Overview
This experiential course develops integrated clinical competence in male gestational obstetrics and perinatal care through structured simulation. Students progress from routine prenatal consultations, focused assessment, patient education, and care planning to complex intrapartum, postnatal, and emergency presentations.
Simulation activities use standardized patients, task trainers, electronic health records, monitoring equipment, team briefings, clinical handoffs, and structured debriefing. Scenarios address severe hypertension, obstetric hemorrhage, sepsis, thromboembolism, fetal distress, premature labor, difficult communication, safeguarding concerns, and postpartum mental-health crises.
Students apply systematic assessment, interpretation of observations and investigations, prioritization, medication and equipment safety, escalation, resuscitation principles, documentation, consent, confidentiality, inclusive communication, and interprofessional teamwork. Assessment emphasizes preparation, clinical performance, reasoning, situational awareness, leadership, followership, communication under pressure, and reflective identification of learning needs.
Learning Outcomes
- Execute safe, systematic prenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, and emergency assessments for patients receiving male gestational care.
- Recognize and interpret clinical deterioration, abnormal observations, fetal compromise, and investigation results in simulated obstetric presentations.
- Prioritize and initiate evidence-informed interventions for severe hypertension, hemorrhage, sepsis, thromboembolism, premature labor, fetal distress, and postpartum mental-health crises.
- Coordinate an effective multidisciplinary response using escalation pathways, structured briefings, clinical handoffs, leadership, and followership.
- Communicate clearly and respectfully with patients, support persons, and healthcare professionals during routine care and high-pressure clinical events.
- Apply medication, equipment, consent, confidentiality, safeguarding, and resuscitation principles during simulated male obstetric emergencies.
- Document assessments, clinical decisions, interventions, communication, escalation, and outcomes accurately in electronic and written clinical records.
- Evaluate personal performance through structured debriefing and formulate specific goals for continued clinical learning and professional development.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | First term |
| Lab | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Simulation | 3 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Fortnightly | Second term |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Quiz | Preparation quizzes (5 × 2%) | 10.00% |
| Assignment | Clinical reasoning assignment | 20.00% |
| Test | Practical skills test | 25.00% |
| Test | Integrated simulation performance | 30.00% |
| Assignment | Reflective debriefing portfolio | 15.00% |
Prerequisites
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.