Information Package / Course Catalogue
Alternative Birth Places
Course Code: EBL354
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course, with the alternative birth environments, is to ensure the comfort of births, pregnant women and newborns, to maximize the health of both of them.

Course Content

Birth and delivery method, spontaneous vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, invasive delivery, natural childbirth, pain-free birth, home birth, water birth.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Keziban AMANAK
Learning Outcomes
1. To be able to carry out an act of birth in a clean and safe in different environments,
2.To be able to give high a quality and culturally sensitive care during delivery
3.To be able to keep the level of delivery comfort at the highest
4. To be able to keep the level of health of women and newborns at the highest
5.To be able to count alternative birth environments
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Taşkın L. (2005), Doğum ve Kadın Sağlığı Hemşireliği, VII. Baskı, Sistem Ofset Matbaacılık, Ankara.
2.Şirin A., Kavlak O. (2008) Kadın Sağlığı. Bedray Matbaacılık, İstanbul.
3.Lorentzen I, andersen Cs, jensen Hs, Fogsgaard a, Foureur M, Lauszus FF, et al. (2019). Study protocol for a randomised trial evaluating the effect of a "birth environment room" versus a standard labour room on birth outcomes and the birth experience. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 14:100336.
4.Huang J, Zang Y, Ren L, Li F, Lu H. (2019). A review and comparison of common maternal positions during the second-stage of labor. International Journal of Nursing Sciences;6(4):460-467.
5.Yıldız, H. (2019). Pozitif Doğum Deneyimi İçin İntrapartum Bakım Modeli: Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Önerileri. Kocaeli Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi. ;5(2):98-105.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
History of birth
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 2 - Theoretical
Vaginal Birth
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 3 - Theoretical
Cesarean Birth
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 4 - Theoretical
Intervention birth
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 5 - Theoretical
Birth preparation classes
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 6 - Theoretical
Painless birth
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 7 - Theoretical
Natural Birth
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 8 - Theoretical
Hypnobirthing
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 9 - Theoretical
Home Birth
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 10 - Theoretical
Water birth
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 11 - Theoretical
Home birth
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 12 - Theoretical
doğumda kanıta dayalı uygulamalar
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 13 - Theoretical
Culturally sensitive care at birth
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Week 14 - Theoretical
Traditional methods used in labor pain
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Reading, research
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143270
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
3
OÇ-5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026