MID5005 Advancing midwifery practice

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Critically analyse global trends in infant and maternal outcomes and how they align with the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs) for maternity care;

2. 2

   Synthesise the ‘Framework for Quality Maternal and Newborn Care’ and reflect on how it relates to the student's own maternity context;

3. 3

   Investigate and analyse the barriers and enablers to implementing quality care as described in the ‘Respectful Maternity Care’ charter;

4. 4

   Interrogate the use of a evidence and the role of data to advance midwifery knowledge and practice;

5. 5

   Critically address professional skills and knowledge deficits in self and others within the student's own maternity care context;

6. 6

   Research and apply evidence-based clinical midwifery decision making skills;

7. 7

   Reflect on and improve own practice in accordance with the midwifery practice standards and codes that relate to the student's own maternity context;

8. 8

   Critically analyse the role of midwifery leadership in advancing quality maternity care;

9. 9

   Demonstrate ability to critique and promote the role of the midwife to advance midwifery practice in collaborative and autonomous roles.