MIDI1101
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
Students will be introduced to translating theoretical concepts into midwifery work with women and babies: woman-centredness, culturally safe care, working in primary health care, legal, ethical and professional issues, reflective practice and working in a maternity health environment. This is the first in a suite of six professional experience courses designed to prepare students for registration as a midwife. The course introduces the practical processes of antenatal assessment, care, and evaluation, beginning to build students’ knowledge and skills for midwifery work with, and for, pregnant women.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Gosford
- Semester 1 - 2024
Manning Base Hospital
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. show emerging abilities for reflection and communication in midwifery
2. demonstrate beginning theoretical understandings of reflective practice
3. show beginning understandings of translating theory into practice in simulated learning sessions
4. demonstrate early insights into the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks for midwifery practice
5. display foundational skills required for working with pregnant women in the maternity environment
6. develop capabilities in critical thinking, research retrieval, academic reading and writing, and digital technology
Content
1. Reflection on action: understanding the cultural self
2. Communicating with women and families and in collaboration with the healthcare team
3. Working as a student midwife: hopes and expectations
4. Foundational midwifery skills for working with pregnant women in the maternity environment:
- proficiency in hand hygiene
- managing personal protective equipment
- performance of a woman's observations
- undertaking an antenatal assessment
- Documentation
5. Legal and ethical issues in practice: informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, work health and safety, quality and safety frameworks for medication administration
6. Research: Searching for evidence for practice
Review of Progress
This course is a compulsory program requirement and is monitored for academic progress purposes. The course must be completed to progress in the program or meet other program requirements.
Failure or withdrawal from this course will result in students being considered under the Student Academic Progress Procedure.
Requisite
Students must be active in the Bachelor of Midwifery [40297] or [12200] program to enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Reflective Journal (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Compulsory Requirement: Demonstrate competency - Must demonstrate competency in all required professional skills.
Professional Task: Midwifery Practice Progression (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 96 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Semester 1 - 2024 - Gosford
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 96 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Semester 1 - 2024 - Manning Base Hospital
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 3 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 96 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 100% of sessions.
Course outline
- MIDI1101 - Semester 1, 2024 (All) (PDF, 252.7 KB)
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