Hanoi-Vietnam: Skill requirements for graduates of college-level midwifery program

Skill requirements for graduates of college-level midwifery programs Vietnam - Illustrative Image

As per the regulations on the minimum knowledge  volume and competency requirements for graduates from intermediate and college-level midwifery programs, issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDDTBXH, the minimum skills required for graduates of college-level midwifery programs are as follows:

- Effectively communicate and collaborate with doctors, colleagues, and clients in learning and patient care; provide counseling, communication, and health education on reproductive health care effectively at medical facilities and within the community.

- Provide high-quality care for mothers before pregnancy, with health education appropriate to community culture; support family planning or pregnancy termination per legal regulations and national guidelines on reproductive health care services;

- Provide high-quality care for mothers during pregnancy to ensure the best health for them; prevent and detect early obstetric complications to handle or refer promptly;

- Provide high-quality care for mothers during labor; deliver clean and safe childbirth; handle emergencies to ensure the best health for both mother and newborn;

- Provide comprehensive and high-quality postnatal care for mothers and newborns according to the level of care;

- Examine and assess the health status of mothers, newborns, patients, and service users; identify key issues needing care for each subject;

- Develop plans and implement care processes for mothers, newborns, patients, and service users;

- Perform first aid and emergency care for obstetrics, and initial resuscitation for newborns; detect complications in obstetrics and gynecology to coordinate with doctors to handle at the primary health care level or refer to higher levels promptly and safely;

- Manage hospital rooms, manage mothers, newborns, patients, and service users; manage medications, equipment, consumables, and medical records;

- Utilize basic information technology according to regulations; exploit, process, and apply information technology in professional work of the field;

- Utilize basic foreign language skills, achieving level 2/6 in Vietnam's language proficiency framework; apply foreign languages in the professional work of the field.

Details may be found in Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDDTBXH, effective from February 10, 2019.

Le Vy

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