Content will include:

Introduction to Health Inequalities and Principles of Epidemiology

Public Health Screening, Strategies and Initiatives in Midwifery Practice

Role of the Midwife in Promoting Women’s Health and Wellbeing

Health Promotion

Social Determinants of Health

Cultural, Social and Media Influences on Health

Cultural Considerations for Midwifery Practice

Safeguarding

Communicable Diseases, Prevention and Control

Immunity and Immunisation

Smoking Cessation

Obesity

Introduction to Sexual Health

BFI: Making Milk and Mothering

BFI: Skin to Skin contact

BFI: Supporting Successful Breastfeeding

Summative Assessment:

Present a public health topic related to an identified additional care need to meet LO1, LO2 and LO3. The resource could be a podcast or narrated PowerPoint.



The assessment must be passed at a minimum of 40%.



Formative Assessment:

You will have the opportunity to submit a maximum of five of your narrated slides or 5 minutes of your podcast and you will be provided with written feedback.

Clinical practice

Online Platform learning

Tutorials

Problem-based learning¿

Interprofessional learning

Debate

Peer Learning¿¿

Flipped Classroom¿¿ ¿

Lectures¿¿

Directed learning

Assessment Preparation¿¿

Group work¿

Group tutorials and discussions

Formative advice and feedback

1. Present and evaluate knowledge of complications and additional care needs that may affect midwifery care in relation to risks and prevalence.



Application

Evaluate



2. Critically evaluate existing plans for care, support or referral that may be required as a result of additional needs.



Communication

Analysis

3. Evaluate the importance of interprofessional and multiagency working to provide holistic midwifery care.



Application

Problem solving

Evaluation

Communication

Practice Placement Handbook

BFI Workbook

Technology supported learning

Online learning

Blackboard VLE®

eLearning for Health

Library

Policy and Guidance

Service User and Carers

Davies, L., Daellenbach, R. and Kensington, M. (2021) Sustainability, Midwifery and Birth. Second edition. Oxford: Routledge. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290558.



Gilmore Crosby (2021) Spirituality and Emotional Intelligence. Productivity Press.



Lumsden, H. and Holmes, D. (2018) Care of the newborn by ten teachers. London: Hodder Arnold



Mayes, M., Macdonald, S. and Johnson, G. (2017) Midwifery. 15th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier.



McSherry, W., Boughey, A. and Attard, J. (2021) Enhancing Nurses’ and Midwives’ Competence in Providing Spiritual Care: Through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care. 1st ed. 2021. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65888-5.



Medforth, J. (2017) Oxford handbook of midwifery. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.



Myles, M.F. (2014) Myles textbook for midwives. Sixteenth edition / edited by Jayne E. Marshall, PhD, MA, PGCEA, ADM, RM, RGN, and and Maureen D. Raynor, MA, PGCEA, ADM, RMN, RN, RM. Edited by J.E. Marshall and M.D. Raynor – Chapter One



Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code. London: NMC (Available at https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf)



Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives. London: NMC (Available at https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/standards/2024/standards-of-proficiency-for-midwives.pdf).



Patricia Lindsay, C.B. (2018) Midwifery skills at a glance. 1st edn. Newark: Wiley.



Tiran, D. (2012) Baillie`re’s midwives’ dictionary. 12th ed. Edinburgh: Baillie`re Tindall Elsevier.



Varney, H., Kriebs, J.M. and Gegor, C.L. (2003) Varney’s Midwifery. 4th edn. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC.

Must be enrolled on Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) and achieve the University regulation and compliance requirements for progression to Level 5

This module builds upon ‘Additional Care for Women and Newborn Infants 1’, honing your skills in recognising and addressing complications during childbirth. You will expand your learning in relation to midwives’ responsibilities in emergency scenarios, developing your skills in immediate management techniques and fostering collaboration with interdisciplinary colleagues to ensure holistic care. The module emphasises the importance of continuity of carer and advocacy for women and newborns, highlighting the pivotal role midwives play within the interdisciplinary team.