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SEXH5422: Maternal and Fetal Medicine
2025 unit information
This unit will provide a comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology and clinical features and management in Maternal and Fetal Medicine (MFM). Topics in Maternal medicine include maternal adaptation to pregnancy in health and disease, maternal complications of pregnancy, impact of chronic disease on pregnancy outcomes and long-term maternal health following pregnancy. In Fetal medicine topics include embryogenesis, advances in prenatal imaging, diagnosis and genetics, screening and surveillance in pregnancy, clinical management of fetal growth and structural anomalies. The unit will also cover key areas in MFM which include perinatal epidemiology, ethical and legal aspects related to MFM and concepts in developmental origins of health and disease (DoHAD).
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Sexual Health |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of pregnancy and maternal and fetal complications.
- LO2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of screening and clinical presentation of conditions related to maternal and fetal medicine.
- LO3. Demonstrate the principles of clinical management in the spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine together with the legal and ethical aspects of maternal and fetal medicine
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Block mode | Westmead, Sydney |
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