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Unit of Study MWF20002 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships B (2014)

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Unit description

Enable students to commence, sustain and reflect upon further continuity experiences. Basic mental health for midwives is introduced. Students further develop their knowledge and skills in literature searching, clinical reasoning and evidence-informed decision-making. Law related to negligence, false imprisonment, defamation, child protection and mandatory reporting are presented and discussed.

Unit content

Module 1: Basic Mental Health Care for Midwives
Module 2: Finding Evidence for Decision Making
Module 3: Legal Issues in Midwifery Practice

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1 N/A
Gold Coast Session 1 N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 critically discuss (at a beginning level) the common mental health disorders during childbearing including the midwife's role in health promotion, screening, assessment, referral and ongoing therapeutic support
2 systematically search for knowledge/evidence and keep annotated records of results for a relatively simple or common question in practice
3 use clinical reasoning skills to make evidence-informed decisions and assist women to make their own informed decision
4 discuss the legal issue related to working as a midwife including negligence, false imprisonment, defamation, women's legal rights, child safety legalisation and mandatory reporting
5 commence, sustain and reflect upon continuity experiences with their second group of seven pregnant women.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. critically discuss (at a beginning level) the common mental health disorders during childbearing including the midwife's role in health promotion, screening, assessment, referral and ongoing therapeutic support
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  2. systematically search for knowledge/evidence and keep annotated records of results for a relatively simple or common question in practice
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  3. use clinical reasoning skills to make evidence-informed decisions and assist women to make their own informed decision
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  4. discuss the legal issue related to working as a midwife including negligence, false imprisonment, defamation, women's legal rights, child safety legalisation and mandatory reporting
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  5. commence, sustain and reflect upon continuity experiences with their second group of seven pregnant women.
    • GA1:
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
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