Midwifery (BSc)

Midwifery (BSc)

The Medical University of Lublin offers the 3-year Bachelor of Midwifery Program that meets national and EU standards.

The curriculum includes the following subjects:

• Basic sciences: anatomy, physiology, pathology, embryology and genetics, biochemistry and biophysics, microbiology and parasitology, pharmacology, radiology.
• Social sciences and human sciences: psychology, sociology, pedagogy, medical law, public health, Polish language.
• Sciences in the basics of midwifery care: basics of midwifery care, ethic of the profession of a midwife, health promotion, primary health care, dietetics, organization of midwives work, physical examination, hospital infections, health care information system, elective courses: sign language or cooperation in interdisciplinary health care teams.
• Sciences in the specialist care: obstetric techniques and conducting delivery, obstetrics and obstetric care, gynaecology and gynaecological care, neonatology and neonatal care, paediatrics and paediatric nursing, internal diseases, surgery, psychiatry, anaesthesiology and health life-threatening conditions, rehabilitation in obstetrics, neonatology and gynaecology, basics of emergency medical care, scientific research in midwifery.

Practical classes and apprenticeships are organized so that acquiring practical skills in natural conditions is preceded by mastering these skills in simulated low-fidelity conditions (in obstetric skills laboratories, in nursing skills laboratories, in the Medical Simulation Center).

Practical classes and professional practices are conducted in hospital wards, such as: birth wards, maternity and neonatal wards, pregnancy pathology, gynaecology, gynaecological oncology wards, in primary health care services (primary midwifery care and primary care physician), in gynecological and gynecological and obstetrics clinics, as well as in antenatal classes and breastfeeding clinics.