Continuity Midwifery A G (11305.1)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.25 | 6 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Midwifery | Graduate Level | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit is co-taught with 11299 Continuity Midwifery A and 11313 Continuity Midwifery A PG.
Learning outcomes
After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Reflexively apply a comprehensive and integrated understanding of midwifery, primary health, medical, pharmacological and other theory to the provision of midwifery care for women and their babies;
2. Demonstrate renewing competence in midwifery work in both community and hospital settings, across the continuum of care;
3. Demonstrate progress towards reassuming leadership of the provision of care under the supervision of a midwife;
4. Demonstrate progress towards achievement of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council standards for re-entry to midwifery practice;
5. Reflect on their renewing midwifery practice to identify and respond to learning needs; and
6. Demonstrate satisfactory progress towards achieving the NMBA Midwife standards for practice.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
Skills development
Because we collaborate closely with industry and other stakeholders, our graduates have the knowledge, skills and attitudes to succeed in their profession and become leaders in their field.
Prerequisites
None.Corequisites
Must be enrolled in HLC001 Graduate Certificate in Midwifery (Re-entry).Incompatible units
11299 Continuity Midwifery A and 11313 Continuity Midwifery A PG.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
Previous registration as a midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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Required texts
Lists of suggested texts
Pairman, S., Tracy, S., Dahlen, H. & Dixon, L. (2019). Midwifery preparation for practice. 4th ed. Sydney, Elsevier
Leap, N., & Hunter, B. (2016). Supporting women for labour and birth: a thoughtful guide.UK: Routledge
Homer, C., Leap, N., Brodie, P. & Sandall, J. (2019). Midwifery Continuity of Care. 2nd ed. Australia: Elsevier
Byrom, S. & Downe, S. (2015). The roar behind the silence - why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care. UK: Pinter & Martin
De-Vitry Smith, S. & Bayes, S. (2018). Skills for midwifery practice (Australia and New Zealand ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
If there is any doubt about the requirements of a particular assessment or assessment procedure, please see the Unit Convener who is here to help you. The onus for clarifying assessment issues rests with the student. The midwifery staff are here to help you, of course.
Special assessment requirements
Written assignments should be word processed in 1.5 line spacing with numbered pages. Referencing must be in the APA 7th edition style.
It is students' responsibility to be familiar with the electronic submission process (e.g., the use of DAISY M, CANVAS and URKUND). Students are reminded to ensure they plan well enabling adequate time to submit assessments prior to the deadline, in order to avoid a mark adjustment.
Referencing requirements
Students must use APA 7th Edition method of referencing throughout their assignments. The following useful resource on referencing is available at:
http://www.canberra.edu.au/library/research-gateway/research_help/referencing-guides
Supplementary assessment
None
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Participation requirements
Participation requirements
Attendance at classes is compulsory in this course, as per the Graduate Certificate of Midwifery (Re-entry) curriculum approved by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board in 2018.
Because we understand that we all have multi-roled and complex lives, and that sometimes being on call will mean students will be attending women in labour during our face-to-face sessions, we provide opportunities for students to make up missed classes. Students may be required to write a 500 word synopsis about their learning on any missed major topics and submit the 500 words to a shared space on ‘CANVAS' within two weeks of their absence (or as negotiated with the Unit Convenor). In this way, students both demonstrate their learning on missed content and still share the learning processes with their co-students.
This semester, this is compulsory unless students make arrangements to ‘catch up' on any practical work missed in class eg undertake perineal suturing workshop or attend a well baby assessment workshop in the practice arena. Students cannot pass this unit unless they have either attended all practical classes, undertaken an alternative workshop or (for some appropriate classes, submitted 500 words per topic missed). Students who do not submit to these attendance requirements in a timely way will not pass the unit.
Note well: Please do not make 'FirstVisit' (Booking in/PAC) appointments with women during scheduled classes and please arrive at all practice with appropriate ID and dress.
Required IT skills
Students are required to have the skills to use and complete the requirements of documenting their practice using our on-line Midwifery Practice Portfolio 'DAISY M'.
In-unit costs
You do not have to purchase texts for this unit but as busy students who are also involved in midwifery practice, you may find it most useful to do so. Texts recommended for the unit will be used throughout the Graduate Certificate in Midwifery (Re-entry) course.
Work placement, internships or practicums
Students are required to undertake midwifery practice in a continuity of care experiences model this semester.
There are variations of course between women and between experiences, so each ‘continuity experience' will be slightly different. For the purposes of this semester's requirements, it is very important that the student, under direct supervision, shares the carer role for each woman, whileever that is appropriate for the woman.
Students must follow all guidelines as per the Midwifery Practice Handbook which can be found on Canvas.
Additional information
Midwifery is a complex course because of both the theory and practice requirements, so please do not remain quiet if you are concerned or worried. The Unit Convener, your midwifery mentor, Midwifery Practice Coordinators and the Course Convenor are all here to help you. At UC, as well as the excellent midwives in the practice areas, you have the added advantage of access to our Practice Support Midwives who are available to assist you in your practice with women. We want you to become useful and connected midwives by learning in a supportive environment, so please let us know if you feel very challenged. Most things can be sorted out quickly and easily if we know. We will also help with more complex issues.
You will need to self-regulate time off from being on call this year. It is important to turn your phone "off" at times to unwind and have balance in your life. This will need to be done on an individual basis and will be determined by when you have women due, if you are on task with requirements. Your unit convenor, practice co-ordinators and PSMs can help you with discussions around this.
Announcements made at seminars are deemed to be made to the whole group. Important announcements will be repeated on the unit Canvas website.
