Midwifery Professional Development

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate the achievement of your learning objectives and the dissemination of this to others.
• Evaluate your own learning style and needs to facilitate your development as a competent and compassionate midwife, and in partnership with the programme team identify and plan your engagement in an educational activity to meet these needs.
• Demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for your own lifelong learning, including consideration of risk assessment, access to variable resources, professional/legal requirements and professional multidisciplinary communication to achieve your activity.
• Analyse the evidence base appropriate to your identified development activity to justify your activity, developing specific self-directed learning objectives to support your learning.
• Reflect on and evaluate your learning from the activity and discuss the extent to which it has helped you meet the module aim, and how it will inform your future midwifery practice and personal and professional development.

Professional codes and their application in various settings

Learning styles

Reflective practice

Lifelong learning

Risk assessment

Communication

Multidisciplinary/agency working/negotiation skills

Teaching and learning methods

This will vary to reflect learning activity undertaken but is likely to include a combination of some of the following:

• Technology enhanced learning activities
• Self-directed study
• Seminar activity
• Tutorial support
• Interdisciplinary and service user engagement

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

This will be variable as appropriate to the learning activity selected but are likely to include •Academic tutorial staff •Blackboard and other online resources •Erasmus activity support (risk assessment, insurance etc.) •Library resources.

Assessment strategy

This will vary depending on the learning activity undertaken and must be negotiated and specified within agreed learning objectives for the module with the academic tutor. Possible assessments include:

• A presentation to tutor and peers
• A professional conversation with tutor
• Submission of an essay
• Submission of a report
• Submission of a portfolio of evidence

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