2023/24 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS3308 Preparation for Becoming a Midwife

40 creditsClass Size: 90

Module manager: Melanie Barnes
Email: m.j.barnes@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jan to 30 Sep View Timetable

Year running 2023/24

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally 120 credits at Level 2

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This is the final theory/practice module in the programme. The balancehere moves markedly towards the practice elements of the programmewhere students further hone their skills, develop confidence and preparefor qualification and registration.The theoretical focus is on students honing their skills, developconfidence and prepare for qualification and registration. Throughseminars and tutorials students will apply critical thought to how maternity services are delivered, their quality, the views of service users and widercritiques of public health policy and practices. This will develop theirabilities as leaders and managers to prepare them for practice. In theclinical areas' students will, under more indirect supervision, work inpartnership with women and other members of the multi-professionalteam in the provision of care. An emphasis will be on case loading andcontinuity of care.

Objectives

This is a 40 credit module which includes 600 hours of practice. In this module the focus is on midwifery clinical practice and preparing students for the transition to post registration practice.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate effective management, supervision, and leadership skills in relation to decision making and skilled midwifery care delivery.
2. Demonstrate the ability to work in and across a range of health and social care settings and with other health and social care staff to promote continuity of care and carer.
3. Demonstrate successful completion of NMC proficiencies within the six domains (NMC 2019) along with health and good character for entry to the register.
4. Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies in providing skilled, knowledgeable, respectful, and compassionate care for women, Newborn infants and their families.
5. Critically review current and future context of public health and maternity services.
6. Analytically review partnership working, professional and autonomous practice
7. Critically explore effective improvement strategies for quality and safety
8. Demonstrate the ability and commitment to develop as a midwife, understanding the responsibility for ongoing education and professional development.

Skills outcomes
Clinical decision making
Applied pathophysiology
Recognition and management of obstetric emergencies

Syllabus

Professional Practice:
- Leadership, vision, and management, change theory.
- Develop and appraise practice initiatives to enhance delivery of midwifery services.
- Innovation and knowledge transfer by way of practice development

Process mapping analysis and design:
- Personal growth knowledge and skills:
Reflection of personal learning needs and ongoing concept of lifelong learning
Supporting learning and assessment in practice and creating a positive learning environment
Giving and receiving feedback including self-assessment on academic and professional performance
- Preparing for employment
Professional adaption including curricula vitae development, interview techniques, professional requirements (Registrant/PREP/portfolio)
- Professional accountability relating to medicines management.
- Accountability in preparation for autonomous practice and decisionmaking. Justice and allocation of resources.

Applied Practice:
- In this module there are 600 hours of clinical practice. Students will gain exposure to the care of women and babies within a maternity unit setting and with community midwifery teams.
- In the midwifery placements students and their mentors will identify a caseload of women and take a lead in their care
- Situational awareness and personal safety

Biopsychosocial-spiritual:
- Changing nature and context of midwifery
Evidence Based practice:
- Developing skills in locating, sifting, retrieving and appraising and applying a range of evidence that informs frameworks decision making.
- Interpretation and clinical application of statistical results reported in research papers. Informatics

Content links to Standards of Proficiency for Midwives (NMC 2019)
Domain 1 = 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 1.19, 1.22, 1.23, 1.25, 1.26, 1.27
Domain 2 = 2.4, 2.5, 2.11
Domain 3 = 3.23
Domain 4 = 4.1, 4.9
Domain 5 = 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, 5.8, 5.10, 5.12, 5.13.1, 5.13, 5.13.2, 5.13.3, 5.13.4, 5.13.5, 5.13.6, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
On-line Learning	5	2.00	10.00
Clinical Practice	600	1.00	600.00
Lecture	5	2.00	10.00
Private study hours			30.00
Total Contact hours			620.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			650.00

Private study

Guided study in preparation for VIVA and completion of eMORA

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) will be used to formatively assess student knowledge, understanding and ability to critically review the current and future context of public health and maternity services. Starting with a 'scenario' and with the guidance of a facilitator, learning will be driven by a process of enquiry owned by the student as they will identify their own questions and will then examine the resources, they need to research the topic, thereby acquiring the requisite knowledge. LO 5

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Placement Assessment	Grading of clinical practice	50.00
Group Project	FORMATIVE: Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) will be used to formatively assess student knowledge, understanding and ability to critically review the current and future context of public health and maternity services.	0.00
Portfolio	Selected performance and skills outcomes in level 3 eMORA (Pass/Fail)	0.00
Viva	20 minute viva voce	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The viva voce will be held with a midwifery lecturer and (where available) an appropriately experienced clinician and take the format of semi structured questions focussing on the evidence underpinning responses to a clinical scenario. Viva lasts 20 minutes. Scenarios are provided 6 weeks beforehand for preparation. Where a clinician is not available an additional member of academic staff will be present. The viva is audio recorded for review by the external examiner and for moderation purposes. There is no compensation between the viva and eMORA. Both assessments must be successfully completed in order to pass the module. Further information about exam arrangements including the question pap

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/10/2023

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