Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 1 2024-25 to Summer Semester 2024-25 |
Note: This document uses the word 'women’ throughout. This should be taken to include people who do not identify as women but are pregnant or who have given birth.
Develop rigorous understanding of the requirements to be an accountable, autonomous professional midwife within the context of contemporary midwifery practice and maternity care.
Evaluate the concepts of communication, reflection and adult learning, during the start of a professional learning journey towards midwifery registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
Identify and apply a strengths-based approach for self and self development, to support future development promoting excellence as colleague, scholar and leader.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Demonstrate rigorous understanding of the requirements to be an accountable, autonomous professional midwife.
Present clear understanding of the national context of contemporary midwifery practice and maternity care.
Demonstrate and evaluate skills of communication, reflection and adult learning, relevant to the start of a professional learning journey towards midwifery registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
Demonstrate and evaluate skills to support a strengths-based approach for self and self development commensurate with Stage One of the programme.
Content includes introductions to: the Connected Curriculum model; Professional and Statutory Regulatory Bodies (PSRBs) & professional regulation within UK midwifery and health care; role of the NMC; history of UK midwifery and maternity care; global contexts of midwifery and maternity care; strength based approach to maintain health and wellbeing; adult learning; lifelong learning; library resources and study skills; professional reflection and reflective writing; communication skills (including simulation) including record keeping, interpersonal skills and constructive feedback; digital technologies; interdisciplinary working and learning; Interprofessional education (IPE); Death cafe; Schwartz rounds; human rights of women and newborns; women’s sexual and reproductive rights; University careers service and York Award; themes/learning outcomes within UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) University Standards mapped to this module including understanding breastfeeding in a wider social, political and cultural context.
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Non-compensatable
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
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