92925 Models of Midwifery Care
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Credit points: 6 cp
Subject level:
Postgraduate
Result type: Grade and marksThere are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject enables midwives to critically evaluate the benefits, obstacles and developmental strategies associated with innovative maternity service provision in Australia and internationally, in both public and private health systems. A particular focus of inquiry is the multiple ways midwives work in partnership with women. This includes accessing and critiquing contemporary research findings that inform practice development, ethical decision-making, inter-professional collaboration and the implementation of cost-effective changes in maternity service provision. Students identify the personal and professional support and the practice development necessary to engender confidence in all those working to provide new models of maternity care. A framework that addresses the philosophical foundation of midwifery and the construction of midwifery knowledge underpins this subject.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| A. | Identify and critique the characteristics, the historical and cultural settings of, and place of midwifery care models in maternity service provision in Australia and in the international community. |
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| B. | Examine the political, economic and value systems that construct and constrain models of midwifery care. |
| C. | Develop an understanding of change management processes that support the implementation and evaluation of models of midwifery care. |
| D. | Develop a range of personal and professional resources that are required in order to develop, implement and evaluate midwifery and maternity care in the 21st century. |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
Teaching and learning strategies
Mixed mode including face to face teaching over 2 intensive study days, e-learning and student support through UTSOnline.
Content (topics)
Selected readings throughout the semester will guide your learning journey. A two-day workshop will focuses on ‘sharing’ knowledge and understanding of midwifery models of care and will develop your practical application. Subject content includes but is not limited to;
- Philosophical positioning around continuity of care
- Woman-centred care and primary health
- Characteristics and attributes of models, organisations and midwives
- Creating change
- Strategies for creating and supporting change
- Collegial relationships and allegiances
- Consumer activism as a tool for change
- Developing sustainable models/avoiding burnout
- Writing a proposal for designing, implementing and evaluating change
- Searching the data bases for evidence
- Reading the research literature critically
Assessment
Assessment task 1: 1A: Annotated Bibliography
| Intent: | This is designed to develop your understanding of the nature of models that have, and are, being used in organising maternity/midwifery care and the barriers to their implementation. |
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| Weight: | 15% |
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Assessment task 2: 1B: Developing a proposal for a new model of midwifery care
| Intent: | This is designed to develop your understanding of the nature of models that have, and are, being used in organising maternity/midwifery care and the barriers to their implementation. |
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| Weight: | 55% |
| Length: | 4000 words |
| Criteria: | Marking Criteria: Cover Page - including title of project, the organisation, and your name
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Assessment task 3: 1C: Evaluation Plan - presented as a Power Point
| Intent: | This is designed to develop your understanding of the nature of models that have, and are, being used in organising maternity/midwifery care and the barriers to their implementation. |
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| Weight: | 30% |
| Length: | 10-15 slides |
| Criteria: | Marking Criteria:
Evaluation Plan for New Model
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Required texts
Homer, C., Brodie, P., & Leap, N. 2008, Midwifery continuity of care. A practice guide. Churchill Livingstone, Sydney.
Recommended texts
There is a list of books and articles in the ‘Subject Documents’ section of UTSOnline that may provide students with useful references to help in research assignments. A list of journals, websites and other online references are also provided on UTSOnline. Readings can also be found on the Digital Resource Register.
References
Davis, Floyd, R, Barclay, L, Daviss, B-A & Tritten, J. 2009, Birth models that work, London, University of California Press.
Campbell, R., & MacFarlane, A. 1996. Where to be born? The debate and the evidence. Oxford: National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit.
Hatem. M., Sandall, J., Devane, D., Soltani, H., & Gates S. 2008, Midwife-led versus other models of care for childbearing women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD004667. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004667.pub2.
Kirkham, M. (Ed.). 2010, The midwife-mother relationship. Macmillan, Basingstoke.
NSW Health Department, 2003, Models of maternity service provision across NSW: progressing implementation of the NSW Framework for maternity services. NSW Health Department, Sydney.
Page, L. (Ed.). 1995, Effective group practice in midwifery: Working with women. London: Blackwell Science.
Page, L. (Ed.). 2006, New Midwifery: Science and sensitivity in practice. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
Other resources
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