Skills Required Upon Graduation from the Intermediate-Level Midwifery Program

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According to the Regulations on Minimum Knowledge Volume and Competencies Required for Learners After Graduating Intermediate Level, College Level in Midwifery, issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the minimum skills learners must achieve after graduating from intermediate-level midwifery are as follows:

- Communicate and effectively collaborate with doctors, colleagues, and clients in studying and patient care. Perform effective counseling, communication, and health education about reproductive health care in the community;

- Provide high-quality care for mothers before pregnancy. Support family planning or termination of pregnancy according to the law and national guidelines on reproductive health care services;

- Provide high-quality care for mothers during pregnancy to ensure the best health condition for the mother; prevent and detect obstetric complications early for prompt handling or referral;

- Provide high-quality care for mothers during labor; ensure clean and safe deliveries; manage and provide emergency care to ensure the best health condition for the mother and newborn;

- Provide comprehensive, high-quality care for mothers after childbirth and newborns according to designated care levels;

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

- Implement care procedures for mothers, newborns, patients, and service users;

- Provide initial obstetric first aid and neonatal resuscitation; detect complications related to obstetrics and gynecology to cooperate with doctors for resolution at the primary healthcare level or promptly and safely transfer patients to higher levels;

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

- Use basic information technology as required; apply information technology in certain professional tasks in the field;

- Use basic foreign language skills, reaching level 1/6 in the Vietnam's Foreign Language Proficiency Framework; apply foreign language skills in certain professional tasks in the field.

For detailed regulations, see more Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, issued on December 28, 2018.

Le Vy

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