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Unit of Study MWF30002 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships in Practice I (2014)

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Unit description

Enables students to commence the final group of eight midwifery continuity experiences. Legal and ethical issues concerning parental rights and the rights of the child are discussed, including the impact on the self of the midwife. Research skills for evidence-informed decision-making are further developed. There is further development of the knowledge and skills necessary for cultural competence when working with Indigenous women and women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Unit content

Module 1: Legal and Ethical Issues in Practice
Module 2: Evidence Informed Decision-Making
Module 3: Cultural Competence (module is co-taught with Indigenous staff from Gnibi)
Module 4: Career Planning

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Location Domestic International
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 Commence and sustain continuity experiences with the final group of women.
2 Critically discuss the legal and ethical issues, particularly those concerning the health and wellbeing of the baby and family.
3 Find and assimilate research evidence about complex issues and talk through decision-making with women.
4 Critically discuss the barriers for women from CALD communities being able to access culturally competent maternity care and focus on strategies to create culturally competent services.
5 Engage in career planning with the aim of gaining employment on graduation.

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

  1. Commence and sustain continuity experiences with the final group of women.
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  2. Critically discuss the legal and ethical issues, particularly those concerning the health and wellbeing of the baby and family.
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  3. Find and assimilate research evidence about complex issues and talk through decision-making with women.
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  4. Critically discuss the barriers for women from CALD communities being able to access culturally competent maternity care and focus on strategies to create culturally competent services.
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:
  5. Engage in career planning with the aim of gaining employment on graduation.
    • GA2:
    • GA3:
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

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