Midwifery
Bachelor of Science
In the degree programme in midwifery science, the competences formulated in the Midwives Act (HebG) are acquired, which enable graduates to act in a science-based manner in complex obstetric situations, to understand and evaluate obstetric knowledge and to implement decisions on care and support in pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period in a needs- and resource-oriented manner in the interest of promoting the health of women and families while respecting self-determination. In addition to this acquisition of competences, the content focus of the study programme is on enabling graduates to develop and implement innovative care models that take into account current and future developments in health care. In addition to midwife-led delivery rooms, these care models include, in particular, outpatient midwifery care and interprofessional care networks that also function with digital support, as well as cross-setting and diversity-sensitive care offers. In addition to life sciences, legal, economic, ethical, social and cultural science theories, concepts and methods are taught.
The programme is structured dynamically over 8 semesters. Modules from theory and practice alternately intertwine and thereby sharpen and deepen the acquired competences.
Module overview
Modules specific to the programme
1. midwifery practice I - basics of midwifery care:
- Preconceptual consultation
- Acting in different care environments
- Skills and simulation training: Preconceptual counselling
2. midwifery practice II - basics of midwifery care:
- Accompanying pregnancies
- Intra- and interprofessional collaboration
- Pursuing midwifery-specific values and goals
- Skills and Simulation Training: Accompanying Pregnancies
Intercurricular modules
Propaedeutic course
Bioscientific basics
Modules Practice Phase
Practical module I: Professional field orientation - clinical care
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery Practice III - Basics of Midwifery Care:
- Accompanying birth and early postpartum processes
- Accompanying births
- Accompanying early postpartum
- Skills and simulation training: accompanying births and the postpartum period
Intercurricular modules
Social science and ethical foundations
Bioscientific basics
Modules Practical phase
Practice module II: Accompanying pregnancies, births and early postpartum processes
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery Practice IV - Basics of Midwifery Care:
Justifying and evaluating midwifery care scientifically
- Aligning midwifery practice with evidence-based and quality-oriented practice
- Aligning midwifery practice with values and ethics
- Aligning midwifery with politics and law
- Aligning midwifery practice with climate protection and economic efficiency
Intercurricular modules
Economics and law
Scientific justification, reflection and evaluation of health care I
Modules Practice Phase
Practice module III: Scientific justification and evaluation of midwifery care
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery Practice V - Advanced Principles of Midwifery Care:
Accompanying pregnancy, birth and early postpartum and the first year of life as interlocking life events.
- Accompanying people in pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the first year of life as interrelated, dynamic life events
- Organise and design freelance, non-clinical midwifery work
- Accompanying people in pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period sensitively in relation to gender, culture and class
- Skills & simulation training: midwife-led obstetric care
Modules Practice Phase
Practice Module IV: Accompanying Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum as Interrelated Life Events (externship)
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery practice VI - Extended basics of midwifery care:
Accompanying pregnancy, birth and the puerperium as particularly challenging life situations.
- Resource-oriented and inter-professional support for people in special and (pre-) pathological pregnancy, birth and puerperium situations.
- Providing resource-oriented and interprofessional support for people with chronic illnesses and disabilities during pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period.
- Resource-oriented and interprofessional support for people with traumatic experiences
- Skills & simulation training: obstetric care in challenging situations
Intercurricular modules
Scientific justification, reflection and evaluation of health care II
Modules Practice phase
Practice module V: Accompanying pregnancy, birth, puerperium and the first year of life as particularly challenging life situations
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery practice VII - Advanced basics of midwifery care:
Deepening intraprofessional competences for action
- Aligning midwifery-specific care with complex demands on a well-founded basis
- Skills & Simulation Training Aligning midwifery-specific care with complex requirements
Elective modules specific to the course of study:
- Consolidation of competences in out-of-hospital obstetrics
- Skills & simulation training: competences in out-of-hospital obstetrics
- Advanced training in quality development in clinical obstetrics
- Skills & simulation training: Advanced training in quality development in clinical obstetrics
- Advanced midwifery research
Intercurricular modules
Teamwork and cooperation
Modules Practice Phase
Practice module VI: Acting intra- and interprofessionally (rotation)
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery Practice VIII - Complex care situations in midwifery care:
Evaluate intra- and interprofessional care concepts.
- Determine support goals in a situation-specific and process-related manner,
- Plan, implement and evaluate support measures
- Implementing and evaluating intra- & interprofessional care concepts
- Skills & simulation training: implementing care concepts
Intercurricular modules
Scientific justification, reflection and evaluation of health care III
Modules Practice phase
Practice module VII: Justifying and communicating midwifery-specific care
Modules specific to the programme
Midwifery Practice IX - Complex care situations in midwifery care:
- Developing midwifery-specific care
- Designing, communicating and reflecting in midwifery work
- Skills & Simulation Training: Midwifery Care
Midwifery practice X:
- Bachelor thesis
Intercurricular modules
Accompanying seminar Bachelor's thesis
Modules Practice Phase
Practice module VIII: Further development of midwifery-specific care