Course description
If your role brings you into regular contact with multiple birth families, then this is the ideal CPD module for you. You will learn about the specialised and individualised care that multiple birth families need from conception to one year and also share your experiences with other allied health and social care professionals.
This is a foundation module that draws on evidence, policies and research being carried out by the Elizabeth Bryan Multiple Birth Centre.
Why Choose Us?
- Clinically focused content
- An opportunity to examine your practice critically
- A strong focus on current issues and an emphasis on the practical application of knowledge
- Each module has a bespoke "Moodle" based website which contains all module documentation, handouts, links to key documents and supplementary articles of interest
- Ongoing support from staff both academically whilst in university to facilitate your development as a learner
- Excellence in delivering high quality standards of flexible and bespoke academic provision for post qualifying practitioners
- Links with healthcare providers
- State-of-the-art facilities
Course Content
The module is delivered online only over 10 weeks.
The eLearning activities are designed to promote skills of enquiry, reflection and problem solving within a supportive community of practice.
Key module content includes:
- Introduction to multiple births including incidence, how multiples occur and the diagnosis of a multiple pregnancy (including zygosity & chorionicity)
- The experience of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care, including neonatal care
- Parenting multiple babies during the first year, including maternal and paternal mental health, infant feeding, child development and promoting healthy relationships.
The teaching team associated with the delivery of this module includes academics and doctoral researchers from Midwifery, Health Visiting, Neonatal and Children’s Nursing and Maternal and Child Physiology.
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