What are jobs for graduates of midwives college in Vietnam?

What are jobs for graduates of midwives college in Vietnam?

Based on sub-section 5, Section A, Part 9 of the Regulations on the Minimum Volume of Knowledge and Competency Requirements for Learners Upon Graduation from Secondary and College Level for Professions in the Health and Social Services Fields (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, college-level midwifery graduates can perform the following tasks after graduation:

- Reproductive health care, abortion services, and family planning.

- Care for women during pregnancy.

- Care for women during labor and delivery.

- Postpartum care for women.

- Newborn care.

What are jobs for graduates of midwives college in Vietnam? (Internet image)

What is the College-level midwifery?

Based on sub-section 1, Section A, Part 9 of the Regulations issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, which is amended by Clause 7, Article 147 of Decree 96/2023/ND-CP, the college-level midwifery profession is defined as follows:

Midwifery at the college level is a profession that involves providing health care for women during pregnancy, ensuring safe delivery; advising on reproductive health care for women of all ages; diagnosing some common gynecological conditions; advising and offering family planning services; providing safe abortion services for pregnancies under 7 weeks; child health care; extended immunization, etc., meeting the requirements of Level 5 in the Vietnamese National Qualifications Framework.

Midwifery tasks are primarily carried out in specialized Obstetric and Pediatric hospitals; the Obstetric departments of central, provincial, and district hospitals; district health centers; commune and ward health stations, and the community.

The workload for midwives is relatively high, requiring focus and a high sense of responsibility to achieve patient satisfaction.

To ensure the efficiency of midwifery tasks, a conducive working environment with adequate facilities, occupational safety equipment, medical devices, and workplace regulations is essential.

To practice, midwives need to have good health, professional ethics, comprehensive knowledge, skills, and attitudes that align with job requirements. Additionally, they must have a high sense of responsibility, a deep love for their profession, and continually strive to enhance the ethical qualities of healthcare practitioners.

Minimum knowledge volume: 2,500 hours (equivalent to 90 credits).

What are the skill requirements for midwife college​ students upon graduation in Vietnam?

Based on sub-section 3, Section A, Part 9 of the Regulations issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the skill requirements for college-level midwifery students upon graduation are as follows:

- Effectively communicate and collaborate with doctors, colleagues, and clients during studies and healthcare tasks. Successfully conduct advice, communication, and health education regarding reproductive health care at healthcare facilities and in the community.

- Provide high-quality preconception care, and appropriate health education aligned with community culture. Support family planning or terminate pregnancies according to the law and national guidelines on reproductive health care services.

- Provide high-quality care for pregnant women to ensure the best maternal health; prevent and detect obstetric complications early for prompt management or referral.

- Provide high-quality labor and delivery care; ensure clean and safe delivery; handle emergencies ensuring the best health for mothers and newborns.

- Provide comprehensive, high-quality postpartum care for mothers and newborns according to care levels.- Examine and identify the health status of mothers, newborns, patients, and service users; determine the priority care needs of each subject.

- Develop care plans and execute care procedures for mothers, newborns, patients, and service users.

- Provide initial obstetric and neonatal resuscitation; detect complications in obstetrics and gynecology to collaborate with doctors for resolution at the primary healthcare level or safely refer to higher-level facilities.

- Manage patient wards, mothers, newborns, patients, and service users; manage medicines, equipment, consumables, and medical records.

- Utilize basic information technology according to regulations; apply information technology in professional tasks in the profession.

- Use basic foreign languages, achieving level 2/6 in the Vietnamese Foreign Language Proficiency Framework; apply foreign languages in professional tasks of the profession.