CQUniversity Unit Profile.

This is the third of three clinical placement units designed to provide you with supervised, real-world experience in midwifery practice while integrating the underpinning theoretical knowledge essential for your development. The goal of this unit is to consolidate your clinical skills in facilitating normal childbearing, as well as to develop your capability in managing complex factors, preparing you for a confident transition to the workforce. This unit focuses on the care of women, newborns, and families across the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, including those experiencing physiological and psychosocial complexities. You will have the opportunity to assess, plan, provide, and evaluate midwifery care that supports normal childbearing and responds effectively to complexities. You will provide care in collaboration with women, their families, and the wider healthcare team. Emphasis is placed on effective communication, clinical judgment, and the appropriate use of consultation and referral processes, guided by the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral. In this unit, students are required to complete a minimum of 264 hours of clinical placement and to undertake Continuity of Care Experiences (COCEs). Attendance at a five-day residential school is mandatory. To successfully complete this unit, you must also pass the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), conducted during the residential school.