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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Evidence Based Practice applied to Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MID6102
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Annemarie June DE LEO

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.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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
ExerciseFormulation of a review topic and search strategy10%
Literature ReviewCritical review of a contemporary practice issue40%
EssayResearch proposal50%

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Evidence Based Practice applied to Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MID6102
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Annemarie June DE LEO

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.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

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
ExerciseFormulation of a review topic and search strategy10%
Literature ReviewCritical review of a contemporary practice issue40%
EssayResearch proposal50%

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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