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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Evidence Based Practice applied to Midwifery

  • Unit Code

    MID6102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides students with an opportunity to understand evidence-based practice and research methods as applied to midwifery practice. Using the principles of inquiry-based learning, students will examine research case studies in order to understand how clinical problems can be addressed and clinical knowledge expanded using research and evidence based practice. Student will then apply this understanding to a clinical scenario drawn from practice.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80, L68

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Advocate for a 'culture of inquiry' within a practice context.
  2. Critique how quality improvement processes are applied to midwifery care.
  3. Evaluate the alternative research approaches and identify the appropriate research method/s for specific clinical problems within the midwifery context.
  4. Explain the components of the systematic review process and examine review outcomes relevant to midwifery practice.

Unit Content

  1. Accessing, summarising and evaluating the quality of evidence.
  2. Critical appraisal skills.
  3. Data analysis techniques.
  4. Evaluating research for clinical relevance.
  5. Evidence base practice including accountability and clinical governance.
  6. Legal and ethical considerations in midwifery research.
  7. Research methods and data collection.
  8. Researchable questions.
  9. Writing a research proposal and report.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online discussion boards, video clips, quizzes and modules.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationCritical analysis of midwifery topic40%
Case StudyCritical review of a contemporary practice issue50%
PortfolioPortfolio submission10%

Text References

  • ^ Schneider, Z., & Whitehead, D. (2013). Nursing and Midwifery research: Methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice (4th. ed.). Mosby-Elsevier: Sydney.
  • DeVellis, R.F.(2012). Scale Development: Theory and Applications (3rd ed). Sage Publications.
  • Spiby,H. & Munro, J (Eds.). (2010). Evidence based Midwifery: Applications in Context. Oxford. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Aveyard, H. & Sharp, P. (2009). A beginners guide to evidence based practice in health and social care. New York: Open Press.
  • Bowling, A. (2009). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (3rd ed.). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press
  • Bryman, A. (2008). Social research methods (3rd ed.). England: Open University Press.
  • Thompson, G., Dykes, F. & Downe, S. (2011). Qualitative research in midwifery and childbirth: phenomenological approaches. London: Routledge.
  • Chatburn, R.L. (2011). Handbook for health care research (2nd.ed.). Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
  • Holloway, I., & Wheeler, S. (2009). Qualitative research in nursing and health care (3rd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Science.
  • Kranzler, J.H. (2011). Statistics for the terrified (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
  • Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2011). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Evidence Based Practice applied to Midwifery

  • Unit Code

    MID6102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides students with an opportunity to understand evidence-based practice and research methods as applied to midwifery practice. Using the principles of inquiry-based learning, students will examine research case studies in order to understand how clinical problems can be addressed and clinical knowledge expanded using research and evidence based practice. Student will then apply this understanding to a clinical scenario drawn from practice.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80, L68

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Advocate for a 'culture of inquiry' within a practice context.
  2. Critique how quality improvement processes are applied to midwifery care.
  3. Evaluate the alternative research approaches and identify the appropriate research method/s for specific clinical problems within the midwifery context.
  4. Explain the components of the systematic review process and examine review outcomes relevant to midwifery practice.

Unit Content

  1. Accessing, summarising and evaluating the quality of evidence.
  2. Critical appraisal skills.
  3. Data analysis techniques.
  4. Evaluating research for clinical relevance.
  5. Evidence base practice including accountability and clinical governance.
  6. Legal and ethical considerations in midwifery research.
  7. Research methods and data collection.
  8. Researchable questions.
  9. Writing a research proposal and report.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online discussion boards, video clips, quizzes and modules.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Tutorial PresentationCritical analysis of midwifery topic40%
Case StudyCritical review of a contemporary practice issue50%
PortfolioPortfolio submission10%

Text References

  • ^ Schneider, Z., & Whitehead, D. (2013). Nursing and Midwifery research: Methods and appraisal for evidence-based practice (4th. ed.). Mosby-Elsevier: Sydney.
  • DeVellis, R.F.(2012). Scale Development: Theory and Applications (3rd ed). Sage Publications.
  • Spiby,H. & Munro, J (Eds.). (2010). Evidence based Midwifery: Applications in Context. Oxford. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Aveyard, H. & Sharp, P. (2009). A beginners guide to evidence based practice in health and social care. New York: Open Press.
  • Bowling, A. (2009). Research methods in health: Investigating health and health services (3rd ed.). Maidenhead, England: Open University Press
  • Bryman, A. (2008). Social research methods (3rd ed.). England: Open University Press.
  • Thompson, G., Dykes, F. & Downe, S. (2011). Qualitative research in midwifery and childbirth: phenomenological approaches. London: Routledge.
  • Chatburn, R.L. (2011). Handbook for health care research (2nd.ed.). Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
  • Holloway, I., & Wheeler, S. (2009). Qualitative research in nursing and health care (3rd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell Science.
  • Kranzler, J.H. (2011). Statistics for the terrified (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.
  • Melnyk, B.M. & Fineout-Overholt, E. (2011). Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare: A guide to best practice (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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