The Midwifery Institute utilizes the core competencies as defined by The International Confederation of Midwives. As you go through the program we will highlight which competencies each course answers.
Category 1- General Competencies
- Assume responsibility for own decisions and actions as an autonomous practitioner
- Assume responsibility for self-care and self-development as a midwife
- Appropriately delegate aspects of care and provide supervision
- Use research to inform practice
- Uphold fundamental human rights of individuals when providing midwifery care
- Adhere to jurisdictional laws, regulatory requirements, and codes of conduct for midwifery practice
- Facilitate women to make individual choices about care
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication with women and families, health care teams, and community groups
- Facilitate normal birth processes in institutional and community settings, including women’s homes
- Assess the health status, screen for health risks, and promote general health and well-being of women and infants
- Prevent and treat common health problems related to reproduction and early life
- Recognise abnormalities and complications and institute appropriate treatment and referral
- Care for women who experience physical and sexual violence and abuse
Category 2- Pre-pregnancy and Antenatal
- Provide pre-pregnancy care
- Determine health status of the woman
- Assess fetal well-being
- Monitor the progression of pregnancy
- Promote and support health behaviors that improve wellbeing
- Provide anticipatory guidance related to pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, parenthood, and change in the family
- Detect, stabilse, manage, and refer women with complicated pregnancies
- Assist the woman and her family to plan for an appropriate place of birth
- Provide care to women with unintended or mistimed pregnancy
Category 3- Care During Labor and Birth
- Promote physiologic labor and birth
- Manage a safe spontaneous vaginal birth; prevent, detect, and stabilize complications
- 3.c Provide care of the newborn immediately after birth
Category 4- Ongoing Care of Women and Newborns
- Provide postnatal care for the healthy woman
- Provide care to healthy newborn infant
- Promote and support breastfeeding
- Detect, treat, and stabilize postnatal complications in the woman and refer as necessary
- Detect, stabilize, and manage health problems in newborn infant and refer if necessary
- Provide family planning services