Assessment One - Portfolio/Ongoing Reflective Journal

40% Weighting

Word Count: N/A

Due Date: 8/02/2019 (Week 12)

Objectives: This assessment item relates to learning outcomes:

One (1): Apply midwifery knowledge to ensure a safe transition for the mother and baby following birth.

Two (2): Assess and monitor the physiological and psychosocial needs of the mother and baby in the postnatal period.

Three (3): Reflect on clinical learning and midwifery practice in relation to the adaptation of the mother, significant other and baby in the postnatal period.

Four (4): Reflect on clinical learning and midwifery practice in relation to the adaptation of the mother, significant other and baby in the postnatal period.

Reflective practice is one of the key elements that contribute to the NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice. It is through reflective processes that both students and registered midwives can identify and explore diverse values, beliefs, learning needs and sociocultural structures. To facilitate your reflective skill development you are required to complete a reflective piece of writing for each of the three (3) 'continuity of care experience' women you recruited in term 2, and the four (4) newly recruited women in term 3. You will submit 7 journals in total.

Overview of Reflective Journal Writing

A reflective journal is a way of thinking in a critical and analytical way about your clinical experience. It involves looking at a situation, assessing what you have learnt from it, what you could have done differently, realising new approaches to your care and ultimately, how you felt about the whole experience. As a student midwife it shows how different aspects of your work interconnect and can be very useful for identifying gaps in knowledge and ethical dilemmas or situations that need further thought.

Understanding your feelings is a vital skill for reflective writing, and studying midwifery involves being exposed to many new situations - doing your first antenatal booking; helping a woman with breastfeeding support; witnessing a birth - which can bring new reactions to the surface. It's important to comprehend what you feel, why you feel that way and to then learn from it, as failing to reflect can lead to poor insight and therefore poor performance in practice (Hays & Gay, 2011).

*Reflective writing is more personal than other kinds of academic writing and is an exploration of events not just a description of them.

Reflective Journal Requirements

(Refer to the provided Reflective Journal Template and the Two Reflective Journal examples)

How to structure reflective writing

It can be useful to use a reflective model, or series of questions, which will help you look at the whole event from many different angles (Macdonald, 2011; Driscoll, 1994; Benner, 1984). The Driscoll model has a very simple 'what', 'so what' and 'now what' model, which is easy to remember and write up. There are three common reflective writing models that you may choose to follow when writing reflectively: Van Manen, Gibbs and Durgahee (Giminez, 2011). The models all involve thinking systematically about the phases of an activity, using headings including: description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. These theoretical frameworks provide a starting point for the critical skills that all student midwives should develop by the end of their educational program.

Example:

1. Description: (don't make this too long - refer to the provided template).

What is it? What happened? Why am I talking about it?

2. Interpretation: What is important and relevant? Look through your description and try to find words or phrases that require further exploration. Include the rationale for what was done or why it was done. Where there is controversy about what was done or found, provide the rationale and sources of evidence for both sides of the argument. How can it be explored and explained using contemporary theories?

3. Outcome: What have I learned from this? How will it influence my future work?

Above all, enjoy writing the journal - it is about you and your reflection and your development as a clinical midwife!

This assignment is worth 40 % of the total assessment for this subject. /100

Assessment 2: Video & Written Script

You are required to:

Create: a 20 minute teaching session designed for incarcerated men addressing transition to fatherhood.

· Choose 1 topic from the list provided.

· Create a teaching session in a PowerPoint presentation format.

· Narrate and record your PPT/teaching session (you do not have to record your image)

· Upload your PPT to YouTube.

· Provide the unit coordinator with the YouTube address for your video by the due date.

Explore and Critically Analyse your chosen topic and Formulate: You must include a written script for your PowerPoint presentation that provides comprehensive information related to your chosen topic. Your script will:

· follow your PowerPoint presentation,

· adhere to the 2000- 2500 word limit

· be written in accordance with an academic style, using APA 6^th referencing.

I suggest developing 20 slides that you will discuss for 1 minute and write 100 to 200 words per slide.

· You may use diagrams and images in your PowerPoint presentation however please do not include graphic anatomical photography of women or infants.

· Please note that the session topics provided are taken from the co-requisite subject Postnatal Health and Wellbeing and course material you have learnt thus far.

· Please include the YouTube link at the end of your script.

Education Session Topics:

• Transition to Fatherhood: Attachment theory: the importance of fathers. Altered relationship, domestic roles and adjusting to a new family dynamic, supporting the new mother and bonding with a newborn. Postnatal Depression in men: Diagnosis and treatment. Community resources for help.

• What to expect when she’s expecting and supporting new mothers: Hormonal changes and mood swings/ normal labour patterns and behaviours. Effective coping strategies in high stress situations (labour, early postnatal phase) appropriate coping mechanisms, teamwork: couple power (working together to have your baby and caring for a newborn)

• Newborn behaviours and needs: Feeding and sleeping patterns, swaddling and safe sleeping, safe car travel, baby baths and changing nappies, dealing with sore/windy tummies, settling a crying baby, effective coping strategies when settling doesn’t work. Immunisation, NNST and healthy hearing. Bonding with mum and baby during separation.

• Supporting optimal infant feeding: breastfeeding, why breastmilk is best & what’s in it, discovering the human microbiome (what is it and why is it important), lifelong health benefits for breastfed bubs and mums, how to support breastfeeding mums, EBM, returning to work and continuing to support breastfeeding. How to formula feed and correct formula preparation.

• Recognising a sick newborn: Babies can’t tell you when they are sick: signs of illness in a neonate: when to seek medical attention. Normal urination and bowel movements, normal weight gain in the first 6 weeks of life, milestones in the first year of life. Basic infant resus: checking an airway, look listen and feel breathing, normal breathing, normal tone and colour in a newborn,

• Sexual & Reproductive Health: Family planning and contraception: it’s a man right and responsibility. Benefits of family planning, protecting yourself from unplanned pregnancy and STI’s. Resuming normal intimacy post birth: it’s ok to take your time. Modern and Traditional methods of contraception.

Formatting according to academic conventions:

• 1. Your written script is to follow academic style and have a logical structure that follows your PPT presentation.

  2. Your PPT presentation will have an introduction that outlines the key points of your teaching session.

  3. The PPT presentation and script will contain a main body of information that will cover all the elements of your chosen topic.

  4. Your PPT and script will contain a conclusion that provides an overall summary of the main points of the teaching session with no new information.

  Line spacing: 2.0 Font size: 12

  Further information:

  · Review the marking criteria sheet. Consider that your assessment’s grade will be derived from criteria outlined in that sheet. Clear explanations of the expectations for various grades are provided.

  · Use a separate page for the reference list.

  · The quality of your references is what is important rather than the volume of references (references should be credible, contemporary and valid sources such as from peer reviewed journals or credible websites).

  ·  The word count is considered from the first word of the introduction to the last word of the conclusion. The word count includes in-text references and direct quotes. Word count excludes cover pages, contents page, reference list and appendices'.

  · Page numbers are only required for direct quotes but preferably keep direct quotes to a bare minimum.

  · Words in excess of 2750 words will not be read and thus not contribute to your grade.

  · The cover sheet should include your name, student number, the unit code, the assessment item number and word count.

  Reference List and title page are not included in the word count page

MDWF13002 Midwifery Practice 3: Assessment Two Part A: Video 40 marks

Midwifery Practice 3: Assessment Two Part B: Written Script 60 marks

Total marks available, Parts A + B = 100 marks.

Assessment 3 - Placement

MDWF12006 - Midwifery Practice 3 - Clinical Placement

Due date: 8/02/2019 (Week 12)

Weighting: 0% - Pass/Fail

Objectives:

This assessment item relates to learning outcomes:

One (1): Apply midwifery knowledge to ensure a safe transition for the mother and baby following birth.

Two (2): Assess and monitor the physiological and psychosocial needs of the mother and baby in the postnatal period.

Three (3): Reflect on clinical learning and midwifery practice in relation to the adaptation of the mother, significant other and baby in the postnatal period.

Four (4): Reflect on clinical learning and midwifery practice in relation to the adaptation of the mother, significant other and baby in the postnatal period.

Five (5): Demonstrate midwifery competence based upon the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) requirements.

Minimal clinical practice experience of 224 hours is required by completion of this course. This clinical experience will allow you to consolidate knowledge and skills acquired throughout the term and enable you to draw distinction in your scope of practice between normal and complex midwifery care. You are required to meet the clinical requirements listed below and these requirements need to be documented within your Student Clinical Experience Record Book.

You are expected to work towards minimal clinical requirements and they include:

1. Recruit four (4) 'Continuity of Care' (CoC) experience women, and add this to your reflective journals, that can be found on the Bachelor of Midwifery Meta page.

2. Complete three (3) CoC experiences from term 2 2018.

3. Complete Competency Performance Assessment

4. Complete 224 hours of clinical practice experience plus continuity of care hours (10-20 in total per woman recruited).

The required clinical experience will be reviewed by the midwifery educator/manager in conjunction with the course coordinator.

Weighting 0% - Pass/Fail.

This is a Pass/Fail assessment item and therefore no marking rubric is applied to this assessment item.