Program Overview

Unit of Study MIDW2010 - Midwifery Professional Experience 2a

Unit Snapshot

• Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 12
• Faculty/College: Faculty of Health
• Placement: Yes
• Pre-requisites:
  • MIDW1006 - Midwifery Professional Experience 1
  • MIDW1005 - Well Woman - Pregnancy, Labour and Birth, Postnatal
• Enrolment information: This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending.

Unit Description

Promotes the continued development and translation of theory into practice with a focus on women and babies requiring complex antenatal and intrapartum care. It provides theory and skill development as well as specific clinical learning objectives aligned with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

Unit Content

1. Midwifery knowledge, skills and scope of practice in safely administering medication and blood products
2. Communication, collaboration, and partnership within the maternity unit with the woman and other health professionals to ensure positive health outcomes for women with complex care needs in the antenatal period.
3. Communication, collaboration and partnership within the maternity unit with the woman and other health professionals to ensure positive health outcomes for women with complex care needs in the intrapartum period.
4. The midwife's role, responsibility, and accountability for recognition of and response to the deteriorating maternal patient and or fetus/infant
5. ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements
6. Clinical supervision and debriefing

Availabilities

• Location:
  • Coffs Harbour: Tri Term1 (Domestic and International)
  • Gold Coast: Tri Term1 (Domestic and International)

Learning Outcomes

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 mode
• Demonstrate intermediate understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice
• Demonstrate competency in medication safety, blood management, and recognising and responding to acute deterioration, in a simulated environment
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements

Prescribed Learning Resources

Tri Term 1

• Prescribed Texts:
  • De-Vitry Smith, S., & Bayes, S., 2022, Skills for midwifery practice Australian & New Zealand edition, 2nd edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW.
  • Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L., 2023, Midwifery: preparation for practice , 5th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW.
• Prescribed Resources/Equipment:
  • Australian College of Midwives. Who we are.
  • Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2021). The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards(2nd ed.).
  • International Confederation of Midwives (2014). Philosophy and Model of Midwifery Care.
  • International Confederation of Midwives (2018). Code of ethics for midwives.
  • Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Code of Conduct for Midwives.
  • Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia (2018). Midwife standards for practice.