Content will include:

The importance of being a reflective practitioner and how it influences practice

Reflective models and cycles – analysing and comparing different models

A-EQUIP model and Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) roles and responsibilities

Introduction to clinical governance – risk management, audit, implications for practice, incident reporting, serious incidents

Simulation day based on feedback from students experience in practice and from practice debriefs. May include SBAR handover, feeding support.

Communication skills and styles – communication in difficult situations, emergency situations, human factors, the importance of communication within the multidisciplinary team

Globalisation

Safeguarding including trafficking, role of the midwife and escalating concerns appropriately

Social determinants of Health, health inequalities and the impact on care

The physiology of lactation

The Cultural Competence eLearning tool

Pharmacology, contraindications, adverse reactions, medicine administration, PGDs, midwives exemptions.

adverse drug reactions, contraindications, interactions, IV fluids and blood transfusion

1. Summative Assessment:

Reflective account and a personal development plan to meet LO1 and LO2, to be no more than 2,500 words in total. This will account for 100% of your grade for this module and must be passed at a minimum of 40%.



Formative Assessment:

In your Practice Assessor Review meetings and in your Academic Assessor Review meetings with your Practice Assessor and Academic Assessor you will have the opportunity to discuss your ideas for your reflection and personal development plan.

You will also be given the opportunity to submit an assessment plan of up to 500 words followed by a 15-minute tutorial.



2. Summative Assessment:

Completion of the Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement including sign off of a minimum of 75% of proficiencies labelled ‘Able to contribute with decreasing supervision and direction’, upload of all mandatory training, upload of drugs calculation test passed at 100%, to address LO3. This element of the assessment is pass/fail only and therefore accounts for 0% of the overall grade for the module.



Formative Assessment:

You will receive ongoing feedback from your Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessor on your performance in clinical practice, this will be overseen by your Academic Assessor. You must regularly ask for an update on your progress and document Practice Supervisor feedback in your clinical practice document to facilitate discussions regarding your progress with your Practice Assessor.

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. Evaluate midwifery practice through reflection and reflective models, to develop personal responsibility, self-direction and problem solving.

Communication,

Reflection

Problem Solving


2. Create a professional development plan relevant to midwifery practice

Communication


3. Demonstrate developing skills related to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s requirements of professional behaviour, performance and clinical proficiencies for midwifery practice as specified within the Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement.

Knowledge and Understanding

Learning

Enquiry

Analysis

Problem Solving

Communication

Application

Reflection

Blackburn, S.T. (2017) Maternal, fetal, and neonatal physiology a clinical perspective. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders.



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



Chapman, V. and Charles, C. (2013) The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook. Third edition. Somerset: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.



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



Lapham, R. and Agar, H. (2015) Drug Calculations for Nurses: A Step-By-step Approach, Fourth Edition. 4th edn. Oakville: Taylor & Francis Group. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1201/b18504.



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



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).



Parush, A. (2022) Human Factors in Healthcare: A Field Guide to Continuous Improvement. 1st edition. Netherlands: Springer Nature.



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



Tilley, S. and Watson, R. (2004) Accountability in nursing and midwifery. 2nd ed.



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.



Wilson, J.H. and Symon, A. (2002) Clinical risk management in midwifery¿: the right to a perfect baby? Oxford: Books for Midwives.

Practice Placement Handbook

BFI Workbook

Technology supported learning

Online learning

Blackboard VLE®

eLearning for Health

Library

Policy and Guidance

Service User and Carers

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

This module builds on ‘The Midwife as a Skilled Practitioner 1’ and you will begin to examine midwifery practice more closely, refining your skills and autonomy as practitioners. You will expand your understanding of applying knowledge to enhance outcomes for women and newborn infants by integrating clinical expertise, understanding, skills, and interpersonal and cultural competence into your practice. You will hone your ability to assess, plan, provide, and evaluate care in collaboration with women, while also acquiring proficiency in effective collaboration with other health and social care professionals as required. Furthermore, you will actively seek opportunities to elevate your midwifery practice, acknowledging its continuous evolution for the benefit of women, newborn infants, partners, and families.