310962 (v.1) Midwifery Studies 112

Area:	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Individual Study:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	2 x 2 Hours Once-only
Syllabus:	This unit encourages students to explore and reflect upon the role of the midwife from an historical perspective as well as considering present and future developments. Opportunity is provided to explore what it means to be a midwife in an era of cultural and social change. Students analyse trends in midwifery practice, education and research, and relate these to the midwife's role in the care of childbearing women in contemporary Australian health care settings. Through this exploration students become more aware of the community's understanding of midwifery, as well as develop personal views about childbearing and midwifery practice.
Syllabus:	History of midwifery in Australia. Cultural context of midwifery. Role and practice issues. Legal and ethical dimensions. Theoretical and philosophical frameworks. Models of maternity care. The midwife client relationship - advocacy role. Collegiality and teamwork. Additional Tuition Pattern Information: There will be 2 hour group tutorials offered twice during this unit.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1				Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External