Learning Resource Packages

Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth
Prepared by the JHPIEGO/MNH Program with support from the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

The learning resource package for managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth has been developed primarily to support the implementation of pre-service education programs for the training of skilled providers. This learning package focuses primarily on knowledge and skills for antenatal, childbirth and postpartum care in pre-service education programs preparing skilled providers. The package is based on and intended for use with the manual Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide for Midwives and Doctors. It presents teaching/learning methods, materials and other resources to support the implementation of education programs for skilled providers, whether they are midwives, doctors or nurses.

The learning resource package is available online in English, and can be downloaded as Microsoft Word files in English via the link below:

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Emergency Obstetric Care for Doctors and Midwives
USAID / MNH: JHPIEGO Corporation, last updated 24 August 2006

The course follows a symptom-based approach to the management of life-threatening obstetric emergencies, as described in the reference manual recommended for the course (see Components of the Emergency Obstetric Care Learning Resource Package in Overview). The main topics in this training course and the reference manual (MCPC) are arranged by symptom (e.g., vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy is how someone with unsafe abortion will present, convulsions is how a patient with eclampsia presents, shock is how someone with severe postpartum hemorrhage presents). The emphasis in this course is on rapid assessment and decision-making and clinical action steps based on clinical assessment with limited reliance on laboratory or other tests, suitable for district hospital and health centers in low resource settings.

This clinical training course is designed to prepare participants to manage obstetric emergencies and work effectively as members of an EmOC team. The course begins with a 5-week block at a designated training site and focuses on the development, application and evaluation of knowledge and skills; the first two weeks take place in the classroom and weeks three, four and five in designated clinical sites, which should be as close to the classroom as possible. The first five weeks are followed immediately by a 3-month self-directed practicum at the participant’s worksite, during which the clinical trainers for the course provide at least two follow-up visits for mentoring and further evaluation.

The learning resource package is available online in English, and can be downloaded as Microsoft Word files in English via the link below:

Click to download package.

Basic Maternal and Newborn Care
Publication CoverThis learning resource package on CD-ROM contains all of the materials needed to conduct a competency-based in-service training course for skilled providers. It is divided into two modules that can be used separately: one on antenatal care, the other on childbirth, postpartum and newborn care. The package is intended for use with the JHPIEGO reference manual Basic Maternal and Newborn Care: A Guide for Skilled Providers. (2004) Available in English.

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May be ordered at from Jhpiego.

Contact Dana Lewison, 1615 Thames St., Baltimore, MD 21231, USA (email: [email protected])

Life-Saving Skills (LSS) Manual for Midwives (3rd edition) – [NB the 4th edition is being edited and should be available soon]

Margaret A. Marshall and Sandra T. Buffington, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Washington, D.C 1998

padA comprehensive manual designed to help reduce maternal mortality, especially in developing countries. Modules include: Antenatal Care, Labor Progress, Episiotomies, Hemorrhage, Resuscitation, Sepsis, Rehydration, Vacuum Extraction and Other Emergencies. Student midwives consider this a great learning tool! (10 Modules + pocket-sized clinical guide)

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May be ordered at this website.

Life-Saving Skills Manual for Policy Makers & Trainers

Margaret A. Marshall and Sandra T. Buffington, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Washington, D.C 1998

A companion manual to LSS has been developed as a field testing edition. This manual will be useful in teaching trainers and students as well as assisting policy makers with program implementation

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Advances in Labour and Risk Management (ALARM) Course Syllabus (14th Edition – 2007)

The Society of Obstetricians and Gyneacologists of Canada, 2007

pad14th Edition – 2007

$300 – Members
$750 – Non-members

(*Shipping and handling included, please add 6% for GST. For Maritime provinces (NB, NS, NL), please add 8% for provincial tax)

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For more information, contact Melissa Gauthier
at 1-800-561-2416 ext 326 or [email protected].

May be ordered at this website.

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics

Provider Course CME
NOW ADMINISTERED IN 26 COUNTRIES! This widely respected evidence-based, interactive program is more popular than ever. Experience the best in CME activity, with fewer lectures, more one-on-one instructions and the highest quality of clinical science of any course in maternity care. New slides, mnemonic aids and a mega-delivery testing station with pelvic mannequins make this an incomparable educational experience. To sponsor a course, call (800) 274-2237 x6554 or visit www.aafp.org/also.xml.
Instructor Course CME
The all-new Instructor Course is designed to enhance the teaching skills of the participant, focusing on actual faculty development. Successful completion of an ALSO Provider Course is mandatory to be eligible to enroll in the ALSO Instructor Course. For information, visit www.aafp.org/also.xml or call (800) 274-2237 x6552.
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ALSO: Provider Course Syllabus

$135.00

2200

ALSO Instructor Course Manual

$50.00

Midwifery educations modules: Education material for teachers of midwifery – Second edition, 2006

padManaging postpartum haemorrhage

236 pages (pdf 1,805 kb)

In order that students may fully understand how postpartum haemorrhage occurs, this module begins with a detailed explanation of the physiology and management of the third stage of labour. Students then learn what postpartum haemorrhage is, how it occurs, what factors contribute to it and how it can be identified, and the critical points for management.

USAID Global Health E-Learning Center: The Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage course offers information on the causes and prevention of PPH. The courses on this site are free and available to all who are interested.