Unit of Study MIDW3003 Transition to Registered Midwife (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

MIDW3002 - High Acuity Midwifery AND MIDW3001 - Mental Health and Wellbeing AND MIDW2007 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships D
Co-requisites

MIDW3004 - Midwifery Internship

Enrolment information

This unit contains laboratory activities and/or professional experience learning that require students to fulfil certain vaccination and compliance requirements prior to attending. As some of these can take up to 5 months to complete, you must prepare now. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Laboratory Activity and/or Professional Experience Learning which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements

Unit description

Integrates and utilises the knowledge, concepts and skills developed over the entire sequence of undergraduate study. Students are required to demonstrate their ability to practice at the level of a beginning registered midwife. Interview preparation is undertaken.

Unit content

Meeting the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA] Midwife Standards for Practice
Quality improvement
Preparation for employment

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2023

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:

demonstrate evidence of achieving midwifery competency based upon the NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice including all practice requirements of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council [ANMAC]

assess, plan and implement safe midwifery care of women within their childbearing episode

critically reflect own performance when seeking employment

Fee information

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