Performance/Practice/Product &gt; Portfolio Hurdle: Must Pass all elements (S/U)- post-census • Participate in at least 80% of scheduled on-campus clinical skills laboratories • Completion of 80 hours midwifery practice experience (S/U must pass) • Professional placement performance assessment (S/U must pass)

This subject will introduce students to the foundations of midwifery practice, integrating the philosophy of woman-centred midwifery care. Professional experience placement will engage students in the professional role of the midwife in the antenatal and early postnatal periods.

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122510 Bachelor of Midwifery Offerings: All

Foundations of Midwifery Care

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MW1021 - Foundations of Midwifery Care

Explain how the primary health care principles are utilised in continuity of care models to provide the gold standard of evidence-based midwifery care

Describe the primary role of the midwife in the provision of culturally competent woman centred care 

Apply the physiology of pregnancy to the provision of health promotion in antenatal care

Apply NMBA (2018) Midwife Standards for Practice to physiological care across the continuum of maternity care.

Establish foundational knowledge and skills to support midwifery practice in antenatal and postnatal care