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Unit Synopsis
This capstone unit aims to facilitate your transition to graduate midwifery practice by consolidating the integrated knowledge, clinical capabilities, and professional values cultivated throughout the program. You will engage in in-depth analysis of the scope and responsibilities of the graduate midwife, with a focus on autonomous decision-making, clinical leadership, advocacy, and ethical accountability within diverse maternity care contexts. Drawing upon contemporary research and theoretical frameworks, you will critically appraise the evidence base underpinning safe, woman-centred, and culturally responsive care. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating midwifery strategies that promote informed decision-making through advanced communication, interprofessional collaboration, and adaptive responsiveness to the individual needs of women and families. The unit interrogates the structural, interpersonal, and emotional dimensions of entering the profession, equipping you to navigate organisational systems, address multifaceted practice challenges, and foster resilience and sustainability. Through reflective inquiry and strategic career planning, you will articulate your professional identity, evaluate pathways for lifelong learning, and position yourself as an emerging leader committed to advancing midwifery practice through innovation and transformative care.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 1 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-reqs: Midwifery Practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families Co-reqs: Midwifery Professional Experience 3
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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2027
Term 3 - 2027 Profile
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 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
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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%).
Past Exams
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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.
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.