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Unit of Study MIDW2007 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships D (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains professional experience learning/ laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements. Please note Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

Unit description

Supports students to commence the final midwifery continuity experience and build upon knowledge and skills necessary for cultural safety when working with women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Legal and ethical issues concerning parental rights and the rights of the child are discussed, including the impact on the self of the midwife. Ethical issues around mandatory reporting of a fellow professional are explored. Students will engage in career planning.

Unit content

  • Legal and ethical issues in practice
  • Mandatory reporting of a fellow professional
  • Cultural safety
  • Career planning

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Coffs Harbour
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Gold Coast
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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:

commence and sustain continuity experiences with a minimum of four women

critically discuss the legal and ethical issues concerning parental and child rights

critically discuss the barriers for Aboriginal people and CALD communities being able to access culturally safe maternity care, and focus on strategies to create culturally competent services

engage in career planning

develop a clear, specific and achievable proposal for internship.

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