Care of the Critically Unwell Woman During the Childbearing Continuum

This module will enable you to develop in-depth knowledge and skills when caring for the critically unwell woman during the child bearing continuum to improve patient safety. We investigate the altered physiology of pregnancy, recognising deterioration in the pregnant woman, ethics and legal issues, and the management of conditions resulting in critical illness in pregnancy.

Our multidisciplinary team of specialists will use a variety of student-centered learning and teaching strategies including:

• A state of the art learning management system to support theoretical grounding
• Simulated clinical practice in our skills lab, promoting practice learning opportunities

The module incorporates work-based learning that recognises your professional expertise, so you will care for women with high dependency needs in clinical practice and have a dedicated practice document to support your learning. You will need to access an ITU placement to underpin your learning on the module – this will require commitment, so you’ll be allocated a personal tutor to support you with your academic studies, as well as being supported in practice by an experienced clinical mentor.

Feedback from a previous cohort:
"The module was excellent. Extremely informative and interesting, with quality guest speakers."

“Interesting, relates to our practice and allows extension of our knowledge and skills.”

Other ways to study
You can study just four days of this module on our Care of Critically Unwell Women workshop.