380.661.01
Clinical Aspects of Maternal and Newborn Health
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 9:00 - 10:20am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Presents morbidity and mortality in the mother, fetus, and newborn and the health care practices utilized to prevent, diagnose, and treat this morbidity. Guest speakers in clinical care present lectures from the clinical perspective; course instructors present the public health perspective.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- describe the commonly used as well as state of the art health care interventions to prevent, diagnose and treat morbidity in the mother, fetus and newborn
- articulate the public health perspective on health care interventions to prevent, diagnose and treat morbidity in the mother, fetus and newborn
- undertake a critical review of the evidence regarding the effectiveness of a selected intervention to prevent, diagnose or treat morbidity in the mother, fetus or newborn
Required for students in perinatal health. Permission required for registration after the 1st week of add/drop.