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Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
MIDW2006 - Optimising Health in Complex Childbearing AND MIDW2008 - Midwifery Practice in Complex Childbearing AND MIDW2005 - Midwifery Continuity Partnerships C AND MWF10663 - Research and Evidence Based Practice OR STAT2001 - Introduction to Evidence for Health Science Practitioners
Unit aim
Supports students to commence the final midwifery continuity experience and build upon knowledge and skills necessary for cultural safety when working with women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Legal and ethical issues concerning parental rights and the rights of the child are discussed, including the impact on the self of the midwife. Ethical issues around mandatory reporting of a fellow professional are explored. Students will engage in career planning.
Unit content
- Legal and ethical issues in practice
- Mandatory reporting of a fellow professional
- Cultural safety
- Career planning
Learning outcomes
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | commence and sustain continuity experiences with a minimum of four women |
| 2 | critically discuss the legal and ethical issues concerning parental and child rights |
| 3 | critically discuss the barriers for Aboriginal people and CALD communities being able to access culturally safe maternity care, and focus on strategies to create culturally competent services |
| 4 | engage in career planning |
| 5 | develop a clear, specific and achievable proposal for internship. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- commence and sustain continuity experiences with a minimum of four women
- critically discuss the legal and ethical issues concerning parental and child rights
- critically discuss the barriers for Aboriginal people and CALD communities being able to access culturally safe maternity care, and focus on strategies to create culturally competent services
- engage in career planning
- develop a clear, specific and achievable proposal for internship.
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.