Overall Curriculum

The course enhances and consolidates our students’ knowledge on maternal and infant nutrition. In addition, it updates and broadens the visions of student on current feeding strategies from newborns to infants up to first year of life.
It includes:

1. Global politics and national recommendations for maternal nutrition and infant feeding;
2. Cultural and epigenetic influence on maternal diet;
3. Nutrition assessment ,requirement and concerns during pregnancy and lactation;
4. WHO directions on Breast-feeding and local policies on sustaining breast-feeding;
5. Assessment, diagnosis and solving breast-feeding problems;
6. Pathological and congenital conditions affecting nutrition and feeding;
7. Special nutrition needs in preterm neonate;
8. Infant nutritional requirement and oral care during first year of life.

First trimester screening and preeclampsia screening
First trimester pregnancy complications including ectopic pregnancy, molar pregnancy, miscarriage and fetal abnomalites
Fetal morphology scan at 20 weeks
Fetal Doppler assessment and Sonographic evaluation of fetal growth
Ultrasound of multiple pregnancies and complications
Ultrasound of uterine cervix and placenta
Intra-partum and post-partum ultrasound

Develop knowledge update on current management of important medical problems in pregnancy
Develop basic skills in interpreting the images of the commonly used radiological examination in pregnancy
Enhance skills in caring critically ill pregnant women

To understand pharmacokinetic changes in pregnancy
To learn different mechanism of drugs used in various complicating pregnancy conditions
To know the specific observations and monitoring required during administration of medications

Part 1 will enhance students’ confidence and ability in providing midwifery care in a low technology setting without compromising maternal and fetal well-being.

Part 2 will update students’ knowledge in understanding the current community development of maternal and child health care in at risk population and the management of pelvic problems resulting from childbirth.

This course enhances the ability and performance of students who are responsible to take up the clinical leadership role in the profession.
It includes:

1. Relationship between professional autonomy and status;
2. Theories and concepts about leadership, leadership styles, empowerment and the relationship between the sexes, leadership and empowerment;
3. Future directions in midwifery;
4. Changing dynamics of HK Midwifery profession;
5. Workforce planning;
6. Quality and safety management;
7. Roles of consultant midwife;
8. Roles of Hong Kong midwives from different health care setting: HA and private sectors;
9. Developing clinical competency;
10. Managing complaints;
11. Face the media;
12. Medico-legal issues in midwifery.

This course advances students understanding of research concepts, design,statistics and implementation. It includes:

1. Research methodology;
2. Statistical concepts;
3. Legal and ethical issues in research.

The course is to facilitate students to demonstrate competency in understanding of research methodology and basic statistical analysis by choosing one of the following as their dissertations