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

    Foundations of Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MIT6102
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Clare Louise DAVISON

Description

This unit introduces students to the midwifery profession, its governing principles, laws, standards and processes, and the theoretical foundations of midwifery practice. Students adopt an Inquiry Based Learning approach to explore, analyse and demonstrate understanding of the concepts that underpin midwifery.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the historical, social, philosophical, political, economic, legal, ethical, professional and organisational influences on midwifery in national and international contexts.
  2. Critique how the range of influences on midwifery shapes the development of a framework for maternity care and midwifery practice.
  3. Reflect upon the impact of the range of influences on midwifery care delivery and the maternity care needs of women with diverse backgrounds.
  4. Explore effective informed care provision within the partnership between the midwife and the childbearing woman and her family.

Unit Content

  1. The history, unique identity and philosophy of midwifery and its establishment as a profession.
  2. Midwifery and the law in Australia.
  3. Professional and legal frameworks for midwifery practice (state and federal health and maternity care legislation, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia practice and ethics standards and codes, Australian College of Midwives values, and International Confederation of Midwives global standards).
  4. Legislation relevant to Australian midwifery accreditation, midwifery practice, child protection, and family violence.
  5. Professional regulation of midwifery practice and conduct in Australia.
  6. Social, political, economic and organisational influence on maternity care: current issues and debates.
  7. National and international perspectives on on childbearing women's health: the impact of ethnicity, poverty and maternity care provision.
  8. Models of maternity care and the midwife's role within each: midwifery as primary care.
  9. Empowerment, woman-centred midwifery, and partnership models of care.
  10. Woman-centred maternity care: physiological, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual considerations.
  11. Culturally-appropriate midwifery care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
  12. Introduction to reproductive anatomy and physiology.
  13. Overview of the use and evaluation of evidence to inform midwifery practice.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 18 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of learning activities. The students will also be expected to undertake 80 hours of Continuity of Care Experiences.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPersonal midwifery philosophy20%
EssayModels of midwifery care40%
PosterPoster and video presentation 40%

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

    Foundations of Midwifery
  • Unit Code

    MIT6102
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Clare Louise DAVISON

Description

This unit introduces students to the midwifery profession, its governing principles, laws, standards and processes, and the theoretical foundations of midwifery practice. Students adopt an Inquiry Based Learning approach to explore, analyse and demonstrate understanding of the concepts that underpin midwifery.

Co-Requisite Rule

Must be enrolled in course version I80

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the historical, social, philosophical, political, economic, legal, ethical, professional and organisational influences on midwifery in national and international contexts.
  2. Critique how the range of influences on midwifery shapes the development of a framework for maternity care and midwifery practice.
  3. Reflect upon the impact of the range of influences on midwifery care delivery and the maternity care needs of women with diverse backgrounds.
  4. Explore effective informed care provision within the partnership between the midwife and the childbearing woman and her family.

Unit Content

  1. The history, unique identity and philosophy of midwifery and its establishment as a profession.
  2. Midwifery and the law in Australia.
  3. Professional and legal frameworks for midwifery practice (state and federal health and maternity care legislation, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia practice and ethics standards and codes, Australian College of Midwives values, and International Confederation of Midwives global standards).
  4. Legislation relevant to Australian midwifery accreditation, midwifery practice, child protection, and family violence.
  5. Professional regulation of midwifery practice and conduct in Australia.
  6. Social, political, economic and organisational influence on maternity care: current issues and debates.
  7. National and international perspectives on on childbearing women's health: the impact of ethnicity, poverty and maternity care provision.
  8. Models of maternity care and the midwife's role within each: midwifery as primary care.
  9. Empowerment, woman-centred midwifery, and partnership models of care.
  10. Woman-centred maternity care: physiological, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual considerations.
  11. Culturally-appropriate midwifery care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
  12. Introduction to reproductive anatomy and physiology.
  13. Overview of the use and evaluation of evidence to inform midwifery practice.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 18 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students will undertake a variety of learning activities. The students will also be expected to undertake 80 hours of Continuity of Care Experiences.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayPersonal midwifery philosophy20%
EssayModels of midwifery care40%
PosterPoster and video presentation 40%

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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