Cambodia Midwifery Exit Exam study guide
Cambodia Midwifery Exit Exam · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Cambodia Midwifery Exit Exam is the national assessment that graduating midwifery students sit before they can register and practise as midwives in Cambodia. It is intended for final-year students from public and private midwifery training programmes and for candidates whose training followed the national competency-based curriculum. The Cambodia Midwifery Exit Exam study guide has 10 sections and about 2,690 words.
01Antenatal Care and Normal Pregnancy
This domain tests whether you can deliver focused antenatal care that separates normal pregnancy from early warning signs, using Cambodia's public-sector workflow from health centre to referral hospital. Book the first visit before 12 weeks: confirm pregnancy, calculate EDD from LMP, take history, measure BP, weight and height, test haemoglobin, urine protein, blood group, HIV and syphilis, and screen for danger signs.
303 words, about 2 min02Intrapartum Care and Normal Labour
This domain tests labour diagnosis, use of the partograph, respectful supportive care, active management of the third stage and immediate newborn handling. Diagnose labour by regular painful contractions with cervical change.
334 words, about 2 min03Postpartum Care and Immediate Newborn Care
This domain tests the first two hours after birth, when most maternal deaths from bleeding occur, and the first minutes of newborn adaptation. Monitor mother every 15 minutes for 2 hours: pulse, BP, uterine tone, lochia, bladder and perineum.
292 words, about 1 min04Obstetric Emergencies and Referral
This domain tests recognition, immediate stabilisation and safe transfer for the conditions that kill quickly: haemorrhage, eclampsia, obstructed labour, sepsis and cord prolapse. PPH: massage, oxytocin, tranexamic acid 1 g IV within 3 hours, misoprostol, bimanual compression and IV fluids; refer if bleeding persists.
283 words, about 1 min05Newborn Emergencies and Neonatal Resuscitation
This domain tests the first minute of newborn life and the common emergencies that follow. Dry, warm, stimulate and position the head neutral.
267 words, about 1 min06Reproductive Health, Family Planning and Safe Abortion Care
This domain tests respectful contraceptive counselling and safe abortion care within Cambodia's legal and service-delivery framework. Counsel on effectiveness, side-effects, return to fertility and dual protection.
243 words, about 1 min07Infection Prevention
This domain tests standard precautions in every birth, not only for known infections. Perform hand hygiene before and after patient contact, after body-fluid exposure and after removing gloves.
238 words, about 1 min08HIV/STI and PMTCT
This domain tests universal HIV testing in pregnancy, lifelong ART, infant prophylaxis and syndromic STI care. Offer HIV testing to every pregnant woman at the first ANC visit with consent and confidentiality; retest in the third trimester or after exposure.
239 words, about 1 min09Professional Ethics, Law and Midwifery Scope of Practice
This domain tests safe, lawful and respectful practice within the midwife's authorised scope. Obtain informed consent before examination, procedure, contraception or disclosure of information.
233 words, about 1 min10Health System, Community Health and Health Education
This domain tests how the Cambodian public health system delivers maternal and newborn care and how a midwife educates the community. Know the referral pathway: health post or health centre to referral hospital, with operational district support and provincial referral for higher levels.
258 words, about 1 min