Midwifery (pre-registration)

Module aims: 

1. Introduce you to partnership working with a birthing person, respecting their human rights and enabling their views, preferences and decisions. 

2. Promote safe, effective and professional care within the role of the midwife. 

3. Prepare you to communicate effectively and with kindness and compassion. 

Module aims: 

1. To work across the continuum from pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum and the early weeks of the newborn's life. 

2. Have understanding of the importance of creating an environment that is safe, respectful, kind, nurturing and empowering. 

3. Support the normal physiological processes throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods to promote positive outcomes for the birthing person, infants and their families. 

Module aims: 

1. Prepare you to work in partnership with the birthing person, newborn infants and their families. 

2. Enable you to understand the contribution to population health and the requirement to promote psychological and physical health and well-being. 

3. Explain how to optimise normal physiological processes to promote positive outcomes for the birthing person, infants and their families. 

Module aims: 

1. Prepare you to recognise changes that may lead to additional care needs for the birthing person and newborn infants. 

2. Enable you to understand the importance of the midwife's role in first line management and timely collaboration with and referral to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues. 

3. Enable you to understand the midwife's ongoing responsibility for continuity and coordination of midwifery care. 

Module aims: 

1. Enable you to understand the principles of effective leadership, team working and the need for continuous development. 

2. Enable you to understand the importance of the midwife's contribution to the quality and safety of maternity care, avoiding harm and promoting positive outcomes and experiences. 

3. Explain the midwife's ongoing responsibility for continuous professional development and supporting and supervising others. 

Module aims: 

1. To enable you to complete and record the participatory level of midwifery skills & proficiencies aligned to the proficiencies in each of the 6 domains of the NMC Standards for Midwifery Practice via the Midwifery On-going Record of Achievement (MORA).

2. To enable you to reflect on learning that informs your professional development and practice.

3. To enable you to demonstrate your strength based approaches and compassionate self-care.

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Discuss and apply the legal and regulatory frameworks governing midwifery practice in the UK in protecting public safety 

2. Recognise and explain the importance of working in partnership with the birthing person in a way that is diversity sensitive and treats the birthing person with dignity and respect, recognising their autonomy and identify factors that contribute to inequalities in health. 

3. Identify and explain the physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors related to pregnancy and childbearing. 

4. Explain to the role of the midwife and the principles on which the role of the midwife is based. 

5. Apply an in-depth knowledge & understanding of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity in the UK and globally. 

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Identify and apply the relevant theories and concepts underpinning midwifery philosophies of care. 

2. Evaluate the principles underpinning collaborative multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working which promotes respectful, safe care. 

3. Explain the principles of safe and effective partnership working with birthing persons. 

4. Synthesise information and ideas related to infant feeding practices, formulating creative proposals to address issues. 

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Identify and explain the anatomical, physiological and psycho-social adaptations related to pregnancy and childbearing. 

2. Analyse and evaluate the importance of culturally sensitive and individualised care for the birthing person, their partners and families. 

3. Identify and apply the principles underpinning the public health role of the midwife in optimising the health and wellbeing of the birthing person, their babies and the families. 

4. Identify and apply a range of relevant principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks and approaches to pregnancy, birth and the post-partum period in contexts of vary complexity. 

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Identify and explain the complications and additional care needs throughout pregnancy and the childbearing continuum. 

2. Analyse and evaluate the importance of the birthing person/baby dyad when complications or additional care needs occur. 

3.  Apply the principles of working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. 

4. Identify and apply a range of relevant principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks and approaches related to safeguarding. 

In completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Apply an understanding of the range of human and environmental factors that can impact on high quality, safe care to the birthing person and infants.

2. Apply research findings and lessons from data and reports to promote and inform best midwifery policy and practice, and to support the birthing persons evidence-informed decision-making. 

3. Synthesise information and ideas which contribute to quality evidence, audit and service evaluation. 

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Organise and communicate information of varying complexity to the birthing person, their families, practice supervisors, academic assessors and peers. 

2. Synthesise information and ideas from practice and formulate creative proposals to address issues of varying complexity using established models of reflection. 

3. Contribute to safe and responsive care across the midwifery care continuum under direct supervision of a qualified midwife/supervisor or assessor (MORA).

4. Take responsibility for the timely recording of information for all aspects of the midwifery care and related professional activity. 

5. Applies a range of effective communication approaches with supervisors and assessors, responding appropriately to feedback and taking responsibility for incorporating relevant change into practice and behaviour.

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Critically evaluate and apply the legal and regulatory frameworks governing midwifery practice in the UK. 

2. Demonstrate partnership working with the birthing person in a way that is diversity sensitive and treats them with dignity and respect, recognising their autonomy and identify factors that contribute to inequalities in health. 

3. Critically evaluate and illustrate the ways in which physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors relate to pregnancy and childbearing. 

4. Apply an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the role of the midwife and the principles on which the role of the midwife is based. 

5. Select and apply problem-solving strategies using specialist knowledge in complex situations. 

On completion of this module, you will be able to: 

1. Critically analyse and evaluate midwifery philosophies of care and how models of care are implemented. 

2. Apply an in-depth understanding of collaborative multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working which promotes respectful, safe care. 

3. Communicate and demonstrate safe and effective partnership working with the birthing person. 

4. Select and apply relevant principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks and approaches to continuity of care and carer in maternity care and taking into account competing perspectives.   

This project is made up of four modules in trimesters two and three of the final year (Universal Care, Additional Care, Promoting Excellence and Reflective Practitioner). There are 60 credits in total for this project. 

The Universal Care module will prepare you to create a systematised literature review on a complex midwifery care topic, demonstrating your research skills including: investigation and literature searching, critical analysis and evaluation of specialist information and data, and application of this evidence to inform future midwifery practice.  

The Additional Care module will prepare you to undertake a viva on a series of complex midwifery care scenarios, demonstrating your systematic application of advanced problem-solving strategies, methods and techniques to critically evaluate problems in unpredictable and complex practice contexts.  

The Promoting Excellence module will prepare you to present a critical evaluation of your development as a Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) practitioner, demonstrating your systematic application of knowledge and specialist theory, exploring interrelationships with other relevant health professionals and taking responsibility as a leader in the care provision for newborn babies and their families in complex and unpredictable contexts.  

The Reflective Practitioner module will prepare you to achieve your midwifery practice proficiencies (via the MORA) and create a portfolio of evidence. This will include critical reflections on the development of your research capacity, leadership skills and midwifery practice. This evidence and reflection will enable you to apply your advanced level of knowledge and skills to practice and prepare you to become a qualified autonomous midwife.