Problem D-1 (Demo):
'What about my baby?'   (Pregnancy/Hypertension)

Learning
Topics

1. Stages of pregnancy
2. Physiology of normal pregnancy
3. Blood pressure regulation in pregnancy
4. Preeclampsia and eclampsia
5. Monitoring the fetus (normal and abnormal) “In Utero”


Lectures

1. Experience and preconceptions of pregnancy
2. Physiological changes in pregnancy
3. Hypertension in Pregnancy
 

Web
Sites

 

Web Sites
     
 

Readings

 

Readings
     

Web demo notes:

Comprehensive guidance as to what has to be learned is provided, together with the relevant learning materials - text, images, photomicrographs, links to electronic journals, internal electronic library resources and third party web sites etc - an opportunity to view some of these is provided below.

The following Study Topics have been defined for this problem:

  • Overview of pregnancy from conception to parturition:

  • antenatal care and preparations for delivery
  • Overview of foetal development from conception to parturition
  • Hypertension in Pregnancy

In addition very often useful sites in the world wide web are identified where additional materials can be found.

Formative (self) assessment

As the problem nears completion, the student is challenged with a self assessment test designed to help them check for themselves the depth and breadth of learning. Students use these items as a further guide to required learning. The answers and explanations are provided a day or 2 later.

Studying using Listservers and Electronic conferences

Students may find some of their studies and assessment items challenging, and may choose to turn to their peers (using the electronic listserver) for guidance, or go to one of the electronic conferences or forums to share their areas of confusion and seek specific answers or responses to their specific content problems. These forums are visited by content experts who initiate new topics, extract the key concerns and provide specific answers to queries

The listserver email address for general student messages is IUHSGeneral@taskcare.com

You will also belong to another listserver that caters specifically for the Year that you belong to.