Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast |
Unit description
Provides students with the opportunity to critically analyse contemporary models and frameworks for midwifery leadership and midwifery mentorship/preceptorship: concepts, issues and challenges and their impact on midwifery practice will be examined. The midwife as an educator will also be explored.
Unit content
- Leadership within the Australian healthcare context
- Midwife as educator within Australian clinical context
- Mentorship and preceptorship within Australian clinical context
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 | critically analyse and compare theoretical principles and practices of leadership |
| 2 | critically analyse adult learning principles and practices |
| 3 | apply adult learning principles while undertaking the role of midwifery educator |
| 4 | critically analyse the role of midwifery mentorship/preceptorship |
| 5 | apply theoretical and evidence-informed knowledge to a mentor–mentee relationship |
| 6 | critically reflect upon and evaluate your own performance as an educator and mentor. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically analyse and compare theoretical principles and practices of leadership
- critically analyse adult learning principles and practices
- apply adult learning principles while undertaking the role of midwifery educator
- critically analyse the role of midwifery mentorship/preceptorship
- apply theoretical and evidence-informed knowledge to a mentor–mentee relationship
- critically reflect upon and evaluate your own performance as an educator and mentor.
Prescribed texts
- Delany, C & Molloy, E, 2018, Learning and Teaching in Clinical Contexts: A practical Guide , Elsevier, Australia.
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 12 hours (Over intensive) |
| Tutorial 20 hours (Over intensive) |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (Once during session) |
| Assessment | |
| Critical review | 50% |
| Critical analysis | 50% |
| Teaching method |
| Structured online learning 12 hours (Over intensive) |
| Tutorial 20 hours (Over intensive) |
| Structured online learning 2 hours (Once during session) |
| Assessment | |
| Critical review | 50% |
| Critical analysis | 50% |
Fee information
Domestic
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International
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