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

    Professional Portfolio for Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MIT4103
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Dianne Kim BLOXSOME

Description

This unit facilitates the transition from the role of midwifery student to that of Registered Midwife. Emphasis is placed on factors that contribute to the scope of practice of Registered Midwives in Australia. Skills for initial employment including role-relevant competence in leadership and management, as well as the obligations in maintaining registration and professional competence, are also included.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass MIP3101.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MIP4208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Construct a professional competence/development plan.
  2. Construct an application for an employment position that utilises sound argument and is supported by evidence.
  3. Develop a personal plan of entry to practice for the graduate registered midwife.
  4. Evaluate the professional, corporate and clinical governance structures and the national and international midwifery philosophies, definitions and frameworks, that define the role of the Registered Midwife.
  5. Examine the challenges and strategies for managing role transition for the novice Registered Midwife.

Unit Content

  1. 'Reality shock' and reflective practice.
  2. Changing roles in midwifery.
  3. Continuing competence & performance appraisal.
  4. Framing and substantiating an argument of competence.
  5. Midwifery job applications, CV writing, interview skills.
  6. Professional development and specialisation.
  7. Professional, corporate and clinical governance structures and national/international midwifery philosophies, definitions and frameworks that define the role of the Registered Midwife.

Learning Experience

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online lectures, online tutorials.

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
AssignmentProfessional goal statement and professional competence/development plan40%
Portfolio ^Creation of a midwifery professional portfolio60%

^ 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

    Professional Portfolio for Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MIT4103
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Dianne Kim BLOXSOME

Description

This unit facilitates the transition from the role of midwifery student to that of Registered Midwife. Emphasis is placed on factors that contribute to the scope of practice of Registered Midwives in Australia. Skills for initial employment including role-relevant competence in leadership and management, as well as the obligations in maintaining registration and professional competence, are also included.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass MIP3101.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MIP4208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Construct a professional competence/development plan.
  2. Construct an application for an employment position that utilises sound argument and is supported by evidence.
  3. Develop a personal plan of entry to practice for the graduate registered midwife.
  4. Evaluate the professional, corporate and clinical governance structures and the national and international midwifery philosophies, definitions and frameworks, that define the role of the Registered Midwife.
  5. Examine the challenges and strategies for managing role transition for the novice Registered Midwife.

Unit Content

  1. 'Reality shock' and reflective practice.
  2. Changing roles in midwifery.
  3. Continuing competence & performance appraisal.
  4. Framing and substantiating an argument of competence.
  5. Midwifery job applications, CV writing, interview skills.
  6. Professional development and specialisation.
  7. Professional, corporate and clinical governance structures and national/international midwifery philosophies, definitions and frameworks that define the role of the Registered Midwife.

Learning Experience

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

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online lectures, online tutorials.

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
AssignmentProfessional goal statement and professional competence/development plan40%
Portfolio ^Creation of a midwifery professional portfolio60%

^ 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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