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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This clinical placement unit is the first of four that provides you with midwifery clinical experience. The focus of this unit is on the role of the midwife in promoting and facilitating normal processes of the childbearing continuum. You will be involved in the provision of care of the woman and her family throughout pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period. The practical application of different models of care will be explored with an emphasis on best practice. The clinical practicum component of this unit will require you to complete a minimum of 224 hours in addition to Continuity of Care Experiences (COCE).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisite: MDWF12002 Foundations of Midwifery 1
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 - 2025
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Verbal feedback during term.
The area to record Continuity of Care Experiences in the log book is too small to write all the information easily.
The Record of Continuity of Care Experiences will be altered to ensure that it is accessible and easy to use for all students. This will be incorporated into the log book for 2024.
Feedback from Meeting with midwifery team and industry partners via Zoom.
Industry partners would welcome a method of communication that incorporates a collaborative approach where students, university unit coordinators and clinical facilitators/ educators can communicate, answer questions and share files and information.
A Teams page for midwifery clinical placements is to be piloted in 3 clinical units. This aims to facilitate communication between students, unit coordinators and clinical placement partners. Feedback will be sought to assess whether this is a beneficial tool.
Feedback from Verbal feedback at end of term.
There is some information that is confusing/ misleading on the Record of Hours document on the online SONIA platform for clinical assessments.
The Record of Hours document on SONIA will be edited to ensure that the information provided to students is easy to understand to enable them to provide accurate data using student feedback at residential school and clinical placement site visits.
- Apply the concepts and principles underpinning the frameworks of midwifery to beginning midwifery practice
- Demonstrate beginning midwifery practice skills, including the use of digital health and emerging technologies related to the care of women and the neonate across the normal childbearing continuum.
- Critically reflect on clinical learning related to your continuity of care experiences (COCE) to enhance practice
- Demonstrate introductory level midwifery competence based upon the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA) Midwife Standards of Practice (2018) requirements.
The proposed changes to learning outcomes and the unit will meet the following:
The draft ANMAC Midwifery Education Standards (2020).
Standard 1: Safety of the public.
Standard 3: Program of study.
Standard 4: Student experience.
Standard 5: Student assessment.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Midwife Standards for Practice (2018).
Standard 1: Promotes evidence-based maternal health and wellbeing.
Standard 2: Engages in respectful partnerships and professional relationships.
Standard 3: Demonstrates the capability and accountability for midwifery practice.
Standard 4: Undertakes comprehensive assessments
Standard 5. Develops a plan for midwifery practice.
Standard 6: Provides safe and quality midwifery practice.
Standard 7. Evaluates outcomes to improve midwifery practice.
The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Code of Conduct for Midwives (2018).
Principle 1. Legal compliance
Principle 2. Woman-centred practice
Principle 3. Cultural practice and respectful relationships
Principle 4. Professional behaviour
Principle 7: Health and wellbeing
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) International Code of Ethics for Midwives (2014).
1. Midwifery Relationships
2. Practice of Midwifery
3. The Professional Responsibilities of Midwives
4. Advancement of Midwifery Knowledge and Practice
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (2017)
Clinical Governance Standard
Partnering with Consumers Standard
Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard
Medication Safety Standard
Comprehensive Care Standard
Communicating for Safety Standard
The Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Framework
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Poster Sessions - 40% | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||
| 3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Poster Sessions - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Myles Textbook for Midwives
Edition: 17th (2020)
Authors: Marshall, Jayne & Raynor, Maureen
Elsevier Australia
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780702076428
Midwifery: Preparation for Practice
Edition: 5th (2022)
Authors: Sally Pairman, Sally K Tracy, Hannah G Dahlen, Lesley Dixon
Elsevier
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 9780729544764
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Laptop/Computer
- Zoom access for weekly meetings