The Mid­wifery Upskilling course (MIDUS) aims to pro­vide an overview of cur­rent prac­tice in ante­na­tal, intra­partum and post­na­tal care, includ­ing dis­cus­sion of com­pli­ca­tions in preg­nan­cy and birth, and the emer­gency man­age­ment of a preg­nant woman and her baby, with an empha­sis on care in the remote and iso­lat­ed setting.

The course is designed to meet the learn­ing needs of the mater­ni­ty health work­force (Mid­wives and Med­ical Offi­cers) who may be required to pro­vide mater­ni­ty care in remote and/​or iso­lat­ed areas.

Please note, if you are not a mid­wife or a GP with rel­e­vant obstet­ric expe­ri­ence you are not eli­gi­ble for this course – please con­sid­er the Mater­ni­ty Emer­gency Care course as this may be more rel­e­vant for you.

 Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, clinicians will be able to:

• Incor­po­rate the prin­ci­ples of Cul­tur­al Safe­ty in mater­ni­ty care.
• Demon­strate the prin­ci­ples of ante, intra & post­par­tum care pro­vi­sion with­in a remote or iso­lat­ed setting.
• Demon­strate the prin­ci­ples of man­ag­ing com­pli­ca­tions in preg­nan­cy, labour and imme­di­ate­ly fol­low­ing child­birth, including:
• Ante­na­tal care
• Preterm labour
• Bleed­ing in pregnancy
• Dia­betes
• Hyper­ten­sion in preg­nan­cy includ­ing pre-eclampsia
• Cord pro­lapse
• Breech birth
• Shoul­der dystocia
• Neona­tal resuscitation
• Mater­nal dete­ri­o­ra­tion, trau­ma & resuscitation
• Post­par­tum haemorrhage
• Retained pla­cen­ta
• Peri­na­tal Men­tal Health issues
• Fam­i­ly Violence

On completion learners will receive:

• A CRANAplus Mid­wifery Upskilling Cer­tifi­cate (Valid for 2 years)

Cost

• $1215 for CranaPlus members
• $1315 non members