M1 Foundation of Midwifery Practices
M1 Foundation of Midwifery Practices
M1 Foundation of Midwifery Practices
Tel. No. (077) 604-0285 Barangay Labnig, San Juan, Ilocos Sur
e-mail address: [email protected] Tel. No. (077) 722-5870
Module 1: Lesson 1
This module or learning packet contains the topics under
the lesson 1. Assessment of your learnings will be evaluated
through quizzes, summative examinations and other relevant
activities. You are expected to observe your own progress and
ensure that all quizzes and requirements are submitted before
the due date.
INFORMATION SHEET 1:
Defining Midwifery
Midwifery
According to International Confederation of Midwives
(ICM), “midwifery is the profession for midwives, like other
profession midwifery has a unique body of knowledge, skills
and professional attitudes that were drawn from other health
professions, but practiced by within a professional
framework of autonomy, partnership, ethics and
accountability” (ICM, 2017 p.1).
Moreover, the ICM also describe midwifery as an approach
to care of women and the newborn focused on:
a. optimizing the normal and biological, psychological,
social and cultural process of childbirth and early life
of newborn;
b. Work in partnership with women, respecting the
individual circumstances and views of each women;
c. promoting women’s personal capabilities to care for
themselves and their families;
d. Collaborating with other midwives and other health
professionals as necessary to provide holistic to meet
woman’s individual needs.
Midwife
A midwife is a person or an individual who is admitted
in a duly accredited and recognized institution who offer
midwifery program and has been successfully completed all
the requirements specified in the course and passed the
Midwifery Regulation
From the founding of midwifery education, midwifery is
regulated under the umbrella of medical education. When the
law RA 2644 was enacted in 1960, the Board of Midwifery
(BOM), under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC),
was created and the office of the BOM became the regulatory
body for midwifery profession in the country including the
conduct of board examination for midwifery graduates.
Activity Guidelines
1. Visit our google
classroom and click the
google form to take the
quiz.
Answer the quiz 1-1 posted in 2. Please be mindful with
our google classroom. the time-lime provided
when taking the quiz.
3. Cheating and sharing of
answers are strictly
prohibit.
Concept of Man
Martha Rogers
Florence Nightingale
Virgina Henderson
Activity Guidelines
1. Visit our google
classroom and click the
google form to take the
quiz.
Answer the quiz 1-2 posted in 2. Please be mindful with
our google classroom. the time-lime provided
when taking the quiz.
3. Cheating and sharing of
answers are strictly
prohibit.
1. Make your own concept
about man in not more
than 30 words.
2. The concept should be
based on your own idea
Make your own on concept about about understanding
Man. about man.
3. Post your answer in
the discussion forum
in our google
classroom.
4. A rubric will be used
to evaluate your
output.
Human Needs
Human Needs
Human needs is referred as the driver of people’s action,
the motives behind human behavior.
Activity Guidelines
1. Visit our google
classroom and click the
google form to take the
quiz.
Answer the quiz 1-3 2. Please be mindful with
posted in our Google the time-lime provided
classroom. when taking the quiz.
3. Cheating and sharing of
answers are strictly
prohibit.
Rights
Rights are something that is owed to an individual
according to just claims, legal guaranties, moral and ethical
principles.
Sources of Law
a. Constitutional Law (The 1987 Philippine Constitution) –
this is considered as the supreme law where all the laws
that are enacted is based.
b. Statutes (Statutory Law) – this are laws that are enacted
by the legislative body (Congress and Senate, it also
include charters and legislation in the municipal level,
administrative rules and orders, presidential issuances
or executive orders, etc.)
c. Treaties and conventions
d. Judicial Decisions – only the decision of the Supreme
Court (the highest court) establish jurisprudence and are
binding to all other lower courts.
3. Option Rights
This are rights that are based on fundamental belief in
dignity and freedom of humans. These are the basic human
rights.
Human Rights
Are rights which as a person's due as a member of society.
They are not earned and exist independently of law or public
opinion and stands for the purpose of protecting all people
from severe, political, legal and social abuses.
Activity Guidelines
1. Visit our google classroom and
Answer the click the google form to take the quiz.
quiz 1-3 2. Please be mindful with the time-
posted in lime provided when taking the quiz.
our Google 3. Cheating and sharing of answers
classroom. are strictly prohibit.
Computation of Final FG
= Midterm Grade (40%) + Final Grade (60%)
REFERENCES:
EBOOKS - Berman, A., Snyder, S.,& Frandsen, G. (2016).
Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing 10th
Edition. USA