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Midwifery practice is an ordered sequence of clinical experiences enabling progressive development and application of evidence-based knowledge for the advancement of clinical skills necessary to deliver effective care. Students will apply midwifery principles when providing collaborative care for women during induction of labour. Further, students will develop skills to evaluate maternal and infant wellbeing at birth, postnatally and assist with the initiation of breastfeeding. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to work with a midwife in a midwifery clinical setting, providing care for women throughout labour and birth. This course enables the student to blend foundational knowledge with critical thinking and professional reflection.

The assessment in this course is competency-based. Students will achieve either a pass or fail for each assessment. Students need to pass all assessment items to successfully complete the course. These competency items form part of the USQ accreditation agreement with the accrediting organisation/s (where relevant).

This course enables students to provide midwifery care as a primary carer to strengthen midwifery skills when supporting women and their families during labour and birth. In this course students will demonstrate assessment skills, critical thinking, reflection and the ability to prioritise labour and birth care within a woman-centred partnership model of care. Students will further develop clinical skills in providing non-pharmaceutical, physiological and psychological labour support. Students will demonstrate ability to perform and interpret the use of cardiotocograph during labour, midwifery labour assessments skills and care of a women as she progresses through labour.

On completion of this course, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate professional conduct exhibiting quality communication skills and evidenced based philosophy to maintain collaborative and supportive relationships with women, their families and health professionals in a culturally appropriate manner;
2. Apply and integrate theoretical and professional clinical skills of care when admitting a woman to the birth environment;
3. Demonstrates communication and clinical skills in performing and interpreting a cardiotocograph during labour;
4. Plan, implement and evaluate, in collaboration with the labouring woman, clinical skills to support the progression of labour;
5. Describe the use of physiological and non-physiological pain management;
6. Demonstrate cultural awareness and communication skills consistent with a multicultural society.