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Coffs Harbour
Gold Coast

Unit description

Prepares the student to work in collaboration with other health disciplines to support women and their health throughout the life cycle. It supports the continued development and translation of theory into the practice advocating for women’s health from a public health agenda. This unit provides students with a broader understanding of the issues surrounding and impacting women’s health in the context of childbearing.    

Unit content

  1. The role of the health care professional in promoting optimal health for women across the life span
  2. Promoting optimal health across the life stages for women
  3. Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), childbearing and families 
  4. Choice, family planning and contraception
  5. Midwifery practice and supporting new mothers and families in the community through consultation and collaboration
  6. Women’s gynaecological health

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:
1explain issues related to fertility, conception and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) for women and their partners.
2identify contraceptive choices that are available and appropriate for individual women in the immediate and long-term following childbirth.
3describe the role of the midwife in promoting optimal health for women across the life span through increasing health literacy levels, and collaboration and utilisation of community resources and service providers
4discuss common gynaecological health issues across the woman’s life span

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. explain issues related to fertility, conception and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) for women and their partners.
  2. identify contraceptive choices that are available and appropriate for individual women in the immediate and long-term following childbirth.
  3. describe the role of the midwife in promoting optimal health for women across the life span through increasing health literacy levels, and collaboration and utilisation of community resources and service providers
  4. discuss common gynaecological health issues across the woman’s life span

Prescribed Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Prescribed text information is not currently available.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • Prescribed resources/equipment information is not currently available.
Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Seminar 6 hours (1 day)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Creative work60%
Discussion board20%
Discussion board20%

Teaching method
Seminar 6 hours (1 day)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Creative work60%
Discussion board20%
Discussion board20%
Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

Domestic

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International

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