Unit of Study MIDW2015 Midwifery Professional Experience 2b (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

MIDW1006 - Midwifery Professional Experience 1 OR MIDW2001 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships A; AND MIDW2010 - Midwifery Professional Experience 2a AND MIDW2011 - Caring for the Woman During Complex Pregnancy AND MIDW2012 - Caring for the Woman During Complex Labour and Birth

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

Promotes the continued development and translation of theory into practice with a focus on women and babies requiring complex postnatal care. It provides theory and skill development as well as specific clinical learning objectives aligned with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards: Medication Safety and Communicating for Safety, in the context of providing woman-centred care when the woman experiences complexities. This unit is the second of two units comprising a year-long placement builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in Midwifery Professional Experience 1.

Unit content

Communication, collaboration, and partnership within the maternity unit to ensure positive health outcomes for women with complex care needs
Midwifery knowledge, skills and scope of practice in safely administering medications in the postnatal period
Providing midwifery care in collaboration with other health professionals, for women and their babies, in the postnatal period
ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Tri Term2	Tri Term2
Gold Coast	Tri Term2	Tri 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 intermediate abilities to translate research and theory into practice through written and verbal communication modes

demonstrate intermediate understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice

demonstrate expanding midwifery knowledge, skills acquisition, attitudes, values and abilities to provide quality and safe midwifery care for women and babies

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

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Laboratory 24 hours (Across the term)

Project 12 hours (Across the Term)

Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 246 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Clinical skills	SR
Presentation	SR
Reflective writing	SR
Placement	SR

Teaching method

Laboratory 24 hours (Across the term)

Project 12 hours (Across the term)

Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term)

Placement 246 hours (Across the Term)

Assessment
Clinical skills	SR
Presentation	SR
Reflective writing	SR
Placement	SR

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

De-Vitry Smith, S., & Bayes, S., 2022, Skills for midwifery practice Australian & New Zealand edition, 2nd edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729543798.
Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L., 2022, Midwifery: preparation for practice, 5th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729544764.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Australian College of Midwives. Who we are. Available from: Who we are (midwives.org.au)
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2021). The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2^nd ed.). Available from: https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/publications-and-resources/resource-library/national-safety-and-quality-health-service-standards-second-edition
International Confederation of Midwives (2014). Philosophy and Model of Midwifery Care. Available from: https://www.internationalmidwives.org/assets/files/definitions-files/2018/06/eng-philosophy-and-model-of-midwifery-care.pdf
International Confederation of Midwives (2018). Code of ethics for midwives. Available from: https://www.internationalmidwives.org/assets/files/general-files/2019/10/eng-international-code-of-ethics-for-midwives.pdf
Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Code of Conduct for Midwives. Available from: https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx
Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Midwife standards for practice. Available from: https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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