Program Overview

Course Specification

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MID2201 Developing the Midwife Practitioner

Course Details

• Units: 1
• School or Department: School of Nursing and Midwifery
• Grading basis: Graded
• Course fee schedule:

Requisites

• Pre-requisite: MID2102
• Co-requisite: MID1199

Overview

This course enables students to develop professional judgement, knowledge, and understanding in relation to assessment and management of women and their infants during the antenatal, labour and birth period, and postpartum period. As primary carers, students reflect on the care of women, considering psychological, physiological, and cultural aspects of pregnancy, birth, and parenting. Students apply evidence-based practice and critical analysis skills to investigate obstetric interventions, non-physiological management of birth, and pharmacological pain management during labour.

This course aims to provide students with the knowledge to develop their skills in providing antenatal care, intrapartum care, birth, and postnatal care as the primary carer for the woman and her infant. This course complements MID2102 Foundations for Midwifery Practice and builds on uncomplicated midwifery care with the care of women requiring additional care during introduction of pregnancy, labour, birth, and care of the baby. Students explore preterm labour, induction of labour, assisted births, caesarean section, and Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Section (VBAC) in relation to physiological and psychological contexts. There is a focus on pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical therapies for pain management during labour and potential implications on the infant. This course combines early parenting skills with infant feeding strategies to enable students to provide best practice in supporting women.

Course Offers

• Study period: Session 2, 2023
• Mode: External
• Campus:

Residential School

This course has a mandatory residential school.

Acknowledgement

The University of Southern Queensland acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways where the University is located. Further, we acknowledge the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and pay respect to Elders past, present, and future.