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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 second of four that provides you with midwifery clinical experience. You will have the opportunity to assess, plan, provide, and evaluate the physiological and psychosocial care of the woman experiencing complex factors. Complexities may arise during the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period and include the fetus and neonate. You will provide care in collaboration and consultation with the intra and interprofessional team utilising the Australian College of Midwives 'National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral'. 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: MDWF12005 Foundations of Midwifery 2
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 2 - 2024
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).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
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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 Student emails
There have been some technical issues with the submission of clinical assessments highlighted by students during the term.
Prior to term one 2022, assessments were submitted in written format, so utilising SONIA is still relatively new. Student issues were addressed in a timely manner and processes were improved throughout the term through the collaboration between the Unit Coordinator and the Work Integrated Learning Team. Future regular meetings are recommended between these stakeholders, particularly prior to formative and summative assessment to ensure that students are able to submit their assessments easily. Clear instructions will be sent out to both students and industry partners via email prior to formative and summative assessments with the aim of providing a clear and streamlined process.
Feedback from SUTE
Two students provided feedback that the volume of weekly content was too high.
There is no specific weekly content provided in the Midwifery Practice 2 unit as it is focuses on clinical practice. This may have been confused with the Foundations of Midwifery 2 unit and further explanation will be given to the cohort and future students on the requirements of clinical units.
- Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate physiological care of the woman and her baby experiencing complex factors using the latest Australian College of Midwives (ACM) National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and digital health and emerging technologies.
- Assess, plan, provide, and evaluate psychosocial care of the woman experiencing complex factors during the childbearing continuum using the latest Australian College of Midwives (ACM) National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral and digital health and emerging technologies.
- Critically reflect on clinical learning and midwifery practice related to the care of the woman and her baby experiencing complex factors during the childbearing continuum
- Demonstrate developing midwifery competence based upon the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA) Midwife Standards for Pracrice (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.
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 plans 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 5: Teaching, supervising and assessing.
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.
Blood Management Standard.
Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration Standard.
The Nursing and Midwifery Digital Health Framework.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Poster Sessions - 40% | ||||||||||
2 - Portfolio - 60% | ||||||||||
3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% |