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Unit of Study MWF30003 - Transition to Registered Midwife (2014)

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Unit description

Develops the students' critical understanding of the Transition to Registered Midwife, which is required to be fully met prior to submitting for registration as a midwife. Students consolidate and refine their knowledge about the Australian maternity care system and about the roles and relationships within the multi-disciplinary health care team. Students identify and plan a team-based quality assurance research project for a problem in practice. Issues of the ethical use of power are critically discussed including the role of mentors in professional development. Students refine and finalise their professional portfolio and resume, then prepare a position application for future employment.

Unit content


Module 1: Governance of Australian Maternity Care Services

Module 2: Relationships in Midwifery and Maternity Care Teams

Module 3: Personal and Professional Self Development

Module 4: Research Skills and Practice Improvement

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 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 Examine your own knowledge, attitudes and skills development to identify and respond appropriately to your own strengths, limitations and deficiencies for achieving competency in the professional role of a midwife
2 Effectively use available resources and programs to plan for and participate in ongoing personal and professional development including preparing for employment as a registered midwife.
3 Critically discuss the structure and function of the local, state and national governance of maternity services as they affect midwifery care provision
4 Critically review the roles and relationships of the various categories of maternity staff and their managers
5 Demonstrate high level analytical skills in accessing, interpreting and talking about evidence to inform clinical decision-making
6 Discuss interventions that appear unnecessary for the woman and negotiate a collaborative plan with the maternity team and the woman
7 Plan and participate in clinical audits and other quality improvement programs

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

  1. Examine your own knowledge, attitudes and skills development to identify and respond appropriately to your own strengths, limitations and deficiencies for achieving competency in the professional role of a midwife
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  2. Effectively use available resources and programs to plan for and participate in ongoing personal and professional development including preparing for employment as a registered midwife.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. Critically discuss the structure and function of the local, state and national governance of maternity services as they affect midwifery care provision
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. Critically review the roles and relationships of the various categories of maternity staff and their managers
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  5. Demonstrate high level analytical skills in accessing, interpreting and talking about evidence to inform clinical decision-making
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  6. Discuss interventions that appear unnecessary for the woman and negotiate a collaborative plan with the maternity team and the woman
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  7. Plan and participate in clinical audits and other quality improvement programs
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

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