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Unit of Study MWF30004 - Midwifery Internship (2014)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    [[MWF30001 High Acuity Midwifery] AND [[MWF30002 Midwifery Continuity Partnerships in Practice I]

  • Co-requisites

    MWF30003 - Transition to Registered Midwife
    AND [[MWF30005 Midwifery Continuity Partnership in Practice II]

  • Enrolment information

    Residential Session has strict attendance requirements. Refer Assessment Information.

Unit description

Promotes the creation and maintenance of a mentorship relationship between each senior midwifery student and their chosen mentor with whom the student will work for 60 hours. Mentors are selected (and approved) for their excellence in midwifery practice. During the time of their internship the student will critically reflect upon an aspect of their practice and complete a related systematic and critically review of the research literature. This unit provides students with an opportunity to enhance and deepen their capacity to undertake the role of professional midwife within the near future. This unit may be completed in another state or country if the necessary university and legal agreements are in place and ANMAC approval has been granted.

Unit content

  1. Internship proposal development and marking criteria
  2. The midwife's role within the broader socio-political context
  3. Evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention
  4. Critical evaluation of own performance

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

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 demonstrate the ability to initiate a relationship with a potential expert mentor and develop a clear, specific and achievable proposal for internship
2 describe and analyse the geo-socio-political and regulatory context which is most relevant to the mentor's practice
3 apply theories and concepts from primary health care, midwifery, law, ethics, research, cultural safety and/or the social sciences to be able to critically evaluate the midwife's practice overall
4 demonstrate high-level analytical skills in accessing and interpreting evidence to inform clinical decision-making
5 conduct a systematic search of the available evidence on one important aspect of student practice whilst an intern
6 critically reflect upon evaluate your own performance as an intern, as a mentee and as a soon-to-be midwife.

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

  1. demonstrate the ability to initiate a relationship with a potential expert mentor and develop a clear, specific and achievable proposal for internship
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  2. describe and analyse the geo-socio-political and regulatory context which is most relevant to the mentor's practice
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. apply theories and concepts from primary health care, midwifery, law, ethics, research, cultural safety and/or the social sciences to be able to critically evaluate the midwife's practice overall
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate high-level analytical skills in accessing and interpreting evidence to inform clinical decision-making
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  5. conduct a systematic search of the available evidence on one important aspect of student practice whilst an intern
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  6. critically reflect upon evaluate your own performance as an intern, as a mentee and as a soon-to-be midwife.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.