Midwifery Practicum and Professional Practice

Course aim

The aim of this course is to develop students in their professional role through praxis and demonstrate competency for midwifery practice using emancipatory learning to pursue continued knowledge development.

Course content

National and international perspectives in midwifery; future directions in midwifery; emancipatory practice; patterns of midwifery care; ethics; midwifery research and practice; application of pharmacokinetics and medication management.

Textbook(s)

Pairman, Pincombe, Thorogood and Tracey 2010, Midwifery Preparation for Practice Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Successful completion of all Years 1 and 2 and First Half of Year 3 courses.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Workshop	8 hours x 6 days
Clinical (Placement + 100 hours of Continuity of Care Experience)	6 weeks x -
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
Workshop	8 hours x 3 days
Clinical (Placement + 100 hours of Continuity of Care Experience)	6 weeks x -
External (Online Delivery)	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Learning Contract, Portfolio

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.