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Unit of Study MIDW2006 - Optimising Health in Complex Childbearing (2022)

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Unit description

Develops students' knowledge and skills to provide collaborative care for women who require complex assessments and/or interventions during childbearing. Students also learn to care for women and/or babies who have relatively common disorders during the childbearing period. This unit is taught concurrently with MWF20004 - Midwifery Practice in Complex Childbearing which is where the related clinical skills and professional experiences will occur.

Unit content

  • Collaborative assessments and interventions
  • Introduction to complex disorders in childbearing
  • Challenges that impact the maternal infant dyad

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Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
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Session2
Gold Coast
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Session2

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:

apply theoretical and evidence-based knowledge to midwifery care for women who require complex assessments and/or medical interventions during childbearing

identify and summarise the theoretical and evidence-based knowledge needed to be able to provide midwifery care to women and/or babies who have common challenges or disorders during childbearing

explain and analyse the theoretical and evidence-based knowledge needed to be able to provide midwifery care to women and/or babies who have common challenges or disorders during childbearing

apply clinical decision-making when caring for women and babies if complexities exist and/or arise.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Jefford, E., and Jomeen, J., 2020, Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery, Routledge, United Kingdom.
  • Johnson, R, Taylor, W, De-Vitry Smith, S & Bayes, S, 2019, Skills for Midwifery Practice, Australian and New Zealand Edition, Elsevier, Australia. ISBN: 978-0-7295-4277-7.
  • Pairman, S, Tracy, S, Dahlen, H & Dixon, L,, 2019, Midwifery: Preparation for Practice , 4th edn, Elsevier, Australia. ISBN: 9780729542678.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.