MIDI6221Midwifery Professional Experience 4

Course handbook

Description

With accompanying critical analysis of the concept of woman-centredness, this capstone course provides opportunities for postgraduate students to complete their preregistration work of translating theory into practice with childbearing women and their babies in maternity units and the community. It is the fourth, and final, in a suite of professional experience courses designed to prepare postgraduate students for registration as a midwife. This course provides specialised theory and final skills development through simulated learning and midwifery professional experience. At course completion, if students have successfully passed all other Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) courses, they will be eligible to apply for registration as a midwife in Australia.

Availability2024 Course Timetables

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. translate high-quality research and theory into safe practice through preparation and discovery in simulated learning sessions

2. exhibit advanced communication knowledge and skills, especially those required for educating, mentoring, role-modelling, leading and following

3. clearly apply the legal, ethical, cultural, pharmacological and professional frameworks/protocols to midwifery practice in Australia

4. demonstrate, and reflect/be reflexive on, specialised learning (knowledge, skills acquisition, attitudes, values and abilities) in/on midwifery work for women and babies, as required for midwifery registration

5. show evidence of appropriate professional relationships with midwives and other members of the interdisciplinary team

6. achieve a satisfactory level of practice to demonstrate midwifery competence and completion of minimum supervised requirements.

Content

This course is comprised of six modules:

Module 1: Advanced communication and self-care skills for working with women and babies, and the interdisciplinary team, on registration as a midwife

Module 2: Leadership and followership in midwifery

Module 3: Safely optimising the health and well-being of childbearing women as a newly graduated midwife

Module 4: Safely optimising the health and well-being of the woman’s fetus/baby as a newly graduated midwife

Module 5: Skills Review:

• pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and the quality use of medicines
• cannulation
• perineal repair
• well baby assessment for discharge
• interpretation of diagnostic and screening tests
• sharing knowledge: advice-giving, educating, mentoring and role-modelling, advocating for women and advocating for change
• maternal and neonatal resuscitation

Module 6: Maintaining competence as a midwife

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

Student must have successfully completed MIDI6112, MIDI6212 and MIDI6124 and must be enrolled in the Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) [40313] program to enrol in this course.

Assessment items

Written Assignment: Reflexive Journal and Personal Midwifery Philosophy (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Professional Task: Clinical - Midwifery Practice Completion (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Compulsory Requirement: Demonstrate competency - Must demonstrate competency in all required professional skills.

Compulsory Requirements

Compulsory Placement and WHS Requirements:

• NSW Health Verification Requirements - Mandatory NSW Health Verification Requirements must be met.

Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Semester 2 - 2024 - Gosford

Semester 2 - 2024 - Manning Base Hospital

Course outline

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