problems of the maternal and infant in pregnancy, intrapartum and puerperal periods and their physiological, psychological and social characteristics. It aims at enabling students to master the new theories, new knowledge and new skills of obstetric care, to learn about the three changes, i.e. biological-psychological-social changes, of mothers and babies to conduct a comprehensive assessment and implement holistic nursing for them and carry out family planning, healthier bearing and rearing, newborn feeding propaganda and education, so as to meet the requirements of nursing (midwifery) occupation.
(6) Course code: 1010033
Course name: Gynecological Nursing
Course nature: Vocational technical courses
Prerequisite courses: Normal Human Body Structure, Normal Human Function, Abnormal Human Body Structure and Function, Pathogenic Biology and Immunology, Clinical Medicine and Nursing, Health Evaluation, Common Nursing Techniques
Course content: The course includes nursing evaluation, nursing diagnosis, nursing plan and nursing evaluation of patients with common gynecological diseases. The main task is to set the “women’s health-centered” nursing concept. With the guidance of the holistic nursing concept, students can apply basic knowledge and basic skills of gynecological nursing in the nursing work for patients with common gynecological diseases and frequently-occurring gynecological diseases in the right procedures in holistic nursing mode. Students can provide health guidance and health education to individuals, families and communities suited to individual needs with the use of gynecological health care knowledge and interpersonal skills. Students are trained to achieve high qualities and enhanced gynecology knowledge, skill and ability in acknowledging patients’ needs and improving nursing skills with a more comprehensive, systemic and holistic viewpoint to meet the needs of modern nursing.
