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Unit aim
Consolidates learning and applies accumulated theoretical knowledge and skills to a selected area of midwifery practice. The unit provides an opportunity to enhance and deepen the student's capacity to undertake the role of the professional midwife within a rural/remote, metropolitan or international setting, taking into consideration the geo-socio-political and regulatory context.
Unit content
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The midwife's role within the broader socio-political context
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention
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Critical evaluation of own performance
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
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | critically apply the geo-socio-political and regulatory context to an area of midwifery practice | Intellectual rigour | Creativity | | | | | Cultural competence |
| 2 | critically review and appraise current evidence-informed maternity practices and how this impacts upon quality care provision and the evidence that informs clinical decision-making within midwifery | Intellectual rigour | | Ethical practice | | | | |
| 3 | critically explore a qualitative data collection and analysis method | Intellectual rigour | | | | | | |
| 4 | assess, plan and implement safe midwifery care of women within their childbearing episode | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | Lifelong learning | Communication and social skills | Cultural competence |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically apply the geo-socio-political and regulatory context to an area of midwifery practice
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA2:
Creativity
- GA7:
Cultural competence
- critically review and appraise current evidence-informed maternity practices and how this impacts upon quality care provision and the evidence that informs clinical decision-making within midwifery
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA3:
Ethical practice
- critically explore a qualitative data collection and analysis method
- assess, plan and implement safe midwifery care of women within their childbearing episode
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5:
Lifelong learning
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- GA7:
Cultural competence
Prescribed texts
Session 2
- Jirojwong, S, Johnson, M & Welch, A, 2014, Research Methods in Nursing and Midwifery: pathways to evidence-based practice , 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Victoria.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.