With Woman With Child (11333.1)

Required texts

Required Text:

Pairman S., Tracey, S., Dahlen, H. & Dixon, L. (Eds) (2019). Midwifery: Preparation for Practice 4e. (4^th ed). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Recommended Texts:

Coad, J. Pedley, K., & Dunstall, M. (2020). Anatomy and physiology for midwives. (4^rd ed.). St Louis: Mosby

De Vitry Smith, S. & Bayes, S. (2019). Skills for midwifery practice (Australia and New Zealand ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Fraser, D. M., & Cooper, M. A. (2012). Survival guide to midwifery e-book. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier. Available: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au

Gray, J. & Smith, R. (2018). Midwifery Essentials (2^nd ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Gray, J., Smith, R. & Homer, C. (2018), Illustrated Dictionary of Midwifery (2^nd ed.) Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Marshall, J. E. & Raynor, M. D. (2014). Myles Textbook for Midwives e-book (16th ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier. Available: https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au

Suggested Readings:

Allen, T., Eby, L., & Malden M. (Eds). (2010). The Blackwell handbook of mentoring: a multiple perspectives approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.

Austin M., Highet N. & the Expert Working Group. (2017). Mental Health Care in the Perinatal Period: Australian Clinical Practice Guideline. Melbourne: Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE).

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2019). The Australian Safety and Quality Framework for Health Care. Sydney: ACSQHC

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (2017). National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards User Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Sydney: ACSQHC.

Australian College of Midwives (ACM). (2014). National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral (3rd ed. Issue 2). Canberra: ACM.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). (2017). Australia's mothers and babies 2015. Perinatal statistics series no. 33. Cat no. PER 91. Canberra: AIHW.

Australian Midwifery Standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT) (2015). Available at: www.amsat.com.au

Bass, J., Fenwick, J. & Sidebotham, M. (2017). Development of a Model of Holistic Reflection to facilitate transformative learning in student midwives. Women and Birth. 30(3): 227-235

Bowden, J., & Manning, V. (Eds). (2017). Health promotion in midwifery: principles and practice. (3^rd ed.). London: Hodder Arnold.

Browning, C.J., & Thomas, S.A. (2005). Behavioural change: an evidence-based handbook for social and public health.  Edinburgh: Elsevier/Churchill Livingston.

Bryar, R., & Sinclair, M. (2011). Theory for midwifery practice. (2^nd ed). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Byrom, S. & Downe, S. (Eds.). (2015). The roar behind the silence. Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care. UK: Pinter & Martin

Cassidy, T. (2007). Birth: a history. London: Chatto & Windus

Chester, P. (1997). Sisters on a journey. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press.

Coad, J., & Dunstall, M. (2011). Anatomy and physiology for midwives. (3^rd ed). Edinburgh: Elsevier Mosby.

Cochard, L. (2012). Netter's atlas of human embryology. (updated ed.). Philadelphia, USA: Saunders.

Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) (2017). The Nursing and Midwifery Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework. Canberra: CATSINaM.

Craswell, G. & Poore, M. (Eds). (2012). Writing for academic success (2^nd ed). London: Sage.

Crowther, S. & Hall, J. (Eds.) (2018). Spirituality and Childbirth. London: Routledge

Davies, L., Daellenbach, R. & Kensington, M. (Eds.) (2011). Sustainability, Midwifery and Birth. London: Routledge

Fahy, K., Foureur, M. & Hastie, C. (Eds.) (2008). Birth Territory and Midwifery Guardianship: theory for practice, education and research. Sydney: Elsevier.

Flint, C., (1986). Sensitive midwifery. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinnemann Ltd.

Fraser, D. & Cooper, M. (2014). Myles textbook for midwives. (16^th ed). Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Guilliland, K., & Pairman, S. (1995). The midwifery partnership: a model for practice. Wellington, N.Z: Dept. of Nursing and Midwifery, Victoria University of Wellington.

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). (2014). International Code of Ethics for Midwives. Available at: www.internationalmidwives.org

International Confederation of Midwives (ICM). (2017). International Definition of a Midwife. Available at: www.internationalmidwives.org

Jordan, S. (2010). Pharmacology for midwives: The evidence base for safe practice (2nd ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave

Kirkham, M. (Eds) (2010). The Midwife-Mother Relationship (2^nd ed). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan

Leap, N., & Hunter, B. (2016). Supporting women for labour and birth: a thoughtful guide. UK: Routledge

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2016). Available at: www.nice.org.uk/guidance

Nettleton, S., (2013). The Sociology of Health and Illness (3^rd ed.). Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA: Polity Press.

Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA). (2018). Code of conduct for midwives. Available at: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au

Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia (NMBA). (2018). Midwife standards for practice. Available at: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au

O'Brien, K. (2005). Birth stories. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

Oakley, A. (1980). Women confined: towards a sociology of childbirth. Oxford: Martin Robertson.

Oakley, A. (1984). The captured womb: a history of the medical care of pregnant women. Oxford: Blackwell.

Page, L., & McCandlish, R. (2006). The new midwifery: science and sensitivity in practice.  (2^nd ed). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Palmer, G. (2016). Why the politics of breastfeeding matter. London: Pinter & Martin

Renfrew, M., McFadden, H., Bastos, H., Campbell, J., Channon, N., Cheung, N. Delage Silva, D., Downe, S., Kennedy, H., Malata, A., McCormick, F., Wick, L. & Declerq, E. (2014). Midwifery and quality care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care. The Lancet, 384, 1129-1145

Richardson, L. & St. Pierre, E. (2017). Writing: A method of inquiry. In N. Denzin & Y. Lincoln (Eds). The SAGE handbook of qualitative research (5^th ed). Thousand Oaks, US: SAGE Publications

Schon, D. (1993). The reflective practitioner. New York, US: Basic Books.

Siegrist, J., & Marmot, M. (2006). Social inequalities in health: New evidence and policy. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.

Squire, C. (Ed.) (2017). The social context of birth. (3^rd ed). New York: CRC Press

Staunton, P., & Chiarella, M. (2017). Law for nurses and midwives. (8^th ed). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

Sweet, L., Bazargan, M., McKellar, L., Gray. J., & Henderson, A. (2017). Validation of the Australian Midwifery standards Assessment Tool (AMSAT): a tool to assess midwifery competence. Women and Birth. Retrieved 10/4/08 from: doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2017.06.017

Taylor, C. & White, S. (2000). Practising Reflexivity in Health and Welfare. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.

Walsh, D. (2012). Evidence and Skills for Normal Labour and Birth. A guide for midwives. London, United Kingdom: Routledge

Wickham, S. (2004). Sacred cycles: the spiral of women's well-being. London: Free Association Books.

There will also be other set and/or suggested readings associated with the weekly topics, provided through e-reserve as required. In addition, you are encouraged to access up to date information from appropriate midwifery journals/databases such as:

Birth

Birth issues

British Journal of Midwifery

Evidenced Based Midwifery

Health Care for Women International

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Midwifery

New Zealand College of Midwives Journal

The Practicing Midwife

Women and Birth

UpToDate

These and other journals/databases are available through the UC Library and the ACT Health Library

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Student responsibility in regard to assessment

If there is any doubt about the requirements of a particular assessment or assessment procedure, please see the Unit Convenor who is here to help you. The onus for clarifying assessment issues rests with the student. All assessments must be submitted to pass the unit and students must achieve an overall mark of 50% to pass the unit. Back up your assignment as you write. You must keep a copy of your assignments.

            General guidelines for a written paper:

• Presentation: The paper should be submitted in a word document, with 1.5 line spacing and a normal (2.5 cm) margin on all sides. Pages should be numbered. Font size should be 10 -12 and the Font style used must be clear and easily read.
• Structure: Academic writing style must be maintained throughout the assessments.  There are many texts available about organising and presenting papers in the library and online. 
• Clarity and Expression: Concepts should be discussed clearly and concisely.  Assessments must demonstrate correct grammatical expression and spelling.  Poor grammar obscures meaning.  It is very useful to ask someone else to proof read your submission to eliminate errors.
• Referencing requirements: Students must use the APA method of referencing throughout their assessments. The following useful resource on referencing is available at: http://www.canberra.edu.au/library/research-gateway/research_help/referencing-guides

Returning Assessments and Feedback to students: Assessments will be returned electronically via the unit's Canvas site with feedback attached.

Participation requirements

Attendance at classes is compulsory in this course, as per the Bachelor of Midwifery curriculum approved by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (2018). Because we understand that students have multi-rolled lives, seminar absences in the period from the beginning of planned classes until the end of the semester, will be accepted.  However, these absences are tolerated based on the expectation that students will seek out information on content and processes which they have missed.  If students regularly miss timetabled seminars a 500-word synopsis about their learning on the topic/s of any missed sessions may be required to be submitted.

Required IT skills

The Client Services Division provides campus IT networks for the University, including computers and networked information resources for student use. For students needing help with basic IT skills, training courses are offered by the Client Services Division and some Faculty Resource Centres to help students start using the University online services. For more information please contact the Helpdesk on 6201 5500 or email helpdesk@cts.canberra.edu.au. The Library is also an excellent resource for IT skills related to information searching. 

Students are expected to use the online database 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 other units in the Bachelor of Midwifery course are also suitable for this unit.    

Work placement, internships or practicums

Students are required to undergo a number of requirements to undertake practice placement for this course. These include medical assessments, vaccinations, police check and a Working with Vulnerable People (WWVP) background check. Students are responsible for arranging and paying for their own checks through the the Fedreral Police and the ACT Office of Regulatory Services.

Note that the WWVP only applies to the ACT. For students undertaking placements in other states or territories a Police Check or a Working with Children Check is required.

Students are required to undertake midwifery practice in a "continuity of care" experiences model this semester. Based on being ‘paired' with three named childbearing women, students undertake antenatal visits, are on call for and attend the women's labours and undertake postnatal visits. 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, students need to attend 3 antenatal visits for each of the 3 women, 3 postnatal visits for each of the 3 women and attend 2 of the 3 women's labours (a minimum for each student in working with 3 women is 9 antenatal visits, 9 postnatal visits and 2 labours).  In this semester, progress toward achieving the ‘midwifery minimum practice requirements' comes from working in the continuity of care model and in this semester, there are no particular numbers required, apart from those listed above. 

Discussion of practice experiences on Social Media Networks

Please remember when discussing your experiences in practice you are discussing women's lives. Therefore, these experiences must not be discussed on social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter. Doing so breaks the confidentiality agreement by which students are governed when in practice. The appropriate place for discussion related to practice is the classroom setting or the Midspace forum in Canvas. Further information can be obtained from http://www.ahpra.gov.au/  and search for social media document.

Registration as a Student Midwife

As a student enrolled in an approved midwifery program of study the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia will register you for the duration of study and associated practice. Student registration is a National Law requirement, the role of which is to protect the public. You do not need to apply for registration; the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority will work directly with the University of Canberra to register all students who need to be registered. There are no fees for student registration. Further information can be found at http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Student-Registrations.aspx

Additional information

Midwifery is a complex course because of both the theory and practice requirements, so please do not remain quiet if you are worried.  The Unit Convenor and the Course Convenor are here to help you.  We want you to become useful and connected midwives by learning in a supported environment, so please let us know if you feel quite challenged.  Most things can be sorted out quickly and easily if we know.  We will also help with more complex issues.

Announcements:

Announcements made at seminars are deemed to be made to the whole group. Important announcements will be repeated on the unit website. Please check the ‘With woman, with child' website at: http://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/ and your e-mail for messages at least weekly.

The Midwifery Practice Room (10A02) is available for students for private study, group work and practising skills/tasks when it is not in use for timetabled classes.  

Incompatible units

• None.

Equivalent units

• Semester 1, 2021, On-Campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (200812)
• Semester 1, 2020, On-Campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (194137)
• Semester 1, 2019, On-Campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (184797)