MIDI1205
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
Using woman centredness and a rights-based approach as philosophy and approach to practice, this course facilitates students’ acquisition of knowledge of women’s processes as they labour and give birth. Immersing students in research-informed theory for midwifery work during women’s labours, the course explores optimising wellness for the woman, her fetus and newly born baby. Students use midwifery, physiological, medical, pharmacological, neurophysiological and sociological theory to explore midwifery assessment and care for labouring women and their babies.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Gosford
- Semester 2 - 2024
Manning Base Hospital
- Semester 2 - 2024
Replacing course(s)
This course replaces the following course(s): MIDI1204. Students who have successfully completed MIDI1204 are not eligible to enrol in MIDI1205.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. identify the ways in which midwifery promotes health and prevents harm for women and their babies in labour
2. describe evidence-informed midwifery work with well women and their babies in first stage labour, in second stage/while giving birth, during physiological or active third stage and in the first hour post-birth
3. identify ways midwives can actively support well women's choices during labour
4. discuss common non-pharmacological and pharmacological pain relieving techniques for women in labour
5. analyse the legal, ethical, professional and policy frameworks for midwifery work with labouring women
6. develop early abilities in critical thinking, therapeutic communication, academic reading and writing, and the use of digital technology
Content
- A rights based approach to healthcare for labouring women
- The birth environment: translating evidence into practice
- Physiological changes in labour
- Assessing fetal and maternal wellbeing
- Providing care for women in labour
- Providing care for the new baby
- Working with culturally and linguistically diverse women in labour
- Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in labour
- Principles of maternal and neonatal resuscitation
- Informed consent and informed refusal; quality improvement processes - benchmarking and variations
Requisite
Students must be active in the Bachelor of Midwifery [40297] program.
Students who have successfully completed MIDI1204 cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Scenario based learning package Section 1
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Online Learning Activity: Part A: First Online Discussion Submission
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 72 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Semester 2 - 2024 - Gosford
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 72 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Semester 2 - 2024 - Manning Base Hospital
Lecture-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 72 hour(s) per term
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 1
- Compulsory Requirement: Students must attend 80% of sessions.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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