MDWF13003 - Midwifery Practice 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This clinical placement unit is the third of four that provides you with midwifery clinical experience. You will apply your knowledge of highly complex physiological and psychosocial factors that impact upon the childbearing continuum. In addition to this, you will employ midwifery knowledge, cultural safety, and inclusivity in the care of marginalised groups such as women experiencing substance misuse, and/or incarceration, refugee and immigrant women, or members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer (LGBTQ+) community. The clinical practicum component of this unit will require you to complete a minimum of 224 hours in addition to Continuity of Care Experiences (COCE).

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisites:

MDWF13008 Foundations of Midwifery 3

 

 

 

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Mixed Mode

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 7.41% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: SUTE data
Feedback
The reflections in the current format are pointless. I suggest reflecting on a set number of clinical experiences per term. I think this would be more helpful to learning.
Recommendation
This comment refers to assessment tasks which require students to reflect on their continuity of care experiences in the Midwifery Practice 1, 2, 3, & 4 units. The students believe this task to be very demanding and they may thus benefit from the provision of further reflective writing resources or tutorials which provide instruction on how to complete this task with enhanced efficiency.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator hosted an online Zoom session providing guidance and resources about reflective writing. The recording was made available on the Moodle site for those who could not attend in person.
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
The feedback was harsh yet the marking was great, it didn't seem to equal each other. I appreciate the feedback and marks they just didn't seem to match each other.
Recommendation
Upon release of assessment item grades the unit coordinator will remind students via email that they are welcome to engage in informal discussion with the marker or unit coordinator to clarify any misunderstandings or perceived inconsistencies.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Verbal communication from student
Feedback
The unit coordinator provides the students with more than enough content and support to enable the students to succeed in assessment tasks.
Recommendation
The unit will continue to offer weekly Zoom drop-in sessions and scheduled assessment discussion Zoom sessions. The unit coordinator will continue to provide updated resources on Moodle to support the completion of assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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