Autonomous Midwifery Practice with Continuity of Carer Experience

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically appraise the diagnostic and decision making skills required for the safe assessment, planning and delivery of care for woman and their newborn infant during the childbirth continuum
• Critically reflect on continuity of carer experiences to support the development of personal strength, resourcefulness and flexibility to work in stressful and difficult situations
• Critically analyse programmes of care demonstrating modifications for the improvements of outcomes for women, babies and their families
• Recognise and critically appraise the value of the womens and their families voice within maternity services and own professional development
• Demonstrate and evaluate safe practice within the limitations of the student midwivesown competence, knowledge and sphere of professional practice, consistent with the legislation relating to midwifery practice

Decision making

• Decision-making theories and their application to an evidence informed practice setting
• Risk assessment and management
• Policy drivers
• The use of clinical audit, service evaluation and quality improvement data to evaluate and enhance practice provision and to support women’s evidence-informed decision-making
• Enhancing the decision making and risk assessment skills required for autonomous contemporary practice
• Patient safety, human factors, critical incidences, near misses, serious adverse events and quality care
• Advocating for women and newborn infants
• Leadership
• Escalating concerns/challenging colleagues
• Decisions outside clinical guidance
• Planning non-discriminatory, respectful, compassionate and kind care in partnership with women and families to strengthen their capabilities, including consideration of capacity
• Working in partnership with other professionals /agencies
• Documentation
• The patient voice

Personal professional practice

• Regulatory requirements for practice including revalidation
• Transition to first post
• Strength based approach – develop strength, resourcefulness and flexibility to work in stressful and difficult situations
• Development of the role of autonomous practitioner
• Fitness to practice and professional self-regulation
• Duty of care
• Duty of candour - courage, integrity, transparency, impact of dysfunctional attitudes and behaviour, ineffective team working
• Safe staffing
• The role of Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Professional ambassador - Accountability and autonomy
• Understanding self
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and other professional requirements
• Developing a 1, 3 and 5 year career plan.
• Continuous self-reflective practice and the need for continuous, life-long learning
• Continuity of carer case load experience in practice
• Suturing practical skill
• Cannulation skill
• Midwife as supervisor of student midwives and other learners within the a variety of environments including consideration of learners professional values, knowledge base, proficiency, 6 C’s and action plan development
• Development of coaching skills to support all staff learning in practice
• Process mapping
• Global and multicultural perspectives of healthcare, political, legal and ethical issues influencing practice
• Cultural humility
• Planning for employment (building a CV and Personal Statement, negotiating a reference, interview skills etc).
• Telehealth literacy
• Clinical governance

Programme threads are linked throughout and include:

Infant feeding principles

Medicines management

Mental health and well-being

Values Based Enquiry Journey

Making every contact count

Continuity of carer

Leadership

Coaching

Teaching and learning methods

Synchronous and asynchronous lectures

Group work

Reflection

Continuity of carer Case-load practice

Self-directed study

Blended learning

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Gray, M., Kitson-Reynolds, E. and Cummings, A. (EDS) (2019). Starting life as a midwife: An International Review of Transition from Student to Practitioner Springer.

Raynor, M., Marshall, J. Sullivan, A (2005). Decision-Making in Midwifery Practice. Churchill Livingstone: London.

Thompson, C and Dowding, D (editors) (2009). Essential decision making and clinical judgement for nurses. London: Churchill Livingstone.

Tingle, J and Bark, P (editors) (2011). Patient safety, Law policy and Practice. Oxon: Routledge.

Standing, M (2010). Clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing and interprofessional healthcare Clinical judgement and decision-making in nursing and interprofessional healthcare. Berkshire: McGraw Hill.

Assessment strategy

To pass this module you must achieve a weighted mean average of 40 % or more AND also you must pass the both components at 40% or more

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External