Working in Maternity Practice (11951.1)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
Bruce, Canberra |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Midwifery | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This practice unit will support the application of skills in the provision of holistic care for women experiencing complexity across the childbearing continuum. Students will use a woman-centred framework and further their midwifery knowledge contributing to increased competency in meeting the NMBA Midwife standards for practice.
1. Apply midwifery cognitive and technical skills within a woman-centred framework across the childbearing continuum;
2. Achieve a satisfactory WIL level as evidenced by completion of the practice portfolio;
3. Collaborate with women and the health care team while maintaining a woman-centred midwifery philosophy and practice; and
4. Articulate the transition from reflective to reflexive practice and apply critical thinking to working with women experiencing complexity.
1. 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 - 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 - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the unit, students will be able to:1. Apply midwifery cognitive and technical skills within a woman-centred framework across the childbearing continuum;
2. Achieve a satisfactory WIL level as evidenced by completion of the practice portfolio;
3. Collaborate with women and the health care team while maintaining a woman-centred midwifery philosophy and practice; and
4. Articulate the transition from reflective to reflexive practice and apply critical thinking to working with women experiencing complexity.
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 - 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 - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
11947 Knowing Postnatal PracticesCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
11295 Women In Pregnancy and BeyondEquivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Marjorie Atchan |
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