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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. This course provides the student with skills to recruit, plan, implement and evaluate continuity of care under the supervision of a midwife in a midwifery clinical setting. This course addresses the woman and newborn baby in relation to challenges during breastfeeding. Students will apply midwifery principles when providing collaborative care of babies who are have common problems associated with breastfeeding or are unwell and requiring treatment. Students will have the opportunity to work with a midwife in a midwifery clinical setting. This course enables the student to blend 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 apply the concepts of holistic and theoretical analysis to provide professional and competent skills when providing care for women as the lead midwifery carer. Students will employ a holistic approach to assessment and management when examining well babies and babies who are unwell and require oxygen therapy and enteral or tube feeding. This course will enable the student to develop skills to care for the mother and baby when the baby is receiving phototherapy.

On completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate professional conduct including using effective communication skills and evidence-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 dimensions of therapeutic and inter-professional communication when caring for a woman and baby with breastfeeding difficulties;
3. Integrate and apply knowledge to demonstrate independent and collaborative management practice when examining a newborn baby;
4. Demonstrate therapeutic and inter-professional communication skills appropriate for interactions with women and their families when a baby requires enteral or tube feeding;
5. Compare the roles and responsibilities of health professions in a typical interdisciplinary health team when caring for a baby who requires oxygen therapy;
6. Plan, implement and evaluate holistic practice when caring for a baby receiving phototherapy;
7. Demonstrate cultural awareness and communication skills consistent with a multicultural society.