With Woman With Child (11944.1)

Required texts

Pairman, S., Tracey, S., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L. (Eds.). (2023). Midwifery Preparation for Practice (5th ed.). Elsevier.

Or

Pairman, S., Tracey, S., Dahlen, H., & Dixon, L. (Eds.). (2019). Midwifery Preparation for Practice (4th ed. digital). Elsevier. https://library.canberra.edu.au/permalink/61ARL_CNB/gsnlmj/alma991004922751503996

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Artifical Intelligence:

Restricted - The use of GenAI is NOT allowed in completing the assessments for this unit
Students are permitted to use Studiosity Writing Feedback Plus to seek feedback on the drafts of their assignments.

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 12 and the Font style used must be clear and easily read. A title page should be included with your unit name and number, student ID (not name), date due/submitted, any extensions, word limit and actual word count

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 7th method of referencing throughout their assessments. The following useful resource on referencing is available at: https://canberra.libguides.com/c.php?g=599301&p=4148716. The library chat (widget on library home page) and the Ask Advisors in the library are great resources for referencing help.

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

Extensions

Unlike other disciplines, the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) component of studying midwifery continues alongside the academic semester and this work can be complex, demanding and unpredictable. Therefore, students can use WIL as circumstances to apply for an extension to an assessment item due date using the assignment extension form available from the Student Forms page and the Canvas site. Unit convenors can use their discretion to approve an extension of up to one week on these grounds and may audit Daisy documentation as evidence to support the extension.

Additional information

Professional boundaries

Midwifery students need debriefing about many experiences that occur during the Bachelor of Midwifery course, particularly in the clinical areas. Midwifery students are able to ring the university lecturers, staff, and the practising support midwives to receive this debriefing. As a midwifery student, unless it is an urgent phone call that is needed, students should refrain from approaching the above staff out of hours, which includes texting. We understand that as a midwifery student, you may also approach the clinical midwife that you are working with, but also be cognisant about doing this within working hours for these midwives as well. We provide our mobile phone numbers for a very good reason, for those circumstances that need addressing immediately. For those matters that could be addressed during the work hours, please be respectful of the staff’s availability at that time.

When following your COC women on the pregnancy journey, ensure that you do not have a conflict of interest with this woman. An example of a conflict of interest is that you are her friend, or a family member. This ensures that you have a professional relationship with the woman and reduces the chance of you working outside your scope of practice as a midwifery student.

Makeup shifts

All students please be aware that if you are falling behind in your birth catches, there will be plenty of opportunities to do makeup shifts as we are working closely with the ACT Clinical Placement Office. If you are in NSW and need to do make up shifts, please notify Midwifery Practice Coordinator if you are falling behind in your catches. 

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

Attendance at classes is compulsory in this course, as per the Bachelor of Midwifery curriculum approved by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Board in 2023. We understand that your lives are multi-roled and complex, and that sometimes being on call will mean students will be attending women in labour during our face-to-face sessions. We will record sessions thus providing an opportunity for students to catch up on missed content. Students will be required to write a 500 word synopsis about their learning on any missed major topics and submit the 500 words 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. Attendance modifications will be allowed for regional students who have discussed attendance with the unit coordinator.

Expected engagement for this unit includes:

• Assigned weekly reading prior to class
• Watching/undertaking any pre-class recorded lectures or online activities weekly
• Attendance at 2 hours of class each week (in-person preferably or online)
• Assignments throughout the semester

In total, this work is expected to equal approximately 10 hours of work each week.

Learner engagement is monitored via class attendance, engagement in online activities, monitoring use of the UCLearn site and watching pre-recorded lectures. Students have multi-roled lives with a variety of commitments, including continuity practice requirements which must be constantly weighed against class requirements. Students are expected to manage their own time. A high-level of engagement (at least 80%) is expected and keeping up with the content each week is considered essential for success in this unit.

If you are struggling with the content, workload or any other aspect of the unit, you are strongly encouraged to discuss this with the unit convenor or another member of the Midwifery Discipline. Most problems can be resolved with good communication and the team is here to support you.

Required IT skills

Students will need to access a computer with the internet to successfully complete this unit. Computers and internet are available for students to use on campus, or students may use their own.

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.

In-unit costs

You do not have to purchase the textbook for this unit but as busy students who are also involved in midwifery practice, you may find it most useful to do so. The textbook (2019 edition) is available through the UC Library website and in the library. The text is used heavily in further midwifery subjects, so you will get good use out of the book if you choose to purchase it.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

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