39112 - Communication in Obstetrics (RN)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student is able to know and apply the basic elements of midwifery counselling based on the knowledge of the use of verbal and non-verbal language, in order to develop a focus both on the professional content he/she wants to convey and on the understanding of the explicit and non- explicit needs of the users.

 

 

Course contents

Communication is giving and receiving, it is participation, it is dialogue, it is interaction, it is relationship. Communication is expressing oneself and at the same time listening together.

Communication, therefore, is never a single gesture, but always shared between two or more people. Not only is it therefore not possible not to communicate at all, but it is not possible to do it well if you do it alone.

To communicate is to "give oneself", putting one's "I" in the background and putting the other at the centre. To communicate is to take care of each other if we break it down we get the word "care" which in English means "to cure".

In communicating we express verbal content, accompanied by an emotional aspect, which is manifested through gestures, muscle tone, tone of voice, gaze, our attitude

• The lectures involve close interaction between the lecturer and the students and are organised in such a way as to best represent the situation in which the midwife finds herself during the performance of her profession.

  INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: THEORETICAL APPROACHES-analysis,

  functions, elements of communication; what is communication; the universal elements of communication: message, content, information

  NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION::

• spatial behaviour
• motor-gestural behaviour
• facial expressions
• ·visual behaviour
• ·non-verbal aspects of speech
• external appearance HALL THEORIES Interpersonal distance

WELCOMING: the first step in a relationship; types of relationship, characteristics of an educational relationship

RELATIONSHIP AND LISTENING:

The listening process: its elements, its effects;

Facilitating and protecting the mother- child relationship

Interdependence in the attachment bond: Mother and child relationship in breastfeeding

THE COMMUNICATION OF EMOTIONS:

EMPATHY

DIFFICULT LISTENING:

Emotions of maltreatment and maltreatment of emotions

(abuse-violence)

PSYCHOLOGY OF COMMUNICATION IN HEALTHCARE

Key moments of midwifery communication

THE INTERVIEW AS A TOOL: METHODS FOR

CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW: phases of the interview, rules on the formulation of questions, identification of content areas, strategies to facilitate the issuing of answers.

 

 

Readings/Bibliography

Suggestions will be made in the classroom by the teacher for further study

Teaching methods

 

Teaching methodology Lectures and workshops Work Group

Experiential Methodology

Role -playng Brainstorming Simulate Work Group

Assessment methods

 

The test consists of an oral test and a paper aimed at assessing the acquisition of knowledge and the student's achievement of an integrated view of the topics covered.

Teaching tools

 

Textbooks, power points, films and videos.

Office hours

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