3rd Bachelor in Midwifery

Ethics and Deontology

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ECTS Credits2
Number of Hours (h/year)30
Teaching staffBINOT, Carine
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_SF0005/3
Prerequisite

1st year course, History and deontology

Aims and Objectives

To understand the midwife place in the society and the health policy through its historical evolution

To consider one’s own fundamental values about the profession

To become aware of the ethical dimension of the various professional activities

Description

Biographies of famous midwives

Evolution of the mothering through the centuries

History of the midwife training:

· Before 1957

· Since 1957, 1994 reform

· Training in the EEC (European directives)

Exercise of the midwife profession

· Laws

· Code of ethics

· Monograph of the profession

Official midwives representation

· Professional associations

· Concertation committee of Belgian midwives

The National Midwives Council

Bibliography

Revue dossiers d’Obstétrique.

Laget M., Naissances, L’accouchement avant l’âge de la clinique, Seine

Bessonart J, Peruaud L., Paroles de sage femme, 1992

Coulo, Arpin., L’obstétrique à travers les âges .

Mémento de l’Art Infirmier 1996, 2000, 2001, Kluwer, Bruxelles.

Leroy F., Histoire de naître de l’enfantement primitif à l’accouchement médicalisé, Ed. De Boeck, 2002.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Tutorials

Case study

Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
Projects or practical work
Continuous assessment
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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