Module Code - Title:
CP4117
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PRACTICE PLACEMENT MIDWIFERY 6
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
PF
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This is the sixth of eight modules exploring midwifery practice. The purpose of this module is to provide the student with an opportunity to consolidate knowledge, skills and professional behaviours in preparation for their internship in midwifery practice.
Syllabus:
This module has six weeks of practice placement. Experience within midwifery practice allows the student to recognise the increasing autonomy that will be expected of them in their internship. Time management, scope of practice, critical analysis, problem-solving, decision-making and reflection skills all continue to develop under distant supervision of the registered midwife.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Demonstrate knowledge which reflects safe, competent, kind and compassionate professional care which is informed by the best available evidence, knowledge and the experiences, preferences and values of the woman.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Promotes and protects pregnancy and childbirth as a healthy and normal physiological event and a profound event in a woman's life.
Demonstrate and uphold the professional values and standards as laid out in the Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics (NMBI 2014) supported by The University of Limerick Code of Conduct.
Communicates appropriately and effectively with women, their families and with the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
Works within the scope of practice for a fourth year midwifery student and recognises own level of knowledge, skills and professional behaviours
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Students will be provided with an opportunity to engage in practice under the distant supervision of a registered midwife. Students' assessment and successful completion of this module is underpinned by the safety and wellbeing of the mother and her baby. This takes cognisance of and supersedes all other considerations with regard to student well-being and performance in practice (NMBI 2015). As a result of experiencing clinical practice in midwifery, the module aims to develop UL graduate attributes. Following participation in providing care, students will become more knowledgeable and responsible in their approach to women-centred holistic care. Students will become more articulate in relation to evidence based care and collaborative within the multidisciplinary team. An evidence based approach to midwifery care will be integrated into clinical practice.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2021)
Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives
, Dublin: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2022)
Practice Standards for Midwives
, Dublin: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Bowen, R. and Taylor, W. (2023)
Skills for Midwifery Practice, 5th ed.
, Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
World Health Organisation (2011)
Patient Safety Curriculum Guide: Multi-professional Edition ,
, Geneva: World Health Organisation.
Macdonald, S. and Johnson, G. (2023)
Mayes' Midwifery; A Textbook for Midwives, 16th Ed.,
, Edinburgh: Elsevier
Howatson-Jones, L. (2016)
Reflective Practice in Nursing (Transforming Nursing Practice) 3rd Ed.
, Exeter: Learning Matters.
Johns, C. (2022)
Becoming a Reflective Practitioner, 6th Ed.
, London: Wiley-Blackwell
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BSMIDWUFA - MIDWIFERY
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
cora.conneely@ul.ie