Midwifery Science - Salutophysiology
Consolidation of scientific writing and work
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1VWTIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Selection of a topic field per master's course followed by text analysis. Through this process, the following techniques of scientific work are taught: text comprehension, text critique - especially the critical handling of internet sources, source search, source selection, source evaluation, mental structuring and creation of an outline, writing a scientific text, possibilities of citing sources, and requirements for a complete bibliography.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates gain experience in a research-oriented group where members share their own insights and appropriately use the intellectual property of others; Graduates jointly establish a writing workshop, compose scholarly texts, and provide constructive evaluation and critique of group members' texts; Graduates are capable of presenting group results in a plenary session; Graduates deepen their experience with problem- and action-oriented approaches.
Superior module:
Specialization in midwifery research and history of science (VHW)
Module description:
Graduates understand the historical development of obstetric structures and are able to derive the status quo of obstetrics from this. The current obstetric situation is viewed from a women's policy and professional policy perspective. Graduates are able to classify, name and argue historical developments. Graduates are able to use in-depth methodological knowledge to generate meaningful and relevant questions in the service of midwifery science and to classify evidence from all relevant reference disciplines according to their scientific and scientific-ethical quality. Graduates are able to write and present their own texts or papers at Master's level that meet the requirements of honest science.
Current research - Feto-placental unit
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1FPEIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Repetition and deepening: Conception, implantation, and placentation, development of the trophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast, and initial contact with the maternal organism. Initial interactions between mother and child via embryonic ß-HCG and other feto-maternal steroid hormones. Current research on allopregnanolone, progesterone, estrogens, human chorionic gonadotropin, human placental lactogen, relaxin, fetal cortisol, and oxytocin. The placental system as a resource for the child. Physiological processes in each trimester of pregnancy, especially during phase transitions. Hormones of placental origin, hormone presence in umbilical cord and amniotic fluid, and their function: Complex placental physiology, the function of the fetal adrenal glands and fetal stress hormones, fetal catecholamines, and their specific importance during labor. Clinical assessment of placental function; endocrine, motor, sensory, growth, communication, and reactive competencies of the fetus. Clinical observation of the feto-placental system and neurodevelopmental physiology, directly and indirectly through palpation during pregnancy consultations and the information from the mother/parents in each trimester of pregnancy. Possibilities for midwifery diagnosis and intervention (working with the vagus nerve system, specific evidence-based manual techniques).
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates understand the structure, systematics, and function of the feto-placental system. They recognize the placenta as a resource for the fetus and the feto-placental system as an actively involved structure that significantly influences pregnancy and childbirth. Graduates are familiar with the most important placental hormones and their functions throughout the continuum of pregnancy, childbirth, and the primary phase. They comprehend the feto-placental system and the maternal organism and its communication pathways as a competent, symbiotic system. Graduates are capable of assessing placental function based on specific clinical observations (including growth, fetal reactivity, neural reflex development) and diagnoses, supporting its healthy functions through stress reduction using recognized manual and communicative treatment techniques. Graduates know the adaptive processes, physiological competencies, and resources of the child in each phase of its gestation and exogestation. The bonding process is understood as an important resource, which can be conveyed to parents through the hormonal foundations of the mother-child relationship. The observation schema as a central midwifery diagnostic tool is applied to the feto-maternal system.
Superior module:
Specialization in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology (VPP)
Module description:
Graduates: have in-depth knowledge of the interdisciplinary research field of psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology (PNEI) and understand the interaction of the supersystems relevant to the perinatal phase - the nervous system, endocrine system and feto-placental system. They can draw on extended knowledge of current research on the neuro-vegetative adaptation system to stress and challenges, on current research findings on the hormone system in the perinatal period, on the research area of the feto-placental unit and on the psycho-social adaptation mechanisms in pregnancy, birth and the perinatal period. Thanks to their in-depth specialist knowledge, graduates are better able to understand physiological dynamics clinically and provide targeted support where necessary. Graduates can view the reproductive process as a continuum, name the decisive and pioneering key bio-psycho-social processes of the perinatal period and birth and provide expert support and mediation. Graduates are able to use differentiated clinical observation options to provide physiological, healthy birth processes in accordance with the "WHO Recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience." (2018) and to professionally justify "skillful waiting/not doing". Thanks to their knowledge of physiology, graduates have the ability to make more precise and differentiated diagnoses in the gray area between physiology and pathology. Graduates are able to name their implicit midwifery knowledge and actions with the help of explicit, scientifically recognized theories and argue them in an interdisciplinary context.
Current research - Physiological Adaptation Mechanisms/Psycho-Neuro-Endocrino-Immunology (PNEI)
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1PAPIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 3 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Dynamics of the neuro-vegetative adaptation system, embryological development of the nervous system and derivation of central nervous hierarchies, efferent and afferent information pathways, The significance of central as well as archaic brain structures and autonomous vegetative regulatory processes for the perinatal period, what physical effects does a prolonged dominance of the sympathetic nervous system have, for example, during pregnancy, childbirth, and the primary phase. Neurophysiology of the learning process to support one's own scientific work and learning process, as well as a foundation for understanding the didactic approach of multidimensional learning and teaching, for instance, in addition to cognitive channels, also through sensory-motor, auditory, and visual channels. Embryological genesis of the neurohypophysis and adenohypophysis and their functions. The role of the neurohypophysis in interpersonal and intrapsychic processes; the role of the adenohypophysis as an intermediary between the central nervous system and the hormone axes. The neuropeptides oxytocin and vasopressin, their co-activated neurotransmitters/hormones, and their essential functions on both psychological and physical levels. Specifically: dopamine, noradrenaline, adrenaline; serotonin, melatonin; POMC. Hormonal adaptation system: releasing and inhibiting functions at the pituitary interface; the hormone axes, with special consideration of the stress axis and the gonadal axis. The interdependencies between the stress and gonadal axes. Synthesis pathways of steroid hormones; the neurological/psychological and physical effects of steroid hormones. Cyclical regulation and the impact of hormone substitution on physical and psychological levels. The hormone status of the woman as a starting point for the onset of pregnancy. Human-environment system/psychosocial adaptation system: neuroception, polyvagal system, perception, senses, and brain-physiological processing of conscious and unconscious perceptions. Fight-flight and tend-and-befriend reactions to stress processing and possible forms of social interaction.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates can identify the interactions and dependencies of the neurovegetative and hormonal systems and derive and argue the influence of environmental and social systems on the regulatory abilities of these systems. Graduates can name fundamental psycho-neuroendocrine key processes in general and specifically during pregnancy, childbirth, and exogestation, and relate psychosocial phenomena to the course of pregnancy, childbirth, or the early primary phase. Graduates are capable of assessing the state of the neurovegetative and hormonal systems through anamnesis and using the observation schema. Graduates develop a deeper understanding of occurring phenomena and disorders through a systemic grasp of the interacting systems.
Superior module:
Specialization in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology (VPP)
Module description:
Graduates: have in-depth knowledge of the interdisciplinary research field of psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology (PNEI) and understand the interaction of the supersystems relevant to the perinatal phase - the nervous system, endocrine system and feto-placental system. They can draw on extended knowledge of current research on the neuro-vegetative adaptation system to stress and challenges, on current research findings on the hormone system in the perinatal period, on the research area of the feto-placental unit and on the psycho-social adaptation mechanisms in pregnancy, birth and the perinatal period. Thanks to their in-depth specialist knowledge, graduates are better able to understand physiological dynamics clinically and provide targeted support where necessary. Graduates can view the reproductive process as a continuum, name the decisive and pioneering key bio-psycho-social processes of the perinatal period and birth and provide expert support and mediation. Graduates are able to use differentiated clinical observation options to provide physiological, healthy birth processes in accordance with the "WHO Recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience." (2018) and to professionally justify "skillful waiting/not doing". Thanks to their knowledge of physiology, graduates have the ability to make more precise and differentiated diagnoses in the gray area between physiology and pathology. Graduates are able to name their implicit midwifery knowledge and actions with the help of explicit, scientifically recognized theories and argue them in an interdisciplinary context.
Current research - Salutogenesis: stress tolerance and resilience
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1SCMIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Salutogenesis according to A. Antonovsky (1997); Comparison of obstetric medicine and midwifery practice; early stress experiences and the impact of chronically high cortisol levels on lifelong stress tolerance, taking a salutogenic anamnesis of the primary adaptation system. Assessing the sense of coherence through specific observations and questions, resource-oriented counseling settings, promoting individual coping strategies. Classification of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood as critical life events, concepts of empowerment and self-efficacy, application of salutogenesis to the bio-psycho-social development of pregnancy, childbirth, and the primary phase; the influence of different stressors on prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal developments, measures, and treatments for stress regulation. Transformative and regressive coping mechanisms, circular, continuous, and resource-oriented counseling for application in professional practice.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are capable of applying A. Antonovsky's (1997) concept of salutogenesis to the biopsychosocial development of pregnancy, childbirth, and the primary phase. They can describe the influence of different stressors on prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal developments and are familiar with appropriate measures and treatments for stress regulation in each phase. Graduates are aware of the health-promoting effects of successful co-regulation and apply the principles of MMC in practice. Transformative and regressive coping mechanisms are recognized, and circular, continuous, and resource-oriented counseling is applied in professional practice. The salutophysiological anamnesis and observation schema can be integrated into daily practice. Scientifically proven methods of bodywork can be used specifically and effectively for stress reduction.
Superior module:
Principles of salutogenesis in midwifery (PSH)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the concept of salutogenesis according to A. Antonovsky (1997) and further secondary literature on this. They will be able to derive the essential content theoretically and transfer it into practice in the course of their midwifery work. Graduates are aware of the importance of early stress experiences and are able to take a salutogenetic history of the primary adaptation system. Graduates can assess and evaluate their clients' sense of coherence on the basis of specific observations and questions, they are able to provide resource-oriented advice in various counselling settings and to promote coping strategies in an individualized and targeted manner. Graduates are able to classify pregnancy, birth and motherhood as critical life events and are aware of the health-promoting and preventative significance of empowerment and self-efficacy experiences for the entire further development and bonding of mother and child or within the family.
Didactics Multidimensional learning and teaching
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1DMLIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Multidimensional learning and teaching as an important alternative to traditional frontal instruction, different learning forms and their combination forms, methods for knowledge transfer through sensory-motor, auditory, and visual experiences to deepen cognitive knowledge fields. Methodology for designing counseling sessions, in-depth didactic methodology for developing preparatory courses in the context of parental education, and specifically for teaching at colleges and universities within the framework of midwifery training and further education. Emotional-affective learning in groups, the significance of shared experiences, social-affective learning; methods of analytical-interpretative learning.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates learn and experience, through the didactic structure of the modules throughout the master's program and specifically within this course on didactics, various methods and theoretical models for multidimensional learning. This is achieved both through the theoretical conveyance of didactic concepts and through firsthand experiences of teaching structure. Graduates are familiar with different theoretical models and methods for multidimensional learning. They can theoretically derive and justify these and use them consciously. Graduates can incorporate the approach of multidimensional learning and teaching into the planning of knowledge transfer in their professional field and in teaching. They can thus create and implement course concepts, concepts for the further education of colleagues, and/or in higher education. Graduates can apply the concept of multidimensional learning to their own learning process and their exploration of knowledge fields and incorporate it into their research and scientific work.
Superior module:
Principles of salutogenesis in midwifery (PSH)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the concept of salutogenesis according to A. Antonovsky (1997) and further secondary literature on this. They will be able to derive the essential content theoretically and transfer it into practice in the course of their midwifery work. Graduates are aware of the importance of early stress experiences and are able to take a salutogenetic history of the primary adaptation system. Graduates can assess and evaluate their clients' sense of coherence on the basis of specific observations and questions, they are able to provide resource-oriented advice in various counselling settings and to promote coping strategies in an individualized and targeted manner. Graduates are able to classify pregnancy, birth and motherhood as critical life events and are aware of the health-promoting and preventative significance of empowerment and self-efficacy experiences for the entire further development and bonding of mother and child or within the family.
Genesis and transfer of obstetric knowledge
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1GTWIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
The focus of the course is on the history of knowledge: The paths of the transmission of knowledge are presented using historical textbooks on midwifery topics. The question of the genesis of obstetric knowledge is discussed exemplarily for manual interventions such as the Siegemund maneuver and/or the application of individual herbal remedies. Students are introduced to original sources and their contexts and practice hermeneutic text analysis. Based on preparatory and follow-up interviews on given topics, a fund of midwifery knowledge is established and continued throughout the course. Students will prepare a written research plan (based on the research cycle) for both a quantitative and a qualitative design for a given topic, and will conduct and evaluate an interview.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates analyze and discuss traditional and current forms of the genesis of obstetric knowledge and are able to assess their quality according to theoretical scientific criteria. Graduates approach text analysis and understand sources in the context of their time of origin, considering societal and medical historical developments. Graduates acquire fundamental competencies for designing various research frameworks in relation to the respective research interest or question. Graduates are able to evaluate the appropriateness of qualitative and quantitative research methods for questions in the midwifery context.
Superior module:
Specialization in midwifery research and history of science (VHW)
Module description:
Graduates understand the historical development of obstetric structures and are able to derive the status quo of obstetrics from this. The current obstetric situation is viewed from a women's policy and professional policy perspective. Graduates are able to classify, name and argue historical developments. Graduates are able to use in-depth methodological knowledge to generate meaningful and relevant questions in the service of midwifery science and to classify evidence from all relevant reference disciplines according to their scientific and scientific-ethical quality. Graduates are able to write and present their own texts or papers at Master's level that meet the requirements of honest science.
Professional reflection and supervision 1
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1PRSPT |
| Type | SE |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0.5 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Systematic application of reflection processes in the context of professional midwifery practice. Decision-making processes are analyzed and the implicit transfer of personal experience into professional action is reflected upon. Clinical action patterns and guidelines are critically examined for their compatibility with professional, woman-centered midwifery.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates apply clinically oriented, logical thinking. They scrutinize their thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates consciously retrace their own thought processes and rationally test their procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have mastered the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead ("forward reasoning"). Graduates recognize clinical patterns and can derive so-called "if-then rules" for examination and treatment planning. Graduates have the ability to perform analytical case work.
Superior module:
Professional reflection and supervision 1 (PRS)
Module description:
Graduates apply clinically oriented, logical thinking. They scrutinize their thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates consciously retrace their own thought processes and rationally test their procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have mastered the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead (¿forward reasoning¿). Graduates recognize clinical patterns and can derive so-called ¿if-then rules¿ for examination and treatment planning. Graduates have the ability to perform analytical case work.
Research workshop
| Semester | 1 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1MMCVO |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Historical midwifery biographies and knowledge history of midwives, origin and paths of the transmission of selected obstetric knowledge, current midwifery research nationally and internationally, reflection on historical texts using appropriate questions, testing interview situations and hermeneutic text analysis.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates can derive the current European professional-political situation of midwives from the historical development of obstetrics; They understand the historical development of the obstetric system within patriarchal structures and are able to view and argue the resulting issues from both a feminist and professional-political perspective. Graduates know the causes for the insufficient development of midwifery science and research in German-speaking countries and recognize their mission to contribute to the establishment of German-speaking research.
Superior module:
Specialization in midwifery research and history of science (VHW)
Module description:
Graduates understand the historical development of obstetric structures and are able to derive the status quo of obstetrics from this. The current obstetric situation is viewed from a women's policy and professional policy perspective. Graduates are able to classify, name and argue historical developments. Graduates are able to use in-depth methodological knowledge to generate meaningful and relevant questions in the service of midwifery science and to classify evidence from all relevant reference disciplines according to their scientific and scientific-ethical quality. Graduates are able to write and present their own texts or papers at Master's level that meet the requirements of honest science.
Salutogenesis application knowledge
| Semester | 1 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1ASGPT |
| Type | UB |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0.5 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Circular counseling; stress anamnesis; coping anamnesis and resource work; applied problem-solving; anamnesis of the primary adaptation system; diagnostics of the autonomic nervous system; resource- and need-oriented counseling concepts; trauma-sensitive birth support; salutogenetic postpartum and breastfeeding counseling; applied empowerment; bond-promoting support pre-, peri-, and postpartum.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates can evaluate and assess the sense of coherence of their clients through specific observations and questions, and they are capable of providing resource-oriented counseling in various settings as well as promoting individualized and targeted coping strategies. Graduates can classify pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood as critical life events and understand the health-promoting and preventative significance of empowerment and self-efficacy experiences for the overall further development and bonding of mother and child, or within the family. Graduates are aware of the importance of early stress experiences and are able to conduct a salutogenic anamnesis of the primary adaptation system. Graduates can assess the sense of coherence of their clients based on specific observations and questions, and they are capable of providing resource-oriented counseling in various settings as well as promoting individualized and targeted coping strategies. Graduates can conduct anamnesis considering salutogenic principles according to the biopsychosocial midwifery care model.
Superior module:
Principles of salutogenesis in midwifery (PSH)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the concept of salutogenesis according to A. Antonovsky (1997) and further secondary literature on this. They will be able to derive the essential content theoretically and transfer it into practice in the course of their midwifery work. Graduates are aware of the importance of early stress experiences and are able to take a salutogenetic history of the primary adaptation system. Graduates can assess and evaluate their clients' sense of coherence on the basis of specific observations and questions, they are able to provide resource-oriented advice in various counselling settings and to promote coping strategies in an individualized and targeted manner. Graduates are able to classify pregnancy, birth and motherhood as critical life events and are aware of the health-promoting and preventative significance of empowerment and self-efficacy experiences for the entire further development and bonding of mother and child or within the family.
Special pelvic dynamics
| Semester | 1 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM1SBDIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Basic principles of movement theory, anatomy of the pelvis and pelvic joints, anatomy of adjacent joints (lumbar spine, hip joint), physiology of childbirth in various initial positions, adaptation of the baby's head to the birth canal, anatomy of the pelvic floor, suspension structures to the hip joint, pubic and coccyx bones, pelvic floor strength and tone, birth injuries and therapeutic rehabilitation options, practical exercise offerings.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates acquire a deeper understanding of the parietal portions of the pelvis and their joint connections, as well as the corresponding muscular-fascial tissues in the context of physiological childbirth. Graduates develop new approaches in observing and supporting pregnant and laboring women. Active movement and passive support options for the dilation phase, as well as pelvic floor-sparing birthing positions for the expulsion phase, are introduced, practiced, and discussed. Graduates comprehend the pelvic floor as an elastic component of the birth canal and can describe it precisely in terms of its anatomical parts and functions. This results in a new perspective on the load-bearing capacity of muscular-fascial tissues and an understanding of the genesis of birth-related injuries and subsequent pathologies.
Superior module:
Specialization in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology (VPP)
Module description:
Graduates: have in-depth knowledge of the interdisciplinary research field of psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunology (PNEI) and understand the interaction of the supersystems relevant to the perinatal phase - the nervous system, endocrine system and feto-placental system. They can draw on extended knowledge of current research on the neuro-vegetative adaptation system to stress and challenges, on current research findings on the hormone system in the perinatal period, on the research area of the feto-placental unit and on the psycho-social adaptation mechanisms in pregnancy, birth and the perinatal period. Thanks to their in-depth specialist knowledge, graduates are better able to understand physiological dynamics clinically and provide targeted support where necessary. Graduates can view the reproductive process as a continuum, name the decisive and pioneering key bio-psycho-social processes of the perinatal period and birth and provide expert support and mediation. Graduates are able to use differentiated clinical observation options to provide physiological, healthy birth processes in accordance with the "WHO Recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience." (2018) and to professionally justify "skillful waiting/not doing". Thanks to their knowledge of physiology, graduates have the ability to make more precise and differentiated diagnoses in the gray area between physiology and pathology. Graduates are able to name their implicit midwifery knowledge and actions with the help of explicit, scientifically recognized theories and argue them in an interdisciplinary context.
Advanced seminar: Communication and didactics
| Semester | 2 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2VKDIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Women-Centered Care / Family-Centered Care, the importance of a non-directive, symmetric and meaningful relationship design for professional midwifery work. Internalization of the salutogenetically oriented counselling approach, diagnostics of coping strategies, strengthening the sense of self-efficacy, practicing non-judgemental, non-ideological and empathic, non-directive counselling and conversation. Experiencing and integrating one's own unreflected ways of thinking. Applying suitable anti-stress measures and methods for relaxation and regeneration. Breathing techniques, connection with bodywork and vegetative regulation; neuroception; effect of external stressors on the neurovegetative, positive communication.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are able to derive and argue the role and importance of non-directive, symmetrical and mutually supportive relationships for professional midwifery work in terms of women-centered care / family-centered care. Graduates are familiar with the salutogenetically oriented counseling approach and master non-judgmental, non-ideological and empathic counseling and interviewing. Graduates are aware of their own unreflected approaches and are able to reflect on these in terms of positive communication in their professional practice. Graduates know suitable anti-stress measures and methods for relaxation and regeneration. They are aware of the connection between bodywork and vegetative regulation; neuroception and the effect of external stressors on the neurovegetative system.
Superior module:
Applied Salutogenesis 1 (ASK 1)
Module description:
Graduates will be able to expand and deepen the knowledge and methods acquired in the first semester to regulate the stress systems via the autonomic nervous system. Graduates are able to scientifically prove the effect of bodywork on the basis of current research. Graduates are aware of the physiological possibilities for pain reduction, can apply them and communicate them in a scientifically sound manner Graduates are proficient in working with case studies within the group.
Current research - Physiological adaptation mechanisms during pregnancy
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2AFAIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Physiological adaptation, systemic remodeling processes, endocrinological changes and their bio-psychosocial effects; the neuroendocrine determinants in the transitional phases between trimesters, anamnesis and diagnostics during the trimesters; key processes in the fetomaternal interface with special consideration of the maternal stress system; clinical observation, diagnostics and appropriate intervention options in each trimester; the hormonal determinants in the transition to labor and during the maturation phase; latent phase and physiological increase of labor-inducing hormones. Birth-relevant neurotransmitters and hormonal effects including the preparation of key receptors to ensure a physiological placental and breastfeeding phase.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates engage with the key physiological developmental processes of each trimester of pregnancy and derive important conclusions for midwifery practice from them. Graduates know the changes in the neurovegetative system, hormone system, fetoplacental system, and psychosocial system during the reproduction process and understand their influence on the behavior and development of the mother, child, and their bonding. Graduates can differentiate between physiological adaptation processes and non-physiological adaptation processes and deduce the causes of any occurring pathologies. Graduates are aware of the endogenous symbiosis between mother and child and its clinical observation, diagnosis, and appropriate intervention options in each trimester. Graduates can derive the connections in the continuum of pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and initiation of the breastfeeding relationship from a neuroendocrinological perspective and support their healthy development.
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 1 (FEP 1)
Module description:
Graduates understand pregnancy as a comprehensive process whose phenomena fundamentally have systemic effects on both the mother and the unborn child. Graduates understand the fetus or the fetoplacental system as a competent unit, which in turn actively influences the course of pregnancy in unity with the maternal system. Graduates understand human ontogenesis and the temporal course of individual development - in particular the stages of intrauterine development, the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and the exogestation (the first 9 months postpartum) as a continuum. Graduates place the mother as the main protagonist and decision-maker at the center of interest in Woman-Centered-Care (WCC) or Family-Centered-Care (FCC). Graduates understand the challenges - not exclusively physical - that women face due to pregnancy-related developmental processes in neuro-vegetative, hormonal and psychosocial terms. Graduates are able to bring specific physical complaints, behavioral patterns and needs into a logical connection with the dynamics of the physiological systems, strengthen the woman's/couple's/family's sense of coherence with regard to their meaningfulness and function and thus have a regulating effect on the stress system. Graduates develop an in-depth understanding of the influence of exogenous stressors on the development of the mother-child relationship and the course of pregnancy. They are able to assess the state of the autonomic nervous system and the endogenous stress system in the course of taking a medical history and document their diagnoses on the basis of specific clinical observations.
Current research - Pregnancy
| Semester | 2 |
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| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2AFSIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Current research on physiological and psychosocial adaptation processes to pregnancy. Connection between stress, pregnancy, and individually acquired coping strategies. Pregnancy as a process, the fetoplacental system as a competent unit that actively influences the course of pregnancy in conjunction with the maternal system. Human ontogenesis and the timeline of individual development, in particular the stages of intrauterine development, the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life, and exogestation. In-depth methodology to place the woman and mother as the main protagonist and decision-maker at the center of care, aligning counseling content and measures, informed choice. Phenomena of physiological transitions between the trimesters, the transition of steroid hormone production from the corpus luteum to the placenta; fetal lung maturation and changes in the cervix, the physiological onset of labor, and more. Transfer of the salutogenetic understanding of health and illness to pregnancy, transfer of psycho-neuro-endocrinology to the trimesters of pregnancy. Addressing the respective topics and dynamics. Clinical recognition of health and attention signs throughout the trimesters, problem solving process, active listening, mirroring.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates deepen their knowledge of the endocrinology of the placental system. Graduates understand the fetus and the feto-placental system as a competent unit which, in conjunction with the maternal system, actively influences the course of the pregnancy. Graduates can infer the physiological detachment processes of the placenta from the embryological foundations of implantation. Graduates comprehend pregnancy as an extensive process whose phenomena fundamentally have systemic effects on both the mother and the unborn child. Graduates perceive all pregnancy-related processes as bio-psychosocial phenomena. Graduates understand human ontogenesis and the timeline of individual development, specifically the stages of intrauterine development, the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life, and exogestation.
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 1 (FEP 1)
Module description:
Graduates understand pregnancy as a comprehensive process whose phenomena fundamentally have systemic effects on both the mother and the unborn child. Graduates understand the fetus or the fetoplacental system as a competent unit, which in turn actively influences the course of pregnancy in unity with the maternal system. Graduates understand human ontogenesis and the temporal course of individual development - in particular the stages of intrauterine development, the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and the exogestation (the first 9 months postpartum) as a continuum. Graduates place the mother as the main protagonist and decision-maker at the center of interest in Woman-Centered-Care (WCC) or Family-Centered-Care (FCC). Graduates understand the challenges - not exclusively physical - that women face due to pregnancy-related developmental processes in neuro-vegetative, hormonal and psychosocial terms. Graduates are able to bring specific physical complaints, behavioral patterns and needs into a logical connection with the dynamics of the physiological systems, strengthen the woman's/couple's/family's sense of coherence with regard to their meaningfulness and function and thus have a regulating effect on the stress system. Graduates develop an in-depth understanding of the influence of exogenous stressors on the development of the mother-child relationship and the course of pregnancy. They are able to assess the state of the autonomic nervous system and the endogenous stress system in the course of taking a medical history and document their diagnoses on the basis of specific clinical observations.
Current research - birth process
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2AFGIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Scientific examination of the normal, healthy birth process, its challenges, and processes. Comparison of obstetric and midwifery perspectives. For example, the "untimely" onset of labor, labor pain, the course of labor not following the expected timing, among others. Deconstruction using current scientific evidence from midwifery and relevant reference sciences. In-depth discussion of the latest research findings, including the limits of predictability of the onset of labor, outcomes, and duration of labor, and the resulting adjustments to obstetric guidelines in the international professional field. The phenomena of individual birth processes are derived and argued based on psycho-neuro-endocrinology and physiological adaptation systems. Decision-making and observation schemas for developing differentiated midwifery diagnoses. Systematic understanding of both labor and birth-related systems. Neurovegetative and endocrine processes during labor, labor pain, and physiological analgesia; neurological and neurovegetative regulation of the Ferguson reflex and the fetus ejection reflex; the effects of catecholamines on mother and child.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates gain an expanded understanding of the systemic connections of birth dynamics. Graduates are familiar with the evidence from midwifery research regarding the physiological birth process and the essential hormonal transition processes. Graduates perceive the birth process as a continuum and are capable of expertly accompanying and supporting the crucial and pioneering hormonal key processes of birth. Midwifery care for childbirth can be conducted safely and with minimal interventions in accordance with WHO recommendations: "WHO recommendations: intrapartum care for a positive childbirth experience." Graduates possess a multifaceted system of observation, perception, interpretation, and intervention for supporting childbirth based on their extensive knowledge of the physiological regulatory systems (nervous, hormonal, fetoplacental, and psychosocial systems).
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 1 (FEP 1)
Module description:
Graduates understand pregnancy as a comprehensive process whose phenomena fundamentally have systemic effects on both the mother and the unborn child. Graduates understand the fetus or the fetoplacental system as a competent unit, which in turn actively influences the course of pregnancy in unity with the maternal system. Graduates understand human ontogenesis and the temporal course of individual development - in particular the stages of intrauterine development, the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life and the exogestation (the first 9 months postpartum) as a continuum. Graduates place the mother as the main protagonist and decision-maker at the center of interest in Woman-Centered-Care (WCC) or Family-Centered-Care (FCC). Graduates understand the challenges - not exclusively physical - that women face due to pregnancy-related developmental processes in neuro-vegetative, hormonal and psychosocial terms. Graduates are able to bring specific physical complaints, behavioral patterns and needs into a logical connection with the dynamics of the physiological systems, strengthen the woman's/couple's/family's sense of coherence with regard to their meaningfulness and function and thus have a regulating effect on the stress system. Graduates develop an in-depth understanding of the influence of exogenous stressors on the development of the mother-child relationship and the course of pregnancy. They are able to assess the state of the autonomic nervous system and the endogenous stress system in the course of taking a medical history and document their diagnoses on the basis of specific clinical observations.
Evidence-based methods of bodywork
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2ASGIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Establishing a sensitive culture of touch; applying suitable anti-stress measures and methods for relaxation and regeneration. Breathing techniques, connection with body work and vegetative regulation; neuroception; effect of external stressors on the neurovegetative system, positive communication.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates know suitable anti-stress measures and methods for relaxation and regeneration. Graduates are aware of the connection between bodywork and vegetative regulation; neuroception and the effect of external stressors on the neuro-vegetative system. Graduates know the connections between bodywork and posture and activation of the vegetative system.
Superior module:
Applied Salutogenesis 1 (ASK 1)
Module description:
Graduates will be able to expand and deepen the knowledge and methods acquired in the first semester to regulate the stress systems via the autonomic nervous system. Graduates are able to scientifically prove the effect of bodywork on the basis of current research. Graduates are aware of the physiological possibilities for pain reduction, can apply them and communicate them in a scientifically sound manner Graduates are proficient in working with case studies within the group.
Professional reflection 2
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2PRSPT |
| Type | PT |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0.5 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Case presentations; clinical analysis; diagnostics and therapy concepts according to the various midwifery care models; conscious verbalization of own thought processes and retrospective evaluation of own action steps; questioning of own beliefs and system-related paradigms. Reflection on the interdisciplinary dynamics in their own field of work.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are proficient in presenting cases in small groups in an online setting. The results, successes and conflicts resulting from the transfer of salutophysiological midwifery work into practice can be discussed and analyzed. Graduates know the value of structuring supervision for their ability to reflect and transfer practical, applied salutogenesis and their in-depth knowledge of perinatal physiology and pathophysiology into professional practice. Graduates are able to discuss the possibilities of future expanded models of midwifery practice. Possible opportunities, resistance and the constructive handling of intra- and interpersonal resistance to change are discussed.
Superior module:
Professional reflection and supervision 2
Module description:
Graduates are able to think in a clinically oriented and logical manner, they can question and analyze thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates are able to consciously understand their own thought processes and rationally examine procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead ("forward reasoning"). Graduates are able to recognize clinical patterns and derive so-called "if-then rules" for examination and treatment planning. Graduates have the ability to transform slow, conscious problem-solving strategies into fast, unconscious action strategies and are thus characterized as experts. Graduates have the ability to carry out analytical case work.
Research workshop - Socio-cultural influences on motherhood
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2FSMIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Society and motherhood; insights into women's history and socialization, critical examination of seemingly personal dilemmas of women in the broader societal context, engagement with the current image of women as a basis for a reflective and differentiated counseling culture. The obstetric system in relation to societal changes, development of the discipline, and professional understanding of the occupation and its scope of practice.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates critically engage with the societal co-construction of the childbirth reality. Graduates understand the obstetric past marked by authoritarian and patriarchal structures, with its manifold, not exclusively positive consequences for healthy pregnant women, laboring women, and families. Graduates can compare traditional obstetric culture with other obstetric concepts and argue within the scientific discourse. Graduates can discuss the advantages and disadvantages of mechanistic and technologized obstetrics, especially for healthy mother-child pairs. Risk orientation and statistical calculations of probabilities are juxtaposed with the needs of pregnant and laboring women.
Superior module:
Public health, perinatal women's and family health (PFF)
Module description:
Graduates will be able to name socio-cultural, historical and women's policy-relevant aspects of the current birth culture. They can differentiate between the positive and negative consequences of this birth culture in terms of social and health policy and for the individual specifically affected. Students recognize the consequences of risk orientation, statistical probability predictions and collective treatment strategies for individual pregnant women/families, their sense of security and their ability to assume responsibility and take these aspects into account in their counselling activities. Students deal with the socio-cultural influences on motherhood in both a historical and a contemporary context. Awareness of the view-forming axioms of the disciplines and their changes over time helps to view and better understand current obstetric focal points from a multidimensional perspective. Students acquire advanced counseling and support skills by reflecting on their own experiences in a cultural-historical context.
Sociology research workshop - Images of women and the body
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2FSKIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Historical body research, self- and external perception and their influence on the concrete experience of pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood; analysis of historical and contemporary texts, midwifery knowledge, attributions to the profession, processes and dynamics of disempowerment throughout history, and the perspective shaped by current medicine and technology. Possibilities, prerequisites, and limitations of qualitative and quantitative research in relation to current midwifery science.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates engage with various women's and gender role models and connect these with historical developments in obstetrics. Graduates position themselves as midwives within the diversity of obstetric models. Graduates analyze the role of the birthing woman within a patriarchal birth culture and make comparisons to other models, such as the midwifery care model and matriarchal forms of obstetrics. Graduates address the challenges faced by pregnant women and mothers in the workforce and derive strategies for health promotion and prevention from them.
Superior module:
Public health, perinatal women's and family health (PFF)
Module description:
Graduates will be able to name socio-cultural, historical and women's policy-relevant aspects of the current birth culture. They can differentiate between the positive and negative consequences of this birth culture in terms of social and health policy and for the individual specifically affected. Students recognize the consequences of risk orientation, statistical probability predictions and collective treatment strategies for individual pregnant women/families, their sense of security and their ability to assume responsibility and take these aspects into account in their counselling activities. Students deal with the socio-cultural influences on motherhood in both a historical and a contemporary context. Awareness of the view-forming axioms of the disciplines and their changes over time helps to view and better understand current obstetric focal points from a multidimensional perspective. Students acquire advanced counseling and support skills by reflecting on their own experiences in a cultural-historical context.
Specialization: Qualitative methods of midwifery research 1
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2QMHIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Detailed planning of a qualitatively designed study, planning and conducting a qualitative analysis, presenting possible conclusions from the results. Keeping a research diary and creating a structured data collection.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are enabled to work effectively in a research group and to convey research findings comprehensibly. Graduates are capable of pursuing a research- and problem-oriented approach. Graduates write a seminar paper in which they conduct a survey using a questionnaire they designed in the course "Qualitative Methods in Social Research" and evaluate it according to a specific task.
Superior module:
Advanced scientific methodology 1 (VWM 1)
Module description:
Graduates are aware of the importance of qualitative and quantitative study designs as a basis for argumentation in interdisciplinary discourse and know quality criteria for the differentiated assessment of qualitative and quantitative studies in their own and related disciplines. Graduates recognize the strengths and limitations of previous research work with qualitative and quantitative designs. Work on selected topics and their results are examined for their significance in accordance with the applicable scientific quality criteria. The background underlying the research questions can be derived and argued. Graduates are able to plan a qualitative and quantitative study and produce meaningful scientific texts. Graduates have an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use, advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative research as well as their limitations and significance. They are familiar with various methodological approaches (e.g. grounded theory, different types of field research, structured interview studies, expert interviews). They can name different ways of accessing the field. Graduates have an in-depth understanding of scientific research methods. They are familiar with special tools for creating their own academic texts and can express and formulate well-founded criticism of sources. Graduates are able to carry out various qualitative and quantitative analyses and apply the appropriate analysis method for the design. They are proficient in working with qualitative and quantitative data. Graduates can assess their skills in qualitative and quantitative research and apply them appropriately. They can present the steps for analysis and assess results in the context of other study results. Graduates are able to plan their role as graduates of a Master's degree program in Midwifery Science and the dissemination of their research results. Graduates are able to reflect on and present their own analytical steps. They are able to manage the joint research process and develop results according to schedule. Graduates are able to reflect on content, summarize it in a comprehensible manner, and present a Master's thesis accordingly. They are able to work competently in a research group and contribute to a productive result.
Specialization: Quantitative methods of midwifery research
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2FWMSE |
| Type | VO |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Designing a detailed quantitative study, deepening quantitative, descriptive analysis, creating own databases, advanced analysis methods. Anticipatory planning of time, personnel, know-how, and technical equipment for each research step. Creating an own clear database with an appropriate overview and description of variables, checking a foreign database for comprehensibility, conducting two short analysis steps in descriptive statistics, completed.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates recognize the limitations and strengths of existing research findings on selected topics. They understand the possible underlying reasons for this research situation. Graduates are capable of detailed planning of a quantitative study and know what assistance they may need from neighboring disciplines such as statistics. Graduates are familiar with the limitations and explanatory power of quantitative research. They understand the differences between randomized controlled blinded studies, cohort studies, and case-control studies. Graduates can conduct a quantitative analysis and apply appropriate analysis methods depending on the data quality. They practice working with large data sets and create their own clear database. Graduates can assess and adequately apply their competence in quantitative research. They can outline the steps for data analysis and evaluate the results in the context of other study findings. Graduates can reflect on and present their own analysis steps. They seek communication with researchers with similar questions on an international level.
Superior module:
Advanced scientific methodology 1 (VWM 1)
Module description:
Graduates are aware of the importance of qualitative and quantitative study designs as a basis for argumentation in interdisciplinary discourse and know quality criteria for the differentiated assessment of qualitative and quantitative studies in their own and related disciplines. Graduates recognize the strengths and limitations of previous research work with qualitative and quantitative designs. Work on selected topics and their results are examined for their significance in accordance with the applicable scientific quality criteria. The background underlying the research questions can be derived and argued. Graduates are able to plan a qualitative and quantitative study and produce meaningful scientific texts. Graduates have an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use, advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative research as well as their limitations and significance. They are familiar with various methodological approaches (e.g. grounded theory, different types of field research, structured interview studies, expert interviews). They can name different ways of accessing the field. Graduates have an in-depth understanding of scientific research methods. They are familiar with special tools for creating their own academic texts and can express and formulate well-founded criticism of sources. Graduates are able to carry out various qualitative and quantitative analyses and apply the appropriate analysis method for the design. They are proficient in working with qualitative and quantitative data. Graduates can assess their skills in qualitative and quantitative research and apply them appropriately. They can present the steps for analysis and assess results in the context of other study results. Graduates are able to plan their role as graduates of a Master's degree program in Midwifery Science and the dissemination of their research results. Graduates are able to reflect on and present their own analytical steps. They are able to manage the joint research process and develop results according to schedule. Graduates are able to reflect on content, summarize it in a comprehensible manner, and present a Master's thesis accordingly. They are able to work competently in a research group and contribute to a productive result.
Supervision 2
| Semester | 2 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 1 |
| Course code | HEWM2UPPT |
| Type | PT |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0.5 |
| ECTS Credits | 1 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Reflexive guidance of the transfer of practical applied salutogenesis and advanced knowledge of perinatal physiology and pathophysiology into professional practice. On scheduled dates between in-person sessions, students meet online in small groups for supervision. There is an opportunity to discuss and analyze the results, successes, and conflicts as a result of transferring salutophysiological midwifery work into lived practice. Future possibilities for expanded models of midwifery professional practice will be discussed. Potential opportunities, resistances, and constructive handling of intra- and interpersonal change resistances will be addressed.
Learning Outcomes:
Reflexive support for the transfer of practical applied salutogenesis and advanced knowledge of perinatal physiology and pathophysiology into professional practice. At scheduled times between in-person sessions, graduates meet online in small groups for supervision. There is the opportunity to discuss and analyze the results, successes, and conflicts resulting from the transfer of salutophysiological midwifery work into lived practice. Future possibilities for expanded models of midwifery professional practice are discussed. Potential opportunities, resistances, and the constructive handling of intra- and interpersonal change resistances are addressed.
Superior module:
Professional reflection and supervision 2
Module description:
Graduates are able to think in a clinically oriented and logical manner, they can question and analyze thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates are able to consciously understand their own thought processes and rationally examine procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead ("forward reasoning"). Graduates are able to recognize clinical patterns and derive so-called "if-then rules" for examination and treatment planning. Graduates have the ability to transform slow, conscious problem-solving strategies into fast, unconscious action strategies and are thus characterized as experts. Graduates have the ability to carry out analytical case work.
Current research - Adaptation mechanisms in the birth process
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3AFGIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Physiological, psychosocial, and emotional adaptation during childbirth. Current and international definitions, research on the characteristics and dynamics of the latent phase, active phase, transition phases, birth, and postpartum phases. Pelvic anatomy, posture, interaction of the core including the pelvic floor during labor. Birth competencies and resources in mother and child, activation and empowerment of birth companions. Understanding and managing the complexity of labor pain, possibilities of natural analgesia on various levels, labor pain as a topic in childbirth preparation. The pillars of health in the individual phases of childbirth and in the continuum, case work based on typical topics, dynamics, and challenges. Working with observation and decision-making schemas using clinical cases. Preventive and long-term effects of the bio-psychosocial midwifery care model.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates possess a multifaceted system of observation, perception, interpretation, and intervention for childbirth. Graduates are capable of creating differentiated midwifery diagnoses through decision-making and observation schemas. Graduates specifically promote the sense of coherence in the birthing woman and her system, contributing to childbirth being a health-promoting and empowering experience. Graduates understand the physiological foundations of labor pain and natural analgesia, can clinically recognize the complex hormonal dynamics of childbirth, and understand the interplay of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. They consider the complex interaction of physical, emotional, behavioral, and social factors during childbirth. Graduates have a multifaceted system of observation, perception, interpretation, and intervention for childbirth.
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 2 (FEP 2)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the physiological, psychosocial and emotional adaptation processes during childbirth. Graduates support and promote the birth competencies and resources of mother and child, activating and strengthening the birth companions. Students can argue the meaningfulness of birth pain, they know the possibilities of natural analgesia on various levels and can convey the physiology of birth pain and its bio-psychosocial meaningfulness in birth preparation. Students are able to derive the pillars of health in the individual phases of birth from a neurophysiological, endocrinological, physical and social perspective. Students are able to assess the state of the neurovegetative system of the woman giving birth and the child using specific diagnoses and targeted assessment tools. Students will be able to accurately diagnose deviations from physiological processes and thus contribute to the safety of obstetric care.
Current research - Peripartum women's health
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3FPFIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Current research in women's medicine and sexual medicine; birth cultures; violence in obstetrics; birth as a "major life event"; the concept of risk in women's medicine; statistical probability and the challenge of making decisions regarding prenatal diagnostic interventions; individuality vs. collectivism; postpartum stress disorders and their impact on bonding.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates can understand the obstetric system in its societal context and expand their professional understanding and range of actions. Graduates develop an awareness of the axioms shaping perceptions within the disciplines and their changes, viewing current obstetric focal points from multidimensional perspectives. Graduates can critically argue the positive and negative consequences of this birth culture in socio-political and health-political terms, as well as for the affected individual. Graduates recognize the implications of risk orientation, statistical probability predictions, and collective treatment strategies for individual pregnant women/families, their sense of security, and their ability to assume responsibility, and consider these aspects in their counseling activities. Graduates can identify and differentiate between various forms of postpartum stress disorders using their diagnostic knowledge on physical, neurovegetative, and psychosocial levels. Graduates can relate the effects of peripartal stress experiences to the postpartum adaptation of mother and child and can specifically refer further interdisciplinary support. Graduates understand the role of the social environment for mother and child and are capable of offering resource-oriented and needs-oriented support in the sense of FCC (family-centered care).
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 2 (FEP 2)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the physiological, psychosocial and emotional adaptation processes during childbirth. Graduates support and promote the birth competencies and resources of mother and child, activating and strengthening the birth companions. Students can argue the meaningfulness of birth pain, they know the possibilities of natural analgesia on various levels and can convey the physiology of birth pain and its bio-psychosocial meaningfulness in birth preparation. Students are able to derive the pillars of health in the individual phases of birth from a neurophysiological, endocrinological, physical and social perspective. Students are able to assess the state of the neurovegetative system of the woman giving birth and the child using specific diagnoses and targeted assessment tools. Students will be able to accurately diagnose deviations from physiological processes and thus contribute to the safety of obstetric care.
Current research - adaptation mechanisms in the puerperium, primary phase and exogestation
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3AFEIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Neurophysiological development of the dyad or triad during postpartum, breastfeeding, and the first year of life; important relationship dynamics; the human being as a "physiological premature birth"; the "mother-child unit" as the foundation for the systemic understanding of bonding development, resilience acquisition, and psychomotor development. The effects of traumatic birth experiences on mother, child, and family; trauma-sensitive support during postpartum.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates expand their competencies in assessing the condition of mother and child by incorporating salutogenic and neurophysiological factors on both biological and psychosocial levels; Graduates are able to correlate the peripartal developmental phase with the course of pregnancy and childbirth. Graduates are familiar with the peripartal and postpartal neuroendocrine processes throughout the entire primary phase. Graduates master diagnostic skills to assess phenomena and disorders during the primary phase and postpartum (e.g., breastfeeding, involution, or regulatory disorders). The term "mother-child unit," introduced in the context of "exogestation," is understood as the basis for the systemic understanding of bonding development, resilience acquisition, and psychomotor development. Graduates are capable of taking logical and appropriate actions considering the course of pregnancy and childbirth to provide effective assistance to the mother-child unit. Graduates are able to incorporate both maternal and child stress systems into their diagnostics and therapeutic approach and can additionally relate and argue the effects of an adverse bonding environment at life's beginning with overall societal developments. Graduates develop systemically founded breastfeeding expertise, through which they acquire integrated breastfeeding knowledge and can demonstrate special expertise in breastfeeding counseling. Graduates acquire theoretical and practical knowledge that enables them to understand mother, child, and family dynamics individually and in context with pregnancy and birthing events, to design targeted and individualized therapy concepts, and to take measures in the context of their personal history. Graduates are capable of implementing targeted bonding and breastfeeding-promoting interventions. They can offer a differentiated care, counseling, and adult education program that promotes parental resources for the first phase of parenthood and work specifically towards health promotion and prevention.
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 2 (FEP 2)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the physiological, psychosocial and emotional adaptation processes during childbirth. Graduates support and promote the birth competencies and resources of mother and child, activating and strengthening the birth companions. Students can argue the meaningfulness of birth pain, they know the possibilities of natural analgesia on various levels and can convey the physiology of birth pain and its bio-psychosocial meaningfulness in birth preparation. Students are able to derive the pillars of health in the individual phases of birth from a neurophysiological, endocrinological, physical and social perspective. Students are able to assess the state of the neurovegetative system of the woman giving birth and the child using specific diagnoses and targeted assessment tools. Students will be able to accurately diagnose deviations from physiological processes and thus contribute to the safety of obstetric care.
Current research: puerperium, exogestation and primary phase
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3FWEIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Neurophysiological and endocrinological evidence regarding the neurovegetative system of the postpartum woman and the newborn; evidence of the health-promoting effects of the bio-psychosocial midwifery care model; support during the primary phase and early bonding development. Trauma-sensitive support during postpartum and breastfeeding. Prevention of disorders in the postpartum period. Salutogenetic principles in the life cycles of women. Developmental processes in the first nine months after birth, the physiological, psychosocial, and emotional adaptation, and their phased development; typical topics, dynamics, and challenges during the developmental phases. The pillars of health in relation to: exogestation, breastfeeding, processes of involution, psychological situation, regulatory and long-term disorders as a consequence of birth, key points in the care of women and children, mother-child system, competencies of the newborn, child's adaptation in the first months, bonding behavior. Consideration of the bio-psychosocial processes that the mother undergoes until the full restoration of her convalescence and new reproductive capability. Long-term effects of bonding and health-promoting support in the first year of life.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are familiar with the evidence on the neurovegetative and endocrine regulation of childbirth, with a focus on the subsequent postnatal period. They can argue the health-promoting effects of the bio-psychosocial midwifery care model on the birth experience, birth outcomes, and the long-term relevance of the postnatal period for general health maintenance. Graduates are capable of ensuring trauma-sensitive midwifery care based on salutogenic principles during the peripartal phase.
Superior module:
Specialist expertise in perinatal physiology and pathophysiology 2 (FEP 2)
Module description:
Graduates are familiar with the physiological, psychosocial and emotional adaptation processes during childbirth. Graduates support and promote the birth competencies and resources of mother and child, activating and strengthening the birth companions. Students can argue the meaningfulness of birth pain, they know the possibilities of natural analgesia on various levels and can convey the physiology of birth pain and its bio-psychosocial meaningfulness in birth preparation. Students are able to derive the pillars of health in the individual phases of birth from a neurophysiological, endocrinological, physical and social perspective. Students are able to assess the state of the neurovegetative system of the woman giving birth and the child using specific diagnoses and targeted assessment tools. Students will be able to accurately diagnose deviations from physiological processes and thus contribute to the safety of obstetric care.
Evidence-based methods of bodywork 2
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3AFFIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Deepening the knowledge acquired in the course Applied Salutogenesis 1 in theory and practice. Integration and connected implementation of the principles of health promotion: positive and person-centered communication; information, shared decision making, and "wellness"; practical implementation of positive and person-centered communication, introduction to the schema of continuous, circular care and clinical assessment. Three-dimensional evaluation of resources, disorders, and interventions.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates deepen the knowledge acquired in the course Applied Salutogenesis 2 in theory and practice. Graduates learn additional application exercises for stress reduction, especially through stimulating the parasympathetic part of the nervous system, including guided deep relaxation exercises, massage and manual techniques, as well as breathing techniques and visualization exercises. Graduates learn to pay more attention to body awareness through breathing and perception exercises in order to recognize and influence restrictive behaviors and habits. Graduates become familiar with a rich toolkit of methods for their own course offerings.
Superior module:
Applied salutogenesis, bodywork, commun. and didactics 2 (ASK 2)
Module description:
Graduates are aware of the role and importance of non-directive, symmetrical and mutually supportive relationships for professional midwifery work. Graduates have mastered the theoretical foundations for resource-oriented support for their clients, active coping strategies can be developed and the focus of counseling and support is on strengthening the woman's and future mother's sense of self-efficacy.
In-depth didactics, adult education and counseling
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3VDEIL |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Deepening didactic theory and methodology for adult education, techniques for comprehensive bio-psycho-social anamnesis collection and evaluation. Creating a care plan, working with a decision-making schema, practicing circular evaluation, process guidance, positive communication both in teaching and professional contexts, problem-solving using ""active listening"" and the mirroring method. Leading individual and group processes, transferring into one's own professional midwifery counseling and interdisciplinary exchange, and into teaching. The professional relationship and positive communication are specifically used as tools to empower parents and expand the scope of action for midwives.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates acquire methodological expertise as speakers and group leaders by taking responsibility for and managing group processes in group work. Graduates transfer the knowledge they have acquired to obstetric and midwifery-specific issues; it is available and retrievable in counselling situations and in interdisciplinary discourse. Graduates will integrate the culture of mäeutic counselling and communication with sensitive use of language into their everyday professional life. Graduates have sufficient knowledge and methods to ensure that their clients are provided with comprehensive multidimensional information and informed choices and to provide support to colleagues in the context of intervision groups. Graduates are able to offer targeted advice and information on obstetric and midwifery-specific issues using salutophysiological criteria. They have a strong awareness of the long-term and sustainable effects of moderate, empowering, non-authoritative, non-directive methods and forms of information in birth preparation, support and adult education. Students are able to ensure the transfer of the study-specific content of the degree programme into actual midwifery work and research. Graduates recognise supervision, intervision and, if necessary, the use of professional assistance as important instruments for personal development and professional development. Graduates develop a systemic and constructive culture of reflection and error management.
Superior module:
Applied salutogenesis, bodywork, commun. and didactics 2 (ASK 2)
Module description:
Graduates are aware of the role and importance of non-directive, symmetrical and mutually supportive relationships for professional midwifery work. Graduates have mastered the theoretical foundations for resource-oriented support for their clients, active coping strategies can be developed and the focus of counseling and support is on strengthening the woman's and future mother's sense of self-efficacy.
In-depth study of qualitative methods in midwifery research 2
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3VQMVO |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Building on the course "Qualitative Methods in Social Research," the detailed planning of a qualitatively designed study will be presented and tested. Students will demonstrate steps of qualitative analysis, carry them out, and discuss possible conclusions drawn from the results. Students will keep a research diary and establish a structured data collection, which includes not only the data to be analyzed but also audio recordings, artifacts, or films. Students will be able to work effectively in a research group and convey research results comprehensibly. The focus of the course is on oral interview methods, in their variety and respective explanatory power. Different methodological approaches of qualitative research on topics related to midwifery will be presented. A research- and problem-oriented approach is pursued. Participation in and conducting an interview using a standardized questionnaire, as well as its evaluation, is recommended, as is the design of a questionnaire based on a concrete task.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates research existing standardized and validated instruments and present these exemplarily (including evaluation if applicable). Graduates develop questionnaires and interview guides with special consideration of the pretest procedure and the recruitment of respondents. Variants for the evaluation of questionnaires and qualitative data analysis are presented.
Superior module:
Specialization in Scientific Methodology 2 (VWM 2)
Module description:
Graduates are able to generate meaningful qualitative research questions that are conducive to midwifery research and apply suitable research designs. Graduates are aware of the importance of qualitative study designs as a basis for argumentation in interdisciplinary discourse and know quality criteria for the differentiated assessment of qualitative studies in their own and related disciplines. Graduates recognize the strengths and limitations of previous research work with a qualitative design and are able to express and formulate well-founded criticism of sources. Work on selected topics and its results are examined for their validity according to the applicable scientific quality criteria. Graduates plan a qualitative study and have an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use, advantages and disadvantages of qualitative research as well as its limitations and informative value. They are familiar with different methodological approaches (e.g. grounded theory, different types of field research, highly structured interview studies). They can name different ways of accessing the field. Graduates are able to formulate constructive criticism for their colleagues' texts and work in a scientific research group. Graduates are able to assess and adequately apply their skills in qualitative research. They can present the steps for analysis and assess results in the context of other study results. Graduates reflect on their own analytical steps and present them. They are able to manage the joint research process and develop results according to schedule. They seek communication within the community of midwifery researchers and network with researchers with similar research interests at an international level. Graduates are able to reflect on content, summarize it clearly, present it appropriately in a Master's thesis and present it. They discuss competently in a research group and lead it to a productive result.
Professional reflection 3
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3PRSPT |
| Type | PT |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 4 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Case studies; clinical analysis; diagnostics and therapy concepts according to the various midwifery care models; conscious verbalization of own thought processes and retrospective evaluation of own action steps. Action planning based on evidence - anecdotal evidence versus scientific evidence; critical reflection on forms of knowledge and their significance in the professional field of action: empirical knowledge versus intuition;
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates are proficient in presenting cases in small groups in an online setting. They are able to discuss and analyze results, successes and conflicts as a result of the transfer of salutophysiological midwifery work into actual practice. Graduates are able to further develop their ability to reflect under structured supervision. Graduates have cultivated a systemic and constructive culture of reflection and error management.
Superior module:
Professional reflection and supervision 3
Module description:
Graduates master their clinically oriented, logical thinking, they question and analyze thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates are able to consciously understand their own thought processes and rationally examine procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead ("forward reasoning"). Graduates have the ability to carry out analytical case work.
Research workshop
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3FWESE |
| Type | IL |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 2 |
| ECTS Credits | 3 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Finding a topic for the master's thesis, constructing the research question and research design; planning, conducting, and evaluating a qualitative study; questionnaire. Database, construction, and evaluation; mixed methods; research designs and analysis methods; creating a questionnaire; constructing an interview guide; poster design and presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates conduct the detailed planning of a qualitatively designed study and present it. Possible conclusions from the results are discussed. Graduates keep a research diary and create a structured data collection. Graduates are capable of assessing time and personnel planning, know-how, and technical equipment for the corresponding research steps. Graduates are able to work effectively in a research group and convey research results comprehensibly. Graduates formulate concrete research questions and create their (preliminary) exposé.
Superior module:
Specialization in Scientific Methodology 2 (VWM 2)
Module description:
Graduates are able to generate meaningful qualitative research questions that are conducive to midwifery research and apply suitable research designs. Graduates are aware of the importance of qualitative study designs as a basis for argumentation in interdisciplinary discourse and know quality criteria for the differentiated assessment of qualitative studies in their own and related disciplines. Graduates recognize the strengths and limitations of previous research work with a qualitative design and are able to express and formulate well-founded criticism of sources. Work on selected topics and its results are examined for their validity according to the applicable scientific quality criteria. Graduates plan a qualitative study and have an in-depth understanding of the appropriate use, advantages and disadvantages of qualitative research as well as its limitations and informative value. They are familiar with different methodological approaches (e.g. grounded theory, different types of field research, highly structured interview studies). They can name different ways of accessing the field. Graduates are able to formulate constructive criticism for their colleagues' texts and work in a scientific research group. Graduates are able to assess and adequately apply their skills in qualitative research. They can present the steps for analysis and assess results in the context of other study results. Graduates reflect on their own analytical steps and present them. They are able to manage the joint research process and develop results according to schedule. They seek communication within the community of midwifery researchers and network with researchers with similar research interests at an international level. Graduates are able to reflect on content, summarize it clearly, present it appropriately in a Master's thesis and present it. They discuss competently in a research group and lead it to a productive result.
Supervision 3
| Semester | 3 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM3SUPPT |
| Type | PT |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 2 |
| Examination character | immanent |
Lecture content:
Reflexive guidance of the transfer of practical, applied salutogenesis. On scheduled dates between the in-person sessions, students will meet online in small groups for supervision. There is an opportunity to discuss and analyze the results, successes, and conflicts as a result of transferring midwifery work according to the principles of MCC into lived practice. Future, expanded models of midwifery practice will be discussed. Possible opportunities, resistances, and the constructive handling of intra- and interpersonal change resistances will be addressed.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates know the value of supervision and intervision. They recognize the use of professional assistance as an important tool for personal development and professional development.
Superior module:
Professional reflection and supervision 3
Module description:
Graduates master their clinically oriented, logical thinking, they question and analyze thought processes and decision-making during therapeutic action. Graduates are able to consciously understand their own thought processes and rationally examine procedures (hypothesis testing). Graduates have the ability to organize knowledge and plan ahead ("forward reasoning"). Graduates have the ability to carry out analytical case work.
Accompanying seminar for the Master's thesis
| Semester | 4 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM4BSMSE |
| Type | SE |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 1 |
| ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Examination character | final |
Lecture content:
Content and subject-specific/formal supervision of students during the period of writing their master's thesis.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates can plan the content steps of the master's thesis in a timely manner. They are able to meet scientific standards for a master's thesis (traceability and substantiation of statements, sufficient literature search, and source analysis). Graduates select an appropriate methodological design for their research question, which is discussed and, if necessary, corrected in the course. Graduates master the conception of a scientific work according to the given research question, Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), systematic research in databases. Graduates engage with ethical questions and approaches in the philosophy of science.
Superior module:
Master's thesis
Module description:
Graduates design and complete a scientific paper and thereby demonstrate that they are able to work independently on a task from the field of midwifery science using appropriate scientific methods within a specified period of time and to present and critically discuss the results in written form. Students demonstrate that they are able to defend their own work in public scientific discourse.
Master's examination
| Semester | 4 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM4MAPDP |
| Type | DP |
| Kind | Compulsory |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0 |
| ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Examination character | final |
Lecture content:
Graduates present their Master's theses and a scientific poster. They defend their thesis and make curricular references to it. Graduates are also questioned on the core topics of the degree program and should be able to make connections between the individual key topics of the curriculum.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates design and complete a piece of academic work and thereby demonstrate that they are able to work independently on a task from the field of midwifery science within a specified period of time using appropriate academic methods and to present and critically discuss the results in written form. Graduates demonstrate that they are able to defend their own work in public scientific discourse.
Superior module:
Master's thesis
Module description:
Graduates design and complete a scientific paper and thereby demonstrate that they are able to work independently on a task from the field of midwifery science using appropriate scientific methods within a specified period of time and to present and critically discuss the results in written form. Students demonstrate that they are able to defend their own work in public scientific discourse.
Master's thesis
| Semester | 4 |
|---|---|
| Academic year | 2 |
| Course code | HEWM4MATIT |
| Type | IT |
| Kind | Diploma/master thesis |
| Language of instruction | German |
| SWS | 0 |
| ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Examination character | final |
Lecture content:
In-depth exploration of a current or fundamental topic from the core subjects of the curriculum, literature research, creation of experimental designs, familiarization with the appropriate methodology, documentation of results, data analysis, discussion of the results considering scientific publications, preparation of a master's thesis as well as oral presentation and defense of the thesis.
Learning Outcomes:
Graduates produce a scientific thesis demonstrating their ability to independently address a task in the field of midwifery sciences within a given timeframe using scientific methods. They present and critically discuss the results in written form. In addition, graduates must show they can defend their work in a public scientific discussion.
Superior module:
Master's thesis
Module description:
Graduates design and complete a scientific paper and thereby demonstrate that they are able to work independently on a task from the field of midwifery science using appropriate scientific methods within a specified period of time and to present and critically discuss the results in written form. Students demonstrate that they are able to defend their own work in public scientific discourse.
| Legend | |
| Semester | Semesters 1, 3, 5: courses held only in winter semester (mid-September to end of January), Semesters 2, 4, 6: courses held only in summer semester (mid-February to end of June) |
| SWS | weekly contact hours over 14 weeks in semester (example SWS 2 equals 28 contact hours for the whole course |
| ECTS Credits | Work load in ECTS credits, 1 ECTS credit equals an estimated 25 hours of work for the student |
| Type | BP = Bachelor final exam DP/MP = Master final exam IL = Lecture with integrated project work IT = Individual training/phases LB = Lab (session) PS = Pro-seminar PT = Project RC = Course with integrated reflective practice RE = Revision course SE = Seminar TU = Tutorial UB = Practice session/Subject practical sessions VO = Lecture |