This clinical placement unit is the final of four that provides you with midwifery clinical experience. In this capstone unit, you will be required to integrate and apply knowledge, concepts and skills learned throughout the course. The learning experiences will provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to practice at the level of a competent beginning midwife. 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).

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 from students and industry partner

Students provided feedback indicating a preference to complete their required clinical placement hours earlier than the current timeframe. This adjustment would allow them to return to their paid nursing positions sooner and help reduce the overall burden of clinical placement.

Students are required to attend placement between the formative and summative AMSAT assessments within Term 1 to enable their progress and learning development to be assessed. This schedule ensures alignment with Midwife Accreditation Standard 3.11, which requires end of program placements to demonstrate achievement of the NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice, and supports Standard 5.3 by clearly linking formative and summative assessments to competence and student progression. It also enables students to continue with the unit in conjunction with their theoretical learning and the corequisite unit, Foundations of Midwifery 4.

Feedback from Verbal feedback from students at Midwifery Practice 4 residential school.

Students indicated that the Academic Learning Session on the use of Generative AI, delivered during the Midwifery Practice 4 residential school, was not provided at an optimal time, and they would have preferred to receive this guidance earlier in the program.

The rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI meant that providing this guidance in previous residential schools earlier in the program was challenging. However, the value of this instruction is recognised, and future iterations of the unit will explore opportunities to integrate generative AI guidance more effectively to better support student learning.