1. KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET
a medical university dedicated to improving people´s health through higher education, research and information
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2. KI has 24 departments in 600 research units
including 1300 senior researchers/teachers
2 495 postgraduate students
5 300 undergraduate students
(full time equivalents) in 20 Programmes
covering medicine and caring
sciences
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3. Midwifery Programme 90 ECTS is a post basic education based on
3 years of Nursing training and a Swedish Diploma in Nursing
0 ECTS 60 WEEKS OF FULL TIME
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4. develop a scientific approach, as a base for a professional career
Educational goals
Acquire the knowledge and skills required to work independently as a midwife,
develop a scientific approach, as a base for a professional career
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5. Problem based learing (PBL)
Teaching method:
Problem based learing (PBL)
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6. The principal subject area
Focuses on human reproduction and the origins of life including;
Social, behavioural and medical sciences, ethics and research methods
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7. Main subjects:. - womens reproductive health,. - family health,
Main subjects: - womens reproductive health, - family health, - sexual health and fertility control, - supervison, care and advice during pregnancy, - labour, and the postpartum period and care of the newborn child, - scientific methods
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8. 50 % theoretical studies and 50 % clinical studies
Midwifery Programme comprises of three semesters each 20 weeks/ 30 ECTS
50 % theoretical studies and 50 % clinical studies
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9. Human reproductive life 7.5 ECTS Normal childbirth 7.5 ECTS
Semester 1
Courses:
Human reproductive life ECTS
Normal childbirth ECTS
Sexual and reproductive health 15 ECTS including clinical training at Antenatal clinic
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10. Semester 2 Courses: Gynaecology; theory and clinical practice 7.5 ECTS
Scientific work /15 ECTS
Labour, delivery and postnatal care I 15 ECTS
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11. Semester 3 Labour, delivery and neonatal care II 15 ECTS
Courses:
Labour, delivery and neonatal care II 15 ECTS
Antenatal care including Family Planning and Parenthood education 5 ECTS
Elective course 5 ECTS
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12. Scientific metods 7.5 or 15 ETCS
Scientific methods including a paper 7.5 ECTS
- a literature study (critical review)
Scientific methods including a paper 15 ECTS
- a literature study / an empirical study
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13. Before graduation the student must have:
cared for at least 100 women in labour and assisted half of them at birth.
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14. Elective courses 7.5 ECTS:
Some options:
Sexology
Global Health
Scientific paper 15 ETCS
Post partum care
Breast-feeding and parent infant interaction
Pregnancy and psychosocial health
Parenting education
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15. International exchange programme for students and teachers
Erasmus: Great Britain
Linnaeus-Palme: Chile, Zambia, India
Plans for Makerere, Uganda and Holland
International Research Collaboration in Africa, Latin America, USA and India,
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16. Licenciate (½-doctorial degree) PhD
Advanced degree
Masters degree
Licenciate (½-doctorial degree)
PhD
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17. PhD level in Midwifery (68)
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18. Physical and Psychological health Sexual and reproductive health
Subjects studied
Pregnancy
Delivery
Postpartum
Physical and Psychological health
Sexual and reproductive health
Education and Methods
Others
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