Unit description
Develops the students' knowledge of the baby, maternal and fraternal reproductive anatomy and psychophysiology. Students engage in practice to develop their ability to support women during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and all four stages of undisturbed birth, including early self-attachment breastfeeding whilst working collaboratively and effectively within the maternity unit with an understanding of infection and infection control.
Unit content
Module 1: Academic Skills Development
Module 2: Reproductive Anatomy and Psychophysiology
Module 3: Fetal Anatomy and Psychophysiology
Module 4: Protecting from Infections
Module 5: Optimising psychophysiology during pregnancy
Module 6: Optimising psychophysiology in labour
Module 7: Skills for midwifery practice
Module 8: Teamwork in the Maternity Unit
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.
Learning outcomes and graduate attributes
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Describe and explain maternal and fraternal anatomy and reproductive psychophysiology from pre-conception through to 6 weeks post partum. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | Communication and social skills | ||||
| 2 | Describe and explain the prenate's and baby's anatomy, psychophysiology and development. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 3 | Discuss and explain the principles of innate immunity, acquired immunity and infection control in maternity care. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 4 | Discuss the midwife's knowledge and skills necessary to be able to provide safe and effective midwifery practice in the antenatal care. | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
| 5 | Demonstrate competence in midwifery knowledge and skills when working with well women to optimise their health in the antenatal period and birth. | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 6 | Demonstrates awareness of midwifery knowledge and skills when working with well women to optimise their psychophysiology during all four stages of undisturbed birth at term including the promotion of maternal-infant attachment and early self-attachment breastfeeding. | Intellectual rigour | Communication and social skills | |||||
| 7 | Demonstrates an awareness of the need to work respectfully and effectively within maternity unit teams including consultation, referral, documentation and use of the obstetrix database. | Cultural competence | ||||||
Prescribed texts
Session 2
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Teaching and assessment
Coffs Harbour
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 50 (Residential Session) |
| Tutorial on-site 12 (Residential Session) |
| Laboratory session 18 (Residential Session) |
| Community/Professional placement 60 (Other) |
| Structured online learning 1.5 hrs (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 30% |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Midwifery Practice Requirements | SR |
| Quiz | 20% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
| Online activity - K2 Module | SR |
Gold Coast
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 50 (Residential Session) |
| Tutorial on-site 12 (Residential Session) |
| Laboratory session 18 (Residential Session) |
| Community/Professional placement 60 (Other) |
| Structured online learning 1.5 hrs (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Discussion board | 30% |
| Clinical skills | SR |
| Midwifery Practice Requirements | SR |
| Quiz | 20% |
| Exam: closed book | 50% |
| Online activity - K2 Module | SR |
Fee information
Domestic
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Commencing 2014 Commonwealth Supported only. Student contribution band: 1
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