# Competences — midwife

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/95cda6a9-a70a-4a93-9442-11d573cb4a02).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **advise on childbirth** (skill/competence)
- **advise on family planning** (skill/competence)
- **advise on pregnancies at risk** (skill/competence)
- **advise on pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **anaesthetics** (knowledge)
- **analgesics** (knowledge)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **apply organisational techniques** (skill/competence)
- **assess the course of breast-feeding period** (skill/competence)
- **assist on pregnancy abnormality** (skill/competence)
- **care for the new-born infant** (skill/competence)
- **carry out treatment prescribed by doctors** (skill/competence)
- **childbirth** (knowledge)
- **collect biological samples from patients** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **conduct spontaneous child deliveries** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
- **deal with emergency care situations** (skill/competence)
- **develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship** (skill/competence)
- **dietetics** (knowledge)
- **educate on the prevention of illness** (skill/competence)
- **embryology** (knowledge)
- **empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **epidemiology** (knowledge)
- **examine the new-born infant** (skill/competence)
- **female reproductive system pathology** (knowledge)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **health care legislation** (knowledge)
- **health care occupation-specific ethics** (knowledge)
- **health education** (knowledge)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **hygiene in a health care setting** (knowledge)
- **inform policy makers on health-related challenges** (skill/competence)
- **lactation** (knowledge)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **manage healthcare users' data** (skill/competence)
- **microbiology-bacteriology** (knowledge)
- **monitor pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **neonatology** (knowledge)
- **obstetric ultrasonography** (knowledge)
- **pathology** (knowledge)
- **pharmacology** (knowledge)
- **postpartum legal protection** (knowledge)
- **postpartum period** (knowledge)
- **pregnancy** (knowledge)
- **preparation for child delivery** (knowledge)
- **preparation for parenthood** (knowledge)
- **prescribe medication** (skill/competence)
- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
- **provide care for the mother during labour** (skill/competence)
- **provide education on family life** (skill/competence)
- **provide health education** (skill/competence)
- **provide information on the effects of childbirth on sexuality** (skill/competence)
- **provide postnatal care** (skill/competence)
- **provide pregnancy termination care** (skill/competence)
- **provide pre-natal care** (skill/competence)
- **provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health** (skill/competence)
- **psychology** (knowledge)
- **radiological procedures** (knowledge)
- **relaxation techniques** (knowledge)
- **respond to changing situations in health care** (skill/competence)
- **resuscitation** (knowledge)
- **sex education** (knowledge)
- **support informed consent** (skill/competence)
- **take emergency measures in pregnancy** (skill/competence)
- **use e-health and mobile health technologies** (skill/competence)
- **work in a multicultural environment in health care** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- address side effects of menopause (skill/competence)
- apply acupuncture (skill/competence)
- company policies (knowledge)
- conduct research on reproductive medicine (skill/competence)
- homeopathy (knowledge)
- pedagogy (knowledge)
- perform antepartum fetal monitoring (skill/competence)
- phytotherapy (knowledge)
- sociology (knowledge)
- surgery (knowledge)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)
- use obstetric sonography (skill/competence)
- yoga (knowledge)