ANTENATAL CLINIC
Learning outcomes
At the end of the visit, the student will be expected to:
- Describe and discuss the purpose of conducting ANCs
- List clinic procedures and services provided at the ANC giving reasons as to why these services are provided
- Describe and discuss the pregnancy record
- List the indications for specialist care and describe the referral process
- Assess the quality of services provided at a ANC
- Describe the usefulness of clinic records and returns
- Discuss the constraints in providing services at ANC and make suggestions to improve these services.
- Critically evaluate the services provided and make recommendations to improve the services
Content areas
- Organisation and flow of an antenatal clinic
- Antenatal investigations
- Supplementation in pregnancy
- Immunization in pregnancy
- Monitoring of the pregnancy in the ANC
- Indications for specialist care and the referral process
- Health promotion, education and antenatal counselling
- Pregnancy Record
- Clinic records and returns
Learning activities:
- Observe service delivery by following a pregnant female through the process of the ANC
- Provide health promotion and counselling to pregnant females and their family members
RECOMMENDED READING MATERIAL
- Conducting Antenatal Clinic, General circular no. 01-24/2014, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka.
- Family Health Bureau, Annual Report on Family Health Sri Lanka -2014, 'Clinic Activities', pp 14 -15, Ministry of Health, Colombo.