Midwifery - Roma Azienda Ospedaliera Sant’Andrea

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Graduates in "Obstetrics" are healthcare professionals who assist and advise women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period; they conduct and carry out eutocic births under their own responsibility and provide newborn care.
Graduates in Obstetrics, within their area of ​​expertise, participate in health and sexual education programs both within the family and in the community; in psychoprophylactic preparation for childbirth; in preparation for and assistance with gynecological procedures; in the prevention and detection of female genital cancers; in maternal and neonatal care programs; they manage, in accordance with professional ethics, as members of the healthcare team, the care interventions within their area of ​​expertise; they are able to identify potentially pathological situations requiring medical intervention and, where necessary, implement relevant emergency measures.

The midwife's areas of expertise are gynecology, neonatal care, and obstetrics. In these settings, they provide clinical care (midwifery care), supportive care (midwifery care), and educational/informative care (midwifery educator).
To perform the duties described above, the midwife requires the following skills and abilities, both disciplinary and transversal:
- knowledge of the main mechanisms of the reproductive system and embryonic development and the ability to identify potentially pathological situations;
- ability to identify the psycho-emotional aspects related to changes in a woman's biological cycle;
- ability to identify possible solutions to a problem within one's area of ​​expertise, evaluate them in relation to expected outcomes, and articulate them in the sequence of operations necessary to achieve them, while also assessing their effectiveness and efficiency;
- have knowledge of the ethical principles governing the practice of the profession;
- knowledge of health determinants, risk factors, and prevention strategies applied to interventions aimed at promoting and ensuring the safety of environments and workplaces, healthcare workers, and patients;
- ability to analyze women's health issues throughout their biological-sexual cycle and the responses of healthcare and social services to the primary needs of women, newborns, couples, and the community;
- ability to organize themselves effectively, setting priorities with efficient time management;
- ability to interact with colleagues, doctors, and patients, including those from diverse cultural backgrounds;
- ability to analyze and understand the context in which their services are performed, identifying relevant aspects and adopting methods relevant to their basic and post-basic training;
- ability to manage the relational aspects associated with their activities and identify appropriate communication methods for the various stakeholders involved in the care process.

Students who have passed all the exams required by the study program are admitted to the final exam.

Practical exam
Oral exam with final thesis presentation

Practical exam
Oral exam with final thesis presentation

in presenza

Practical exam
Oral exam with final thesis presentation

Obstetric care during the physiological puerperium: definition, purpose, and role of the midwife

• practical exam


• dissertation final paper (thesis)