Modules

• Year 1

  Core Modules

  Essential Life Science and Pharmacology for Midwifery (20 credits)

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  Essential Life Science and Pharmacology for Midwifery

  Overview

  Students will be introduced to the following principles: 
  • Principles of biological Science and terminology 
  • Introduction to tissue, cell and fluid homeostasis 
  • Introduction to human life sciences from biochemical mechanisms to whole body systems:
  o cardiovascular system in homeostasis and role of environment;
  o renal system and fluid homeostasis;
  o respiratory system;
  o musculoskeletal system;
  o nervous system;
  o endocrine system;
  o the immune system and immune resilience;
  o integumentary system;
  o gastrointestinal system;
  o reproductive system.  
  • Reproductive anatomy and physiology essential for effective midwifery practice
  • Maternal Physiological adaptation to pregnancy
  • Introduction to pharmacology: pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.  

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Outline the principles and processes of homeostasis within the human body and during pregnancy/birth/puerperium
  2. Explain and apply the biological changes across the reproductive lifespan
  3. Explain and apply the physiological basis of clinical observations and investigations
  4. Demonstrate the appropriate use of anatomical and scientific terminology to promote safety in midwifery clinical practice
  5. Relate general pharmacological principles relevant to midwifery clinical practice and promote safety in medicines management

  Skills

  Effective Communication, Writing and Digital Literacy Skills
  Knowledge Acquisition and application to practice
  Clinical assessment
  Care planning, implementation and evaluation

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID1115

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Infant Feeding (10 credits)

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  Infant Feeding

  Overview

  Students will demonstrate positive knowledge, skills, attitudes and values in supporting and caring for women and the rights of the child at the beginning of their feeding journey. This will be achieved through the following themes:
  
  Biological norms and success: Anatomy and physiology of lactation, human milk and consequences to health, reality and feeding
  
  Influences: infant feeding reports, social and cultural attitudes, WHO and code compliance, peer discussion, self-evaluation and debrief, challenges and barriers
  
  Supportive environment and care- off to a good start for longevity: compassionate communication, the first feed, pharmacology, UNICEF BFI UK, practice skills, feeding in the first weeks, feeding assessments, donor milk, latch, positioning and attachment, common problems, maximising breastmilk and re-lactation.
  
  Building positive relationships: Parents and partners- creating safe environments to make decisions, responsive feeding, formula feeding-preparation, choice of milks, equipment and sterilisation, skin to skin, safe sleep.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Examine psychosocial influences on feeding and develop an understanding of secure parental- infant attachment and its relationship to safe, responsive feeding and its impact on mother-infant relationships and health.
  2. Outline and explain the anatomical and physiological processes of lactation and understand the importance of breastfeeding for mothers, infants and families.  
  3. Develop contemporary, evidence-based knowledge and positive communication to provide supportive and compassionate care to women in their feeding choices and experiences.  

  Skills

  The module will support the student to:
  
  1. Outline the environmental and social impact on infant feeding choices and practices at a local, national and global level
  2. Support parents by creating safe environments to make decisions about feeding their baby.
  3. Explain and apply psychosocial and physiological knowledge to support women to initiate, sustain and maximise breastfeeding and the use of breastmilk.
  4. Explain and apply evidence-based communication skills to support successful and safe feeding practices: active self- awareness, unconscious bias, attentive listening, environmental awareness, reinforcement and clarification.
  5. Support a mother to safely feed her infant with artificial milk
  6. Recognise and manage common feeding problems and prevent escalation to more serious complications
  7. Outline the pharmacological effect of drug use on lactation and infant feeding.
  8. Explain the importance of responsive feeding and keeping mothers and babies close to each other.
  9. Explain the practice, benefits and hazards of skin to skin and safe sleep.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID1113

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Safe Medicate 1 (0 credits)

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  Safe Medicate 1

  Overview

  This module provides essential numeracy and problem solving skills that underpin medication dosage calculations preparing students for safe clinical practice. Using the Safe medicate is a NMC approved online platform within which students complete interactive exercises and practice assessments similar to solving dosage calculation problems in the real world. Students have their individual online account which provides a record of their achievement across the Programme. This information is accessible only to students and the university.
  This software has a formative built in assessment that students have to complete to progress to the summative assessment.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of Safe Medicate1 students will be able to:
  1. Understand the essential clinical features of medication dosage and rate problems.
  2. Demonstrate problem-solving skills required to accurately calculate medication dosages
  3. Assess and evaluate their learning and competence development in drug calculations.

  Skills

  Numeracy
  Calculations
  Problem solving

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  0

  Module Code

  MID1125

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Learning to Participate in Skilled Midwifery Practice (40 credits)

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  Learning to Participate in Skilled Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  This module will introduce students to the concepts of universal care for all women and additional maternity care for those who require it. Students will develop an understanding of the role of continuity of care and carer in the provision of high-quality maternity care and will learn core clinical skills required in the provision of universal care. Key concepts will also include:
  
  • The role of co-production and person-centred care
  • Introduction to systematic care of the new-born
  • Communication and team-working related to safe and effective healthcare

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Explain and apply the concept of universal care, incorporating the principles of continuity of care and carer
  2. Explain and apply the concept of additional care, incorporating the principles of continuity of care and carer
  3. Describe co-production in the role of person-centred, universal and additional care
  4. Explain and apply the concept of the systematic newborn examination
  5. Describe and apply communication and team-working principles in providing safe and effective maternity care

  Skills

  Students will be challenged to begin developing the following key skills:
  
  1. Clinical assessment of antenatal, intranatal and postnatal women (eg: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, urinalysis, MEOWS charting, fluid balance charting)
  2. Planning and implementing universal care with women in the antenatal, intranatal, postnatal phases
  3. Systematic daily examination of the newborn - in hospital and community settings
  4. Identifying, escalating and providing initial care when applied assessment skills indicate (eg: escalating abnormal temperature, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturations, maternal report of reduced fetal movement, excessive maternal blood loss, mental health concerns, infant feeding concerns)

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  MID1112

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Professional Midwifery Practice (20 credits)

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  Professional Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  Students will demonstrate professionalism, understanding of maternity and healthcare services and learning for self. This will be achieved through the following themes:
  
  Academic skills: life-long learning, self -awareness, learning theories, preparation for assignment, referencing and using the library
  
  Communication: introduction to communication and its challenges in care, forms of communication, care and compassion, record keeping, use of digital technologies, continuity of carer and care, innovation in practice, women’s experiences of care and their priorities, caring for self, introduction to resilience, compassionate minds, team working across professional and physical boundaries.
  
  Midwifery philosophy of care: history of midwifery, examination of bio-psycho-social model of care, identify philosophy of midwifery care, universal healthcare for quality maternity and newborn care, including care for women and infants with complications, birth settings, choices and evidence, healthy settings and birth, exploration of individual philosophy of midwifery, introduction to autonomy, leadership, informed consent, confidentiality, equality, diversity, social inclusion and competence.
  
  Professional midwifery, its context and environment: WHO Global maternity strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health – Survive, Thrive & Transform, NHS health systems and maternity services, Women’s Pathways of Care in pregnancy and childbirth, UK legislation for healthcare: negligence/ duty of care, litigation, civil and criminal law, consent and capacity Ethical frameworks and identification of ethical issues for midwives- deontology etc, NMC & The Code Midwifery, definitions and terms Professional regulation: fitness to practice and associated processes, accountability, competence, advocacy, Explore midwifery Organisations.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Outline and understand the global and national maternity healthcare perspective, structure, strategies, legislation and policy.
  2. Examine the midwife's role, understand professional regulation, identify key concepts, and understand the importance of effective communication.
  3. Explore and discuss the philosophy of midwifery care.
  4. Describe and explain the principles of life-long learning for professional midwifery practice

  Skills

  • Professional skills, attributes and behaviours to become an accountable, autonomous practitioner e.g. NMC regulation, standards, legislation, knowledge and understanding of the role of contemporary midwife in local-to -global settings, promoting trust and integrity.
  • Midwifery practice in context e.g. birth settings and different ways of organising midwifery and maternity care, frameworks and models of care, philosophy of care, continuity of care.
  • Woman-centred skills e.g. working in partnership with women, holistic pathways of care for women and families during their childbearing period, women’s experiences and their priorities for care, choices and health, ethical; frameworks
  • Communication skills e.g. compassion, relationship building, working in partnership with women and as a multidisciplinary team member
  • Life- long learning skills e.g. personal responsibility and development, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy skills required for practice, self-awareness, study skills, presentation skills, self-care and resilience

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID1110

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Evidence Based Midwifery 1 (10 credits)

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  Evidence Based Midwifery 1

  Overview

  Students will be introduced to the concept of evidence-based midwifery and ways in which the best local, national and international evidence relevant to health, care and policy are found and accessed. Students will be encouraged to assess the quality of women centred care through searching electronic databases and judging best available evidence.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Explore the rationale for developing the evidence base for professional practice in midwifery
  2. Demonstrate skills required for searching and retrieving evidence
  3. Reflect on how the evidence base may be applied to care decisions in midwifery practice

  Skills

  Inquiry skills
  Searching electronic databases and retrieving evidence
  Review of evidence

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID1114

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Health for Women and Midwives (20 credits)

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  Health for Women and Midwives

  Overview

  Students will explore women’s health from a salutogenic perspective across the reproductive life span. This will be explored through the following themes:
  
  The concepts and determinants of health and wellbeing for women, families and midwives will be explored and the foundational principles of public health applied. This will include exploring physical, mental, spiritual and sexual health and wellbeing of women. Introduction to perinatal mental health. Exploration of cultural and sexual diversity
  
  Personal health and wellbeing will be studied in the context of self-care and resilience and the perspectives of healthy teamworking. The concept of advocacy for women and families will be introduced. Behaviour change theory.
  
  Antenatal and reproductive health: The foundations of preconception care, antenatal screening and immunization will be explored. Foundations of safeguarding and concepts of trauma informed practice. Fetal surveillance. Introduction to early intervention theories and transitioning to parenthood.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Discuss the dynamics of health and its meaning for individuals, families and society
  
  2. Examine and promote self-awareness in relation to personal health for women and midwives
  
  3. Discuss the role of the midwife as an advocate for health
  
  4. Explore the foundational principles of public health

  Skills

  • Personal development skills (sensitivity, empathy, self-appraisal, appropriate self-disclosure, non-judgemental acceptance)
  
  • Person-centred and peer-orientated communication skills (active listening, teaching, presenting, group facilitation skills, peer assessment)
  
  • Time management, goal and objective setting skills
  
  • Literacy skills (critical reading and writing development; retrieval of pertinent information utilising a range of databases and resources and evaluation of same
  
  • Self-awareness skills in relation to personal health and wellbeing

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  1

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID1111

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

• Year 2

  Core Modules

  Applied Life Sciences for Midwifery (20 credits)

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  Applied Life Sciences for Midwifery

  Overview

  The module will include relevant pathophysiology and aetiology of medical, surgical and obstetric complications in childbearing and the recognition of additional care needs in pregnancy, birth and puerperium. Theoretical and clinical perspectives will be explored and will aid recognition of deviation from the normal in the mother and fetus. The module will aid the student to recognise when referral to other professionals is appropriate and to understand the principles and rational for the initiation of emergency procedures.
  
  Students will build upon their existing knowledge and develop confidence in bioscience knowledge, competence in integrating biosciences in evidence informed clinical decision making, and interpret signs, symptoms and clinical data to inform the assessment of individual women and babies.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Understand the different ways in which genomic information can influence the care of women, families and communities
  2. Apply the knowledge of pathophysiological processes to explain risk factors, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of women with additional needs in pregnancy
  3. Interpret signs, symptoms and clinical data to inform the assessment of women and babies
  4. Assess, plan and evaluate appropriate midwifery care based on knowledge of pathophysiological processes

  Skills

  Knowledge Acquisition and application to practice
  Effective communication, writing and digital literacy skills
  Clinical Assessment
  Risk Assessment
  Care Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID2120

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Contributing to Skilled Midwifery Practice (40 credits)

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  Contributing to Skilled Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  This module will challenge students to continue learning about the continuum of care through learning to integrate their knowledge and skills associated with providing universal care for all women and additional care for women who require it. Integration relies on midwifery students developing their knowledge and skills related to assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for all women and their new-borns. Key concepts that students will learn include:
  • additional care as it relates to multiple complex conditions
  • women-centred and co-production of care
  • the role of the midwife in designing and providing care
  • integration of universal and additional care for individual women
  • the safe and appropriate administration of medications
  • identification, escalation and provision of additional and emergency care (scenario-based simulations)
  • self-reflection and self-awareness as catalysts for ensuring quality and effective care
  • contribute to team reflection related to scenario-based, simulations and case presentations

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Interpret and transfer to practice the concept of universal care as it integrates with the concept of additional care 
  2. Understand and design person-centred care with women, including those requiring additional care 
  3. Use evidence-based decision-making in co-production with women and other professionals 
  4. Develop and apply the knowledge and skills required in practice to undertake a systematic examination of the newborn 
  5. Use self-evaluation and team reflection to optimise communication in providing safe and effective maternity care 

  Skills

  1. Underpinned with evidence, effectively communicate with women and colleagues
  2. Share key information, ensuring that women understand about a range of conditions that may be affecting their pregnancy, birth and the postnatal experiences, and optimise safe and high-quality care through co-production conversations
  3. Develop skills of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care plans designed to manage a range of complex conditions, for example: diabetes, hypertension, immunoglobinathies, anaemia, infections and mental health disorders
  4. Co-produce care plans that enables the integration of universal and additional care for women during the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal phases.
  5. Identify, escalate and provide initial care that improves outcomes for women and neonates experiencing an obstetric emergency; for example, cord prolapse, post-partum haemorrhage, sepsis, shoulder dystocia, eclampsia, psychosis and resuscitation of a compromised new-born
  6. Use reflection to increase situational and personal self-awareness as a means of providing safe and effective care
  7. Use team reflection to increase situational awareness as a member of a caring team within a healthcare system

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  MID2118

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Essential Pharmacology for Midwifery (10 credits)

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  Essential Pharmacology for Midwifery

  Overview

  Students in all areas of midwifery will recognise the journey of a prescription from the assessment process with the woman and new-born infant, to prescribing partnership, supply, storage, dispensing and administration of that medication. They will gain an understanding of the families of drugs applied across the child bearing trajectory, consider the therapeutic and adverse effects of those medications and identify factors that could modify women and new born infants’ responses to medication. They will consider the law, their own accountability and the national and local policies that underpin this process. This will include an understanding drug calculations, transcription, titration and safe administration of the medication by whatever route. They will demonstrate an understanding of the different routes of administration.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Discuss the families of drugs applied across the childbirth trajectory
  2. Interpret responses to administered medications including therapeutic and adverse effects including factors that could modify women’s and newborn infants responses to medication
  3. Investigate the processes involved in ensuring drug safety and medicines optimisation

  Skills

  1. Undertake accurate drug calculations for a range of medications for a range of medications
  2. Undertake accurate checks, including transcription and titration, of any direction to supply or administer a medicinal product
  3. Exercise professional accountability in ensuring the safe administration of medicines to those receiving care
  4. Administer medications using a range of routes
  5. Administer and monitor medications using vascular access devices and enteral equipment
  6. Recognise and respond to adverse of abnormal reactions to medications
  7.Undertake safe storage, transportation and disposal of medicinal products

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID2119

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Health for Individuals, Women and Families (20 credits)

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  Health for Individuals, Women and Families

  Overview

  This module will enable students will build on their learning of the application of a salutogenic approach to public health. Focussing on the health of midwives, women families and populations, this will be achieved through the following themes:
  
  Promoting: Inequalities in health, antenatal education, preconception care, maternal health and wellbeing, motivational interviewing, principles of safeguarding; models of health promotion
  
  Protecting: Examination of the newborn and screening; antenatal screening and coordination; fetal growth assessment; ultrasound; MBRRACE; health surveillance
  
  Preventing: impact of genetics and epigenetics on health; behaviour change models & intervention; infertility; infant feeding; community development; STIs; optimising birth; family planning; needs assessment; pregnancy through the reproductive lifespan
  
  Optimising: substance misuse smoking and alcohol; trauma informed practice; perinatal mental health; maintaining personal health and wellbeing.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Appraise the strategies to optimise health across the reproductive lifespan  
  2. Evaluate self-awareness in midwifery practice for women, families and midwives 
  3. Examine the integrated role of the midwife as a coordinator and advocate for health 
  4. Analyse health surveillance and its influence on women and families 

  Skills

  Person centered and peer orientated communication skills including listening, teaching, presentation, group facilitation and digital literacy skills
  Effective teamworking
  Knowledge, acquisition and application to practice
  Time management, goal and objective setting
  Literature retrieval and critique
  Synthesis of knowledge

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID2117

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Embedding Professional Midwifery Practice (20 credits)

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  Embedding Professional Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  Students will examine, analyse and apply relevant legal, quality and governance frameworks, as well as key concepts of midwifery professional regulations into practice. They will also develop interpersonal skills and communication and life-long learning capabilities as midwives. These will be achieved through understanding and application of the following themes in practice:
  
  Human rights in maternity care: Global human rights, UN rights to Health, respect, disrespect and abuse within maternity services, Legal frameworks for midwives, women and children – Nursing and Midwifery Act, duty of care, Freedom of information and GDRP, safeguarding and protection (country specific), Women’s rights and children’s in UK – (foster care, surrogacy, BAME, LGBT), Managing common ethical dilemmas in midwifery.
  
  Quality care in maternity services: Maternity services and quality NHS and quality -Introduction Clinical Governance, audit, & Quality Improvement Initiatives, accessing support; promotion of quality care via systems thinking; fitness to practice – competence and discipline, Co-designing place of birth.
  
  Communication in maternity services: Communicating as a professional midwife and within the MTD, awareness of interprofessional values, effective professional use of digital technologies; MTD communication – appropriate handover, Role of emotion, empathy, listening and compassion in organisations- co-production, MLSCs.  
    
  Professional learning skills: Learning for life – NMC requirements, Developing reflection, Self-reflection, Resilience, Emotional intelligence, (self-perception and cognitive bias), listening.  

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Investigate and evaluate the global and national legal frameworks for midwives, women and children including quality and governance frameworks for maternity services.   
  2. Examine in depth professional regulation, analyse and apply key concepts into practice
  3. Develop and apply an understanding of interprofessional values and skills to communication in midwifery practice.
  4. Develop and evaluate professional self- management and plan for life- long learning for midwives  

  Skills

  • Empowerment and advocacy skills to promote human rights in maternity care, and support of women’s autonomy. Developing the ability to work in partnership with women and their families is vital in enabling and advocating for their views, preferences and decisions and helping to strengthen their capabilities for self-care and care of their newborn infants.
  
  • Knowledge and skills acquisition for retrieval and critique of research evidence and applying such evidence and other quality improvement initiatives to midwifery practice to promote quality care in maternity services in an ongoing manner
  
  • Effective, authentic, and meaningful communication skills with women, their families, and with colleagues; appropriate documentation of midwifery care; and digital literary skills
  
  • Personal and professional development skills through life-long learning, application NMC standards and regulation to practice, reflective practice, resilience, emotional intelligence, (self-perception and cognitive bias), and active listening.  

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID2116

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Evidence Based Midwifery 2 (10 credits)

  ×

  Evidence Based Midwifery 2

  Overview

  Students will be introduced to the critical appraisal of evidence based midwifery literature, relating to improvements in the quality of women-centred care. Students will develop skills in the critical analysis of the strengths, limitations, ethical considerations, design and data analysis in qualitative and quantitative studies. Students will be encouraged to review practice with quality literature and best practice guidance.
  
  Students will review a range of quality improvement models and learn how implementation into midwifery practice could improve quality of care.

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Develop skills for critically appraising different kinds of evidence
  2. Compare and contrast the use of established quality improvement cycles in midwifery care
  3. Articulate the role of the midwife as an agent of change, using quality improvement methods

  Skills

  • Critical appraisal skills
  • Interpretation and evaluation of quality improvement methodologies
  reflection on ways in which they can inform midwifery care and practice

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID2121

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Safe Medicate 2 - Midwifery (0 credits)

  ×

  Safe Medicate 2 - Midwifery

  Overview

  This module prepares students for safe clinical practice by providing increasingly complex numeracy and problem solving skills that underpin medication dosage calculations. Using the Safe medicate, which is a NMC approved online platform, students complete interactive exercises and practice assessments similar to solving dosage calculation problems in the real world. Students have their individual online account which provides a record of their achievement across the Programme. This information is accessible only to students and the university.
  This software has a formative built in assessment that students have to complete to progress to the summative assessment.

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of Safe Medicate 2 students will be able to:
  1. Understand the essential clinical features of medication dosage and rate problems for increasingly complex scenarios.
  2. Apply key formula used for medication dosage to practice based scenarios
  3. Demonstrate problem-solving skills required to accurately calculate medication dosages and IV infusion rates.
  4. Assess and evaluate their learning and competence development in drug calculations.

  Skills

  Numeracy
  Calculations
  Problem solving

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  2

  Credits

  0

  Module Code

  MID2127

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

• Year 3

  Core Modules

  Applied Pharmacology for Midwifery Practice (10 credits)

  ×

  Applied Pharmacology for Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  Midwifery students will recognise the various procedural routes under which medicines can be prescribed and understand the policies and regulations and guidance that underpin them. They will be able to critically discuss legal and ethical issues for administration and prescribing medicines across the lifespan. They will demonstrate the importance of accurate checks, transcription and titration, the direction to supply or administer a medicinal product and drug calculations. They will also critically examine shared decision making and patient partnership including the communication process with their professional colleagues. They will be able to evaluate legal and ethical issues for administration and prescribing medicines across the trajectory of childbirth and be able to critically examine issues associated with breast feeding, multiple co-morbid conditions, complex drugs, polypharmacy and stewardship.  

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals, their carers’ and professional colleagues about medication review  
  2. Critically discuss ethical and legal issues in relation to the prescribing and administration of medicines across the childbirth trajectory, to the newborn infant and during the lactation period  
  3. Critically examine issues associated with multiple co-morbid conditions, complex drugs and polypharmacy across the childbirth trajectory, to the newborn infant and during the lactation period.  

  Skills

  1. Recognise the various procedural routes under which medicines can be prescribed, supplied, dispensed and administered and the laws, policies and regulations and guidance that underpin them  
  2. Undertake accurate drug calculations for a range of medications
  3. Undertake accurate checks, including transcription and titration, of any direction to supply or administer a medicinal product  
  4. Exercise professional accountability in ensuring the safe administration of medicines to those receiving care  
  5. Administer medications using a range of routes  
  6. Administer and monitor medications using vascular access devices and enteral equipment  
  7. Undertake safe storage, transportation and disposal of medicinal products  

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID3127

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Safe Medicate 3 - Midwifery (0 credits)

  ×

  Safe Medicate 3 - Midwifery

  Overview

  Having developed insight into key formula, students will engage and apply previous knowledge in more complex scenarios preparing students for safe clinical practice as they prepare for entry to the register. Using the Safemedicate is a NMC approved online platform in which students complete interactive exercises and practice assessments similar to solving dosage calculation problems in the real world. Students have their individual online account which provides a record of their achievement across the Programme. This information is accessible only to students and the university. 
  
  This software has a formative built in assessment that students have to complete to progress to the summative assessment. 

  Learning Outcomes

  On completion of SafeMedicate3 students will be able to: 
  1. Undertake complex medication dosage and rate problems. 
  2. Demonstrate problem-solving skills required to accurately calculate medication dosages and IV infusion rates for complex clinical scenarios 
  3. Assess and evaluate their learning and competence development in drug calculations as part of ongoing development for entry to the register. 

  Skills

  Numeracy  
  Calculations 
  Problem solving 

  Coursework

  0%

  Examination

  100%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  0

  Module Code

  MID3137

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Midwifery Impact on Global Reproductive Health (20 credits)

  ×

  Midwifery Impact on Global Reproductive Health

  Overview

  Knowledge and understanding of the contribution that midwives make to the welfare of women, families and the population. This will be applied to the context of national and international policy and its influence on maternal and neonatal health. National and international maternity services will be addressed, from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Issues regarding human rights and reproduction, health inequalities, social capital, vulnerable groups, and cultural diversities will be explored. Key issues in developing the public health role will be identified and examples of good practice explored. 

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Critically analyse the implementation of public health policies from a global maternal and family perspective    
  2. Investigate the impact of social capital and its influence on health  
  3. Synthesize knowledge and evidence to support midwives as advocates for health   
  4. Critique national and international strategic public health policy and its application to midwifery practice  

  Skills

  Effective communication, presentation, writing and digital literacy skills. 
  Effective teamworking 
  Knowledge Acquisition and application to practice 
  Literature retrieval and critique 
  Synthesis of knowledge 

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID3123

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Evidence Based Midwifery for Quality Improvement (20 credits)

  ×

  Evidence Based Midwifery for Quality Improvement

  Overview

  Students will be supported in the development of knowledge and skills required to engage in evidence-informed quality improvement (QI) processes to promote quality midwifery care. The course will be informed by the principles of the Northern Ireland Quality 2020 Strategy, applied to midwifery. 
  Students will be enabled to achieve competence at Level 2 of the Q2020 Attributes Framework: Delivering improvement (PHA, 2018), specifically in a midwifery setting. An overview of QI in Northern Ireland, review of the processes, the literature, ways to implement the PDSA cycle, analysis of QI data, writing quality reports for practice, identification of barriers and facilitators to the implementation of future change will be included.. 

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Demonstrate evidence for application in practice-led quality initiatives, related to midwifery 
  2. Appraise the role of clinical governance processes in quality improvement 
  3. Review and apply quality improvement theory to midwifery practice-led quality initiatives 
  4. Critically examine barriers and facilitators in implementing quality improvement in health care settings and specifically in maternity care settings 

  Skills

  • Understand how workplace culture influences the quality and safety of care and services  
  • Recognise personal responsibility to provide evidence based care and to question the way we work in order to improve care and services  
  • Work as part of a team to achieve small-step change  
  • Explain and use PDSA cycles to make small-step change to care and services  
  • Identify where teamwork could be more effective and work with others to improve team performance  
  • Involve service users and their families in planning care and in QI activities   
    

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID3126

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Mental Health for Women, Families and Midwives (10 credits)

  ×

  Mental Health for Women, Families and Midwives

  Overview

  This module will explore the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours required to demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of the principles of mental health and wellbeing in all maternity care settings. The module will aid students in developing competence and confidence in recognising mental ill health requiring intervention and referral. 
   
  The ethical, legal, moral and professional principles of the NMC Code (2018) and NMC Standards of Proficiency for Midwives (2019) will underpin the analysis and promotion of mental health and wellbeing during the perinatal period. Societal attitudes towards mental ill health will be examined, encompassing language, stigma and fears of disclosure.  
  The importance of self-care will be emphasised, enabling students to build on personal wellbeing, self-esteem and proactivity in accessing the appropriate support systems available to themselves, and to the women and families in their care.   

  Learning Outcomes

  On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:  
  1. Promote good mental health and wellbeing for all women, self and colleagues
  2. Identify pregnant women and new mothers with poor mental health, differentiating between the common mental health disorders that impact on women, their partners and families. 
  3. Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary colleagues to provide continuity and effective care for women with mental ill health, in line with the Regional Perinatal Mental Health Care Pathway. 

  Skills

  On successful completion of the module, students should be able to demonstrate: 
   
  1. Care planning skills: planning and implementing individualised, holistic universal and additional care, focusing on mental health and wellbeing. 
   
  2. Emergency care skills: recognition and referral of emergency situations. 
   
  3. Interdisciplinary team-player skills: observation, problem analysis, creative thinking, decision-making, communication, referral, delegation, negotiation, advocacy. 
   
  4. Person-centred and peer-orientated communication skills: active listening, information-sharing, education, teaching, presenting, group facilitation. 
   
  5. Leadership skills: goal setting, team dynamics, professionalism, time management, conflict management. 
   
  6. Personal development and self-care skills: sensitivity, empathy, compassion, non-judgemental acceptance, reflection, self-appraisal, appropriate self-disclosure, recognition of personal and professional limitations, resilience, mindfulness, stress management. 
   
  7. Cognitive skills: systematic analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, information and issues. 
  
  8. Transferable skills: critical appraisal, critical debate, use of information technology and online resources. 

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  10

  Module Code

  MID3125

  Teaching Period

  Autumn

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Leading Professional Midwifery Practice (20 credits)

  ×

  Leading Professional Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  Students will demonstrate knowledge, skills, attitudes and professional values in leading and managing midwifery care for infants, women and their families across the childbirth trajectory. This will be achieved through the following themes:   
  Leadership and management: review of leadership and management theories, identification of own leadership style and vision; being an autonomous midwife; leading respectful maternity care through advocacy and optimising women’s physiology among different perceptions of risk; developing professional political awareness and creating networks; knowledge of influences on decision making; understanding the principles of delegation and time management; escalating concerns; working at relationships and managing teams,  negotiation and managing conflict.  
  Quality improvement through co-design & co-production: principles of implementation science; developing the case for support to make change happen, through collaborative co-design and co-production; managing complaints and undertaking innovations and improvements in care; critical knowledge of health systems, models of midwifery care and how environments impact quality care; clinical governance, auditing, accreditation of services and maintaining information systems  
  Preparation for registration & continued professionalism: e-professionalism, transition from student to registered midwife, professional and legal accountability; understanding health care law, application of ethical theories and principles to professional issues including the Code; develop  interprofessional midwifery leadership utilising effective communication;    
  knowledge of roles of supervisors, practice and academic assessors for pre-registration students in practice; supporting learning in practice; giving constructive feedback; developing self-care, reflection, debriefing and resilience.

  Learning Outcomes

  1.Critically examine leadership in midwifery and develop skills as politically astute transformational leaders  
  2. Using Implementation science as a process, apply evidence based quality improvement initiatives to facilitate change of self, others and services.  
  3. Critically evaluate and demonstrate interprofessional midwifery leadership communicating effectively as a leader.  
  4. Demonstrate professional engagement in life-long learning for self-including supervision and assessment of others.  

  Skills

  Self-awareness of own leadership characteristics and development to lead through vision; innovate and manage change through knowledge of implementation science, co-design and co-production processes; development of political awareness and networking skills and development of ability to document the case for support to enable change;  
  Use strength based approaches to develop teams and actively listen when dealing with team members’ concerns and anxieties; a calm presence when dealing with conflict; appropriate and effective confrontation strategies; de-escalation strategies and techniques when dealing with conflict; effective co-ordination and navigation skills; appropriate negotiation strategies; appropriate escalation procedures and approaches to advocacy.  
  Actively listen, recognise and respond to maternity care users and other 
  maternity care professionals verbal and non-verbal cues;   
  use prompts and positive verbal and non-verbal reinforcement,   
  use appropriate non-verbal communication including touch, eye contact  
  and personal space; make appropriate use of open and closed 
  questioning; check understanding and use clarification techniques and be 
  aware of own unconscious bias in communication and encounters.   
  Skills of utilising evidence-based, best practice communication skills and approaches for working with maternity care users and other professional teams.   
  Demonstrate effective supervision, teaching and performance appraisal 
  through the use of clear instructions and explanations when supervising, 
  teaching or appraising others; clear instructions and check understanding 
  when delegating care responsibilities to others; unambiguous, constructive 
  feedback about strengths and weaknesses and potential for improvement; 
  encouragement to colleagues that helps them to reflect on their 
  practice; unambiguous records of performance; self-care skills including 
  debriefing and resilience.

  Coursework

  100%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  0%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  20

  Module Code

  MID3122

  Teaching Period

  Spring

  Duration

  12 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core

  Demonstrating Proficiency in Skilled Midwifery Practice (40 credits)

  ×

  Demonstrating Proficiency in Skilled Midwifery Practice

  Overview

  Building on students’ knowledge and skills acquisition in year 1 and 2, this module will enable students to consolidate their knowledge and skills as they are challenged to take the lead in providing safe and effective maternity care (integrated person-centred, universal and additional care), as an autonomous practitioner and key member of the interdisciplinary team.  
   
  Key components of this final year module include:  
   
  • Co-producing and leading on the design, implementation and evaluation of responsive care plans for all women and babies  
  • Identifying, escalating and providing responsive emergency care as a member of an interdisciplinary team (Prompt-based, complex scenarios) 
  • Engaging in clinical audit as a means of increasing the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of the maternity care service 
  • Managing challenging situations, for example, complaints by service users, absence of a fetal heart, sharing difficult information, emergency care in the community and stabilisation and transfer of a woman to critical care 
  • Performing systematic examinations of the new-born to the required standard 
  • Using evidence-based decision making as a new midwifery practitioner 
  • Reviewing maternity care systems and team responses, as a means of identifying potential for enhancement and related health outcomes 

  Learning Outcomes

  1. Co-produce and create dynamic, evidenced-based and evolving care plans with all women 
  2. Synthesise knowledge and evidence to provide universal, additional and emergency care 
  3. Demonstrate the provision of both universal and additional care for babies, including proficiency in examination of the new-born 
  4. Critically examine interdisciplinary team working and use self-awareness in providing person-centred, safe maternity services 

  Skills

  1. Organise, delegate and oversee caring responsibility for a number of women requiring integrated universal and additional care (team lead) 
  2. Refer to and engage with members of the interdisciplinary team in relation to the provision of additional care 
  3. Care for and support a birthing woman in her home; including detection, escalation and transfer for intervention if required 
  4. Triage via the phone and remote consulting with women, their family members and professional colleagues 
  5. Initiate and provide initial emergency care; demonstrating management in different caring environments (home, midwife led unit (MLU), in-hospital) 
  6. Conduct systematic examinations of the new-born and initiate referrals if required 
  7. Engage in case reviews and team reflections, with the purpose of identifying practice and systems failures related to sub-optimal outcomes 
  8. Develop a personal plan for continued professional, learning and development in preparation for being a registered midwife [using skills passport] 
  9. Assess and implement additional breastfeeding care and support in relation to conditions such as mastitis, failure to thrive and breastfeeding refusal 

  Coursework

  50%

  Examination

  0%

  Practical

  50%

  Stage/Level

  3

  Credits

  40

  Module Code

  MID3124

  Teaching Period

  Full Year

  Duration

  36 weeks

  Pre-requisite

  No

  Core/Optional

  Core