| Module Code: MID3013 |
Module Title: WIDER ISSUES IN MIDWIFERY |
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Module Provider: Health & Social Care
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Short Name: MID3013
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Level: HE3
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Module Co-ordinator: BROWN A Dr (HSC)
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Number of credits: 60
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Number of ECTS credits: 30
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| Module Availability |
| Semester 1 |
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| Module Overview |
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| Module Aims |
This module ensures the examination of wider issues in midwifery and will prepare the student to provide clinical leadership in healthcare service delivery. The module addresses a variety of psychological, sociological and sexual health issues and the underpinning ethical principles. Emphasis will be placed on the application of research and critical reflection to issues of service delivery in the achievement of clinical effectiveness. This enables the students to debate controversial issues related to childbearing e.g. genetic modification of stem cells, screening methods and fertility technologies. Students will be supported in designing a research project.
The module focuses on the issues related to care of women and their families from a user perspective within the wider context of the public health. The opportunity is provided to explore several dimensions of practice development to include self management skills, managing others, the need for conducive environments for care, all underpinned by leadership and change management theory and midwifery supervision.
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| Learning Outcomes |
By the end of the module the student should be able to:
Professional practice skills
1. demonstrate in a simulated setting the ability to safely insert a venous cannula.
2. begin to undertake suturing in a simulated environment
3. apply the NMC Midwives’ Rules and Codes of Practice to discussions of care delivery
Values and attitudes
1. understand how sexuality may affect women experiences in childbearing
2. recognise guidance from Nursing and Midwifery bodies in relation to professional conduct e.g. working as a team member, being a culturally sensitive group member
3. demonstrate understanding of how anti-discriminatory principles and equal opportunity polices can influence management and leadership in the provision of maternity services
4. demonstrate an understanding of moral and ethical dilemmas involved in providing care
Knowledge and understanding
1. demonstrate an understanding of how Acts of Parliament (Human Rights Act, Children Act, Mental Health Act etc) impact on women and their families and can influence working practices
2. analyse the relationship between psychosocial factors and patho-physiological factors both during the childbearing experience and as they relate to men’s and women’s health e.g. sexual health, drug misuse, family planning and the menopause
3. demonstrate a critical understanding of psychological and psychiatric problems related to pregnancy and the role of the midwife in relation to these
4. analyse national and local influences on childbearing and debate contemporary and controversial issues in practice e.g. stem cell collection.
5. critically and systematically analyse evidence from primary sources and relate these to midwifery practice
6. demonstrate the ability to use research evidence and knowledge of practice to design a research project and to identify research needed to enable practice development
7. critically examine the concepts of monitoring, audit, evaluation and clinical governance and how these relate to client safety, risk and change management and client choice
8. demonstrate an understanding of managed care pathways and other means of improving communication between midwives, social workers, psychiatric teams etc
9. evaluate the role of supervision in enabling professional development and maintaining standards of care
10. demonstrate an understanding of child protection policies and procedures within their own trust and relate these to their legal and ethical underpinning
Cognitive skills
1. demonstrate an appreciation of the effects of social, political, cultural and economic issues on women’s health nationally and internationally
Key skills
1. critically evaluate trust policies in light of appropriate and relevant evidence and research
2. reflect on the care and advice given to women and babies in difficult and sensitive situations and on care given in light of current research
3. demonstrate theoretical knowledge of change management theory and how this may be applied in practice
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
ESSENTIAL READING
Andrews G. (1997) Women’s sexual health Balliere Tindall, London
Cecil R. (1996) The anthropology of pregnancy loss: comparative studies in miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death Berg, Oxford
CESDI (1998) Confidential enquiry into stillbirths and deaths in infants, 5th /8th Annual Report maternal and child health Consortium: London
Clement S. (1998) Psychological perspectives on pregnancy and childbirth Churchill Livingstone, London
Frith L (editor) 1996 Ethics and midwifery: issues in contemporary practice Butterworth Heinemann: London
Hicks C. (1996) Understanding midwifery research: A basic guide to design and analysis Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh
Jenkins R (1995) The law and the midwife Blackwell Science: Oxford
Nicholson P. (1998) Postnatal depression, psychology, science and the transition to motherhood Routledge, London
Niven C. A., and Walker A. (1998) Current issues in infancy and parenthood Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1997) Fetal awareness : a report RCOG, London
Sparshott M. (1997) Pain, distress and the newborn baby. Blackwell Science, Oxford
Symonds A. and Hunt S.C. (1996) The Midwife and Society Macmillan, Basingstoke
Ungerson C. and Kember M. (1997) Women and Social Policy (2nd edn.) Macmillan, Basingstoke
Journal titles:
British Journal of Midwifery
British Medical Journal
Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Journal of Childbirth Education
Journal of Obstetric, Gynaecological and Neonatal Nursing
MIDIRS, Midwifery Digest
Midwifery
Pain
USEFUL WEBSITES FOR RECENT NEWS/ POLICIES/GUIDANCE IN HEALTH CARE
Department of Health
http://www.doh.gov.uk-pub-docs
http://www.doh.gov.uk/nursinghtm
Mental Health Act on line
http://www.mha.inuk.com
Midwives online
http://www.midwivesonline.com/index.php
National Childbirth Trust
http://www.nct.org.uk/home
National Electronic Library for Health
http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/hth/archive.asp
NICE
nice.org.uk
Nursing and Midwifery Council
http://www.nmc-uk.org
Nursing Times
http://www.nursingtimes.net
Royal College of Midwives
http://www.rcm.org.uk
University sites
www.surrey.ac.uk/undergraduate/experience/learning/resources/
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/mentor.html
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| Last Updated |
| 29TH JULY 2010 |
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