Midwifery

(qualifying for the health profession of Midwife / or)

 

Location: Ancona
Access: Planned at national level
Order: L-SNT1
Type: First Cycle Degree (3 years)


 

The course of study in short

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The Course lasts three years and ends with a final exam with enabling value and the release of the Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery. The course aims to train operators with scientific and technical knowledge necessary to perform the functions of Obstetrician, pursuant to the Ministerial Decree of the Ministry of Health of September 14, 1994, n.740 and subsequent amendments 5/21/2020.
Lessons and exercises are held in the headoffice of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, the practical internship is carried out in the health facilities of the Marche Region under the supervision of qualified professional personnel; the internship activity is preceded by laboratory activities carried out at the Faculty of Medicine and coordinated by professionals dedicated full-time to coordination and tutoring activities.

In order both to promote the international mobility of students and graduates and to facilitate the processes of work placement in health facilities, some obligatory teaching modules of the Course are offered in English. Furthermore, for developing the knowledge of the specialized language of the health baseline profession of the class, with reference also to specific technical-disciplinary lexicons, it is planned to provide a teaching of Scientific English through which the student will acquire linguistic skills comparable to the B2 level.

In addition to ex-cathedra lessons, students are also offered a wide range of monographic courses and forums on topics related to the subjects covered. The students of the Course are trained under the guidance of the professors of the Faculty and are prepared to work as a team.
As foreseen by D.M. 740 of the Ministry of Health dated 14 September 1994 and subsequent mendments, graduates in obstetrics can practice their profession in public or private health facilities, as an employee or freelance professional, both in hospitals and in the local area.
The learning abilities and skills acquired at the end of the course also allow the continuation of studies through the attendance of courses of the LM / SNT1 master's degree, 1st level masters, specialization courses and high continuing education courses (Continuing Medical Education), with a high degree of autonomy.

 

Professional profile and employment opportunities

Function in a work context:

Nell'ambito della professione sanitaria di ostetrica/o, i laureati sono professionisti sanitari cui competono le attribuzioni previste dal D.M. Ministero della sanità 14 settembre 1994, n. 740 e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni; ovvero assistono e consigliano la donna nel periodo della gravidanza, durante il parto e nel puerperio, conducono e portano a termine parti eutocici con propria responsabilità e prestano assistenza al neonato. Detta assistenza preventiva, curativa, palliativa e riabilitativa è di natura tecnica, relazionale, educativa. I laureati in Ostetricia contribuiscono alla formazione del proprio profilo e del personale di supporto e concorrono direttamente alla formazione continua, alla ricerca.

Skills associated with the function

I laureati in ostetricia, per quanto di loro competenza, partecipano ad interventi di educazione sanitaria e sessuale sia nell'ambito della famiglia che nella comunità; alla preparazione psicoprofilattica al parto; alla preparazione e all'assistenza ad interventi ginecologici; alla prevenzione e all'accertamento dei tumori della sfera genitale femminile; ai programmi di assistenza materna e neonatale; gestiscono, nel rispetto dell'etica professionale, come membri dell'equipe sanitaria, gli interventi assistenziali di loro competenza; sono in grado di individuare situazioni potenzialmente patologiche che richiedono l'intervento medico e di praticare, ove occorra, le relative misure di particolare emergenza.

Employment opportunities

Il laureato in Ostetricia svolge la sua attività professionale in strutture sanitarie pubbliche o private, in regime di dipendenza o libero professionale.

 
 
 
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Single Annual Form

The SUA contains all the detailed information on the course; is a tool through which the course obtains ministerial accreditation.