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Course Details
KTO KARATAY UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Health Sciences
Programme of Midwifery
Course Details
Course Code Course Name Year Period Semester T+A+L Credit ECTS
02261051 Midwifery Care in the Grief Process 3 Spring 6 2+0+0 5 5
Course Type Elective
Course Cycle Bachelor's (First Cycle) (TQF-HE: Level 6 / QF-EHEA: Level 1 / EQF-LLL: Level 6)
Course Language Turkish
Methods and Techniques -
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Prerequisites -
Coordinator -
Instructor(s) -
Instructor Assistant(s) -
Course Content
It includes topics related to raising awareness about midwifery care that should be given during the loss and grief process.
Objectives of the Course
It is aimed to give the students the principles necessary for effective care for the mothers and their families during the mourning period.
Contribution of the Course to Field Teaching
Basic Vocational Courses X
Specialization / Field Courses
Support Courses
Transferable Skills Courses
Humanities, Communication and Management Skills Courses
Relationships between Course Learning Outcomes and Program Outcomes
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Program Learning Outcomes Level
P7 Midwives provide holistic, culturally sensitive, evidence-based care in accordance with national protocols for women's health and for termination or loss of pregnancy. 5
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
No Learning Outcomes Outcome Relationship Measurement Method **
O1 Knows the midwifery care to be applied to individuals going through the mourning process. P.7.9
** Written Exam: 1, Oral Exam: 2, Homework: 3, Lab./Exam: 4, Seminar/Presentation: 5, Term Paper: 6, Application: 7
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week Topics
1 Loss and mourning process
2 How old are you? reactions to the law (physical symptoms of grief, cognitive symptoms of grief, behavioral concepts of grief, emotional concepts of grief)
3 Grief process (bio-physiological aspect of man, psychological aspect of man, socio-cultural aspect of man)
4 Worden's model of mourning duties accepting the reality of loss experience pain and sorrow adjusting to life without the lost person recovering emotional energy and getting on with life
5 Worden's model of mourning duties accepting the reality of loss experience pain and sorrow adjusting to life without the lost person recovering emotional energy and getting on with life
6 Approach to the individual in the normal grieving process
7 Mourning with complications
8 Midterm exam
9 Concept of death, meaning of death, fear of death
10 Concept of death, meaning of death, fear of death
11 Perception of death according to developmental stages
12 Perception of death according to developmental stages
13 Midwifery approach
14 Midwifery approach
Textbook or Material
Resources Bildik, T. (2013). Ölüm, kayıp, yas ve patolojik yas. Ege Tıp Dergisi, 52(4), 223-229.
Evaluation Method and Passing Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Attendance - -
Laboratory - -
Practice - -
Field Study - -
Course Specific Internship (If Any) - -
Homework 2 30 (%)
Presentation - -
Projects - -
Seminar - -
Quiz - -
Listening - -
Midterms 1 30 (%)
Final Exam 1 40 (%)
Total 100 (%)
ECTS / Working Load Table
Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Week Number and Time 14 2 28
Out-of-Class Study Time (Pre-study, Library, Reinforcement) 14 2 28
Midterms 1 16 16
Quiz 0 0 0
Homework 2 24 48
Practice 0 0 0
Laboratory 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Workshop 0 0 0
Presentation/Seminar Preparation 0 0 0
Fieldwork 0 0 0
Final Exam 1 16 16
Other 0 0 0
Total Work Load: 136
Total Work Load / 30 4,53
Course ECTS Credits: 5
Course - Learning Outcomes Matrix
Relationship Levels
Lowest Low Medium High Highest
1 2 3 4 5
# Learning Outcomes P7
O1 Knows the midwifery care to be applied to individuals going through the mourning process. 5