Unit of Study MIDW1006 Midwifery Professional Experience 1 (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Enrolment information

This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities that require students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL activity. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements.

Unit description

Ensures students learn the foundational skills required for entry to the health care environment. This unit promotes the translation of theory into the practice of midwifery for well women and babies including antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. It prepares the first-year midwifery student to practise in accordance with the principles of best practice, safety, quality and partnership and the boundaries of regulatory documents.

Unit content

Clinical governance in the maternity care environment
Communicating in the health care environment
Preventing and controlling infections
Providing comprehensive care for well women and their babies
Medication safety
ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Dual Term2	Dual Term2
Gold Coast	Dual Term2	Dual Term2

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:

show foundational abilities in understanding and applying research and theory into practice using written and verbal communication modes

exhibit emerging understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice

demonstrate competency in numeracy and simple medication calculations

demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Laboratory 40 hours (Across the Term)

Project 12 hours (Across the Term)

Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 266 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Numeracy	SR
Reflective writing	SR
Clinical skills	SR
Placement	SR

Teaching method

Laboratory 40 hours (Across the Term)

Project 12 hours (Across the Term)

Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 266 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Numeracy	SR
Reflective writing	SR
Clinical skills	SR
Placement	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

De-Vitry Smith, S., & Bayes, S., 2019, Skills for midwifery practice Australian & New Zealand edition, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542777.
Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L., 2019, Midwifery: preparation for practice, 4th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542678.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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