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

    Continuing Midwifery Practice
  • Unit Code

    MIP6203
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Nicole Anne FREEMAN

Description

This unit provides the student with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate midwifery competencies in a variety of settings including, complex maternity care environments. Students will work toward fulfilling the role of the midwife in a multidisciplinary health care team in the delivery of high quality maternity care. Students will practice and function in accordance with legislation and common law affecting midwifery practice and utilise a critical, clinical decision-making approach to provide safe, competent, confident midwifery care for the childbearing family at the level of a beginning practitioner.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MIP6202, MIT6202

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply evidence-based knowledge and skill in meeting the needs of individuals and groups throughout all phases of the childbearing continuum.
  2. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
  3. Demonstrate the principles of accountability and ethical practice in the provision of maternity care in complex situations.
  4. Participate in midwifery's professional activities.
  5. Utilise critical thinking skills in the planning, implementation and the evaluation of safe, midwifery care that meets the bio-psycho-social and cultural needs of childbearing families who are at risk of or who have developed complications.

Unit Content

  1. Appropriate use of technology and management of obstetric emergencies.
  2. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care in complex situations.
  3. Care of women with consideration of their cultural perspectives.
  4. Collaborative practice in multi-disciplinary maternity services.
  5. Communication within the multidisciplinary context.
  6. Critical thinking skills that enable reasoned responses to complexities in midwifery.
  7. Health promotion and safety in complex situations in midwifery.
  8. Loss, grief and unexpected outcomes.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 4 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of learning styles. They will undertake online modules, whereby there will be lectures, quizzes, readings and videos. On campus the students will attend tutorials, workshops and clinical skills. The students will also be expected to undertake 160 hours Continuity of Care Experiences. Plus 240 hours paid employment professional practice experience.

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Examination ^Continuing Midwifery Practice50%
Literature ReviewContemporary midwifery practice issue40%
PortfolioReflective practice journal10%

^ Mandatory to Pass


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

    Continuing Midwifery Practice
  • Unit Code

    MIP6203
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Nicole Anne FREEMAN

Description

This unit provides the student with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate midwifery competencies in a variety of settings including, complex maternity care environments. Students will work toward fulfilling the role of the midwife in a multidisciplinary health care team in the delivery of high quality maternity care. Students will practice and function in accordance with legislation and common law affecting midwifery practice and utilise a critical, clinical decision-making approach to provide safe, competent, confident midwifery care for the childbearing family at the level of a beginning practitioner.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from MIP6202, MIT6202

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply evidence-based knowledge and skill in meeting the needs of individuals and groups throughout all phases of the childbearing continuum.
  2. Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication skills as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
  3. Demonstrate the principles of accountability and ethical practice in the provision of maternity care in complex situations.
  4. Participate in midwifery's professional activities.
  5. Utilise critical thinking skills in the planning, implementation and the evaluation of safe, midwifery care that meets the bio-psycho-social and cultural needs of childbearing families who are at risk of or who have developed complications.

Unit Content

  1. Appropriate use of technology and management of obstetric emergencies.
  2. Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care in complex situations.
  3. Care of women with consideration of their cultural perspectives.
  4. Collaborative practice in multi-disciplinary maternity services.
  5. Communication within the multidisciplinary context.
  6. Critical thinking skills that enable reasoned responses to complexities in midwifery.
  7. Health promotion and safety in complex situations in midwifery.
  8. Loss, grief and unexpected outcomes.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 4 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of learning styles. They will undertake online modules, whereby there will be lectures, quizzes, readings and videos. On campus the students will attend tutorials, workshops and clinical skills. The students will also be expected to undertake 160 hours Continuity of Care Experiences. Plus 240 hours paid employment professional practice experience.

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Assignment ^Online clinical practice case studies40%
Literature ReviewContemporary midwifery practice issue40%
PortfolioReflective practice journal20%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Pairman, S., Tracy, S. K., Dahlen, H. G., & Dixon, L. (2018). S. K. T. Sally Pairman & L. D. Hannah Dahlen (Eds.), Midwifery Preparation for Practice. Elsevier. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5622188

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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