Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. Analyse the concept of advanced practice;
2. Discuss workplace culture and the role of leadership in eliminating harassment, horizontal violence and bullying in the work place;
3. Access, retrieve and critique research articles;
4. Review and evaluate individual midwifery practice to ensure practice is current and evidence informed;
5. Critique the political and cultural context of childbearing in Australia using a human rights framework when working with asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants;
6. Appraise the impact of power relations on midwifery practice when dealing with issues of domestic violence, child sexual assault and the right not to be pregnant versus the right to life;
7. Critically evaluate the effect of the media on childbearing families and its role in the social construction of childbearing and parenthood;
8. Discuss multidisciplinary consultation and collaboration when working with women and families faced with miscarriage, grief and loss, infertility, antenatal and postnatal depression.

This course includes advanced practice, leadership and workplace culture; the nature of knowledge and evidence as continually evolving and the requirement for current evidence informed practice; cultural diversity and human rights; power and empowerment; consultative and collaborative practice.

This course is comprised of four modules.
Module 1: Leadership
Module 2: Evidence Informed Health Care
Module 3: Contemporary Australia Society
Module 4: Consultative and Collaborative Practice

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Bachelor of Midwifery (or equivalent) or completion of a Graduate Diploma in Midwifery together with current authority to practice as a registered midwife.

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning

Email Discussion Group
Self Directed Learning

Self Directed Learning: for 6 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Email Discussion Group: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term