Level 3 Learning Outcomes – Block 13 (Women’s Health and Newborn Care)
Outcome 3.13.1: Recognise and discuss the potentially sensitive nature of women’s health presentations and examinations and demonstrate respectful and culturally-aware professional behaviour.
Outcome 3.13.2: Demonstrate a knowledge of women’s health over the lifespan, including normal physiology and the pathological basis of common conditions.
Outcome 3.13.3: Take a relevant gynaecological and sexual history at different stages of a woman’s life and perform a competent vulval, vaginal and speculum examination.
Outcome 3.13.4: Recognise and describe common gynaecological conditions, conduct appropriate examinations and investigations, and outline principles of management.
Outcome 3.13.5: Demonstrate knowledge of the normal progress, monitoring and management of pregnancy, labour and birth, and the puerperium; and, take an accurate ante-natal history.
Outcome 3.13.6: Recognise common abnormal conditions in pregnancy, labour and birth, and the puerperium, conduct appropriate examinations and investigations, and outline principles of management.
Outcome 3.13.7: Accurately assess a newborn baby’s condition at birth and instigate basic resuscitation.
Outcome 3.13.8: Confidently examine a normal newborn and recognise common neonatal conditions, conduct appropriate examinations and investigations and outline principles of management.