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Unit of Study MWF30004 - Midwifery Internship (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    Please be advised that this unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated professional experience learning.

Unit description

Consolidates learning and applies accumulated theoretical knowledge and skills to a selected area of midwifery practice. The unit provides an opportunity to enhance and deepen the student's capacity to undertake the role of the professional midwife within a rural/remote, metropolitan or international setting, taking into consideration the geo-socio-political and regulatory context.

Unit content

  • The midwife's role within the broader socio-political context
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of an intervention
  • Critical evaluation of own performance

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 2 Session 2
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 critically apply the geo-socio-political and regulatory context to an area of midwifery practice
2 critically review and appraise current evidence-informed maternity practices and how this impacts upon quality care provision and the evidence that informs clinical decision-making within midwifery
3 critically explore a qualitative data collection and analysis method
4 assess, plan and implement safe midwifery care of women within their childbearing episode
5 critically reflect upon and 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. critically apply the geo-socio-political and regulatory context to an area of midwifery practice
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA7:
  2. critically review and appraise current evidence-informed maternity practices and how this impacts upon quality care provision and the evidence that informs clinical decision-making within midwifery
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
  3. critically explore a qualitative data collection and analysis method
    • GA1:
  4. assess, plan and implement safe midwifery care of women within their childbearing episode
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  5. critically reflect upon and evaluate your own performance as an intern, as a mentee and as a soon-to-be midwife.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.