MID5005 · Advancing midwifery practice

Overview

Advancing Midwifery Practice is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in the provision and implementation of woman-centred midwifery care. In this unit you will look at the global context of maternity care while considering the role of the midwife in providing quality care through education, evidence-based research and leadership. Throughout this unit you will further examine how these three areas are increasingly important in advancing midwifery practice in both the local and global context. You will have the opportunity to reflect on your current professional practice, while recognising the key principles necessary for advancing quality midwifery care.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment task/s. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Critically analyse global trends in maternal and infant outcomes and how they align with the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) for maternity care;
2. Critically analyse the concepts and impacts of a quality care framework for women and infants on health outcomes and professional midwifery practice;
3. Critically analyse the role of the midwife in advancing leadership within the context of providing quality midwifery care;
4. Investigate and analyse the barriers and enablers to implementing respectful maternity care for women;
5. Critique and promote the educational role of the midwife when working in partnership with women, and multidisciplinary teams;
6. Distinguish how evidence can support the advancement of midwifery knowledge, skills and practices;
7. Reflect on how the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) standards and codes impact on professional midwifery practice.

Workload

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including tutorials and online activities. Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.