Unit of Study NATM5004 Integrative Reproductive Health (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Unit description

Learners examine influences on normal and abnormal reproductive health across the male and female reproductive lifespan. Learners engage with contemporary evidence-based literature to evaluate the approach to managing reproductive diseases in clinical settings. Learners will also explore aspects of infertility and examine integrative and multidisciplinary approaches to managing infertility, supporting the preconception care period, common pregnancy conditions and supporting individuals through to post-partum including breastfeeding.

Unit content

Overview of the reproductive health
Common reproductive diseases across the life span
Integrative approaches to managing reproductive diseases
Infertility in contemporary health care
Preconception health care
Managing health during pregnancy and post-partum, and breastfeeding

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Summer Term	Summer Term

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss various influences on normal and abnormal reproductive health

critically evaluate integrative approaches to managing reproductive diseases

critically analyse aspects of infertility in contemporary health care

critically examine integrative approaches for preconception care through to pregnancy and post-partum

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Project 150 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Reflective writing	40%
Literature review	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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