Overview
This unit is the first in a series of six Professional Midwifery Practice units offered in the Bachelor of Midwifery program. It introduces you to the midwife’s role in supporting normal physiological processes throughout pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal period, and prepares you to undertake Midwifery Professional Experience (MPE) placements in future units. Through both theoretical study and simulated clinical practice, you will develop the essential knowledge and skills required to provide safe, effective care to women and their families. The unit explores key midwifery philosophies, models of maternity care, and the professional scope of practice, with a strong emphasis on delivering evidence-based, high-quality, woman-centred care. Attendance at a five-day in-person residential school is mandatory. Successful completion of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), conducted during the residential school, is required to pass this unit.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisites: Legal, Ethical and Professional Midwifery Practice Introductory Human Anatomy & Physiology 1 Evidence-based Practice in Health Care
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
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