Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast |
Unit description
Ensures students learn the foundational skills required for entry to the health care environment. This unit promotes the translation of theory into the practice of midwifery for well women and babies including antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. It prepares the first-year midwifery student to practise in accordance with the principles of best practice, safety, quality and partnership and the boundaries of regulatory documents.
Unit content
- Clinical governance in the maternity care environment
- Communicating in the health care environment
- Preventing and controlling infections
- Providing comprehensive care for well women and their babies
- Medication safety
- ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | show foundational abilities in understanding and applying research and theory into practice using written and verbal communication modes |
| 2 | exhibit emerging understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice |
| 3 | demonstrate competency in numeracy and simple medication calculations |
| 4 | demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- show foundational abilities in understanding and applying research and theory into practice using written and verbal communication modes
- exhibit emerging understandings of the legal, ethical, cultural and professional frameworks through reflection on practice
- demonstrate competency in numeracy and simple medication calculations
- demonstrate a satisfactory level of progression towards the ANMAC Midwifery Professional Experiences (MPE) requirements
Prescribed Learning Resources
- De-Vitry Smith, S., & Bayes, S., 2019, Skills for midwifery practice Australian & New Zealand edition, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542777.
- Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L., 2019, Midwifery: preparation for practice, 4th edn, Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW. ISBN: 9780729542678.
- No prescribed resources/equipment.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Laboratory 40 hours (Across the Term) |
| Project 12 hours (Across the Term) |
| Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term) |
| Placement 266 hours (Across the Term) |
| Assessment | |
| Numeracy | SR |
| Reflective writing | SR |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Placement | SR |
| Teaching method |
| Laboratory 40 hours (Across the term) |
| Project 12 hours (Across the Term) |
| Seminar 6 hours (Across the Term) |
| Placement 266 hours (Across the Term) |
| Assessment | |
| Numeracy | SR |
| Reflective writing | SR |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Placement | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
For postgraduate or undergraduate full fee paying courses please check Domestic Postgraduate Fees OR Domestic Undergraduate Fees
International
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