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This course, designed for postgraduate study, aims to examine the issues involved in delivering a high standard of clinical care to the pregnant woman with a particular emphasis on critical evidence-based analysis of current care systems and standards of care. The overall impact of pregnancy on a woman's life course, including our evolving understanding of pregnancy as a "stress test" for life and the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHAD), will also be examined. It is likely to be most relevant to those working primarily in a reproductive health setting, such as obstetricians/gynaecologists in postgraduate training, primary care physicians, midwives, and maternal/child health nurses, as well as allied health professionals, family planning practitioners, counsellors and scientists with a special interest in this field.

The Course will cover the following topics:

• Pregnancy preparation/Pre-pregnancy care
• Early pregnancy care
• Antenatal screening
• The pregnant woman in society
• Late pregnancy care
• Complicated pregnancy: maternal
• Complicated pregnancy: fetal
• Pregnancy as a stress test for life/Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

This Course is delivered and assessed entirely online.