Group presentation using reflective model

1 - Oral assessment and presentation - 20

Video assignment reflecting on one of four professional scenarios

2 - Oral assessment and presentation - 80

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The module acts as an underpinning foundation for the modules which follow. The module content is therefore structured around this foundation and your engagement with the following areas: 
<ul><li>The role, responsibilities and scope of the midwife </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professional values and behaviours </li></ul>
<ul><li>Developing self-awareness </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professional, legislative and cultural context of the midwifery profession </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professional regulation </li></ul>
<ul><li>Models of maternity care </li></ul>
<ul><li>Regulatory, legal and ethical issues affecting midwifery practice </li></ul>
<ul><li>Principles of courage, integrity, transparency </li></ul>
<ul><li>Confidentiality </li></ul>
<ul><li>Documentation </li></ul>
<ul><li>Equality and diversity  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Anti-discriminatory practice </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professional duty of candour </li></ul>
<ul><li>Escalating concerns </li></ul>
<ul><li>Lifelong learning </li></ul>
<ul><li>Career planning </li></ul>
<ul><li>Professional autonomy and accountability </li></ul>
<ul><li>Developing professional relationships </li></ul>
<ul><li>Multi-disciplinary working </li></ul>
<ul><li>Partnership working with women </li></ul>
<ul><li>Human rights in childbirth </li></ul>
<ul><li>Informed decision making </li></ul>
<ul><li>Effective, authentic and meaningful communication  </li></ul>
<ul><li>Reflective practice </li></ul>
<ul><li>Reflective models </li></ul>

Feedback is provided in a number of ways throughout your module. This includes feedback you receive during teaching from both peers and lecturers and that provided for formative assessment. Following an assessment, you will be given your marks and feedback in line with the assessment regulations and policy. More information on the timing and type of feedback that will be provided for each assessment will be available from the module leader. <a href='https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations'>https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/governance/policies/student-policies-and-regulations</a>

This module will support the development of all the graduate attributes. Your module leader will provide you with information about how your learning, teaching and assessment activities support your development of these attributes. The graduate attributes are: - Always learning - Engaged in the world - Technical and digital - Connected Professional - Creating Impact

Placement - 

Synchronous online - 

In-Person - 

Directed Asynchronous - 

Self-directed - 

Empowering Decision-Making in Midwifery: A Global Perspective.

NMC Confidentiality

  AIMS Journal

Legal Aspects of Midwifery.

Principles of Biomedical Ethics.

Part 1 of Realising professionalism: Standards for education and training. London; NMC accessed at educationframework.pdf 

Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education.

Law and Ethics for Midwifery.

Medical Ethics and Law: A curriculum for the 21st century.

Portfolios and reflective practice

Complementary therapies in maternity care: an evidence-based approach.

Aromatherapy in midwifery practice.

Standards of proficiency for midwives.

he Roar Behind the Silence: Why kindness, compassion and respect matter in maternity care.

Becoming a midwife in the 21st century.

Disrupting Power London:

How to survive your nursing or midwifery course: a toolkit for success.

The Practising Midwife Journal 

Study skills for nursing and midwifery students. Maidenhead

The code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and Midwives 

University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

Reclaiming childbirth as a rite of passage: weaving ancient wisdom with modern knowledge.

NHS England » Maternity Transformation Programme 

Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias.

Reflective practice: writing and professional development.

Department of Health. The Common Law Duty of Confidentiality.

Delivering expectations. Department of Health

Part 2: standards for student supervision and assessment. London; NMC. 

Realising professionalism: standards for education and training.

Accountability in Nursing and Midwifery. Hull

Medical Ethics Today. The BMA’sHandbook of Ethics and Law.

Part 3: Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes. London; NMC

Realising professionalism: Standards for education and training.

MW1011 - The Midwife as Advocate and Ambassador 1: Introducing Professional Issues

MW1011-PRD1-BLE-ALV1

This module’s contact hours will be delivered using a number of different approaches. As an example, you may have a combination of in-person sessions (i.e., face to face on campus), and/or online synchronous sessions (participants are engaged at the same time online) and online asynchronous guided activities (you need to plan time to engage with these so you are prepared for the in person and synchronous sessions. These may include viewing recorded lectures and/or other online resources, reading materials, undertaking quizzes, completing exercises, and chatting on forums.) In addition to these teaching delivery approaches, you will undertake your own independent study, which may involve wider reading, independent research, skills practice, and preparation for assessment. Please see this module’s Moodle page and/or handbook for further information. 
Lectures 
Lectures are used to communicate core material and as a foundation for further reading. A lecture can help you to feel secure in the foundational knowledge required and point you to significant areas for further study. Lectures provide a basis for discussion in seminars or tutorials. Lecture notes are provided on the virtual learning environment Moodle. However, you are expected to take your own notes too. Lectures may be on campus (in person) or online. Online lectures may be synchronous (in ‘real time’) or directed asynchronous (pre-recorded) and watched in your own time. Interaction in synchronous lectures (online or on campus) is encouraged. Lectures will usually be delivered by university staff, and there will also be a range of external experts and service users who will provide their unique perspectives on the topics covered in the lectures.
Seminars 
These small group sessions are essential supplements to the lectures and give you the opportunity to apply the material covered in the lectures and your independent reading. Seminars will enable you to reflect on and discuss material related to a subject or case study. The seminars will extend the depth and breadth of your knowledge and encourage team working; they are designed to motivate, enhance your communication skills, and develop your powers of reasoning.  
Tutorials  
Tutorials will encourage you to apply theory to practice and extend the depth and breadth of your knowledge, providing opportunities for debate, exploration of personal thoughts and ideas and practice experiences. Tutorials provide you with the opportunity to work on problems and exercises connected with the course material. Tutorials develop problem-solving skills in an environment that encourages an interactive approach to learning. Tutorials may be distinguished from seminars for the stronger emphasis that they place on the role of the tutor in giving direction or feedback. Tutorials can happen virtually as well as face-to-face. Tutorial work may entail: giving a presentation, to demonstrate that you have achieved a set task, engaging in a debate which will encourage you to develop group discussions around contemporary issues or inspire you to pursue specific lines of enquiry.
Self-directed learning
Your studies will involve a number of hours of self-directed learning. This time will be spent reading course material and recommended books, articles or other sources and time spent on your personal study-skills development. The Module Leaders will direct you to the relevant teaching materials available on Moodle for you to prepare for lectures, seminars, and tutorials. Reading lists are provided on module specifications and on Moodle. You will be expected to access the resources before the teaching in order to maximise your learning. During self-directed learning you should explore areas of interest, read widely, and prepare for assessments. Whilst this time counts towards the total hours allocated to the programme, it will be up to you to decide exactly how you spend this time and which areas of learning you wish to pursue.
Guided independent study
Higher education emphasises independent learning, with students engaging in both scheduled sessions and guided independent study. Guided independent study provides structure and support for activities such as preparing for sessions, consolidating learning, completing assessments, and wider reading. We expect you to take responsibility for your own learning and the programme offers resources and guidance, including study skills support, feedback, and access to learning spaces (HESA, 2016). While self-directed learning allows you to choose how to spend your study time and explore areas of personal interest, guided independent study provides more structure and direction to support your learning. In guided independent study, you are encouraged to prepare for scheduled sessions, consolidate your learning, complete assessments, and engage in wider reading, with guidance and resources provided by the programme to help them make effective progress.
Moodle and other digital platforms
Moodle is City St George’s Online Learning Environment. You will use Moodle and other digital platforms as central tools to support your learning, engagement, and progression throughout the programme. These platforms will provide access to core teaching materials, recorded lectures, discussion forums, and interactive resources, enabling you to engage with content at your own pace. They will facilitate communication with academic staff and peers through announcements, messaging, and collaborative activities, supporting active participation and community building. Digital platforms will also allow you to submit assignments, receive formative and summative feedback, and track your academic progress, ensuring they remain informed of learning outcomes and programme requirements. By integrating these technologies into daily learning, you will develop digital literacy skills essential for independent study and professional practice.
Placement Experience (direct and indirect supervision) 
The aim of supervised clinical practice experience is for you to observe, participate in and practice providing care to women, their babies, and their families, in a variety of contexts. Through the development of knowledge and skills, this experience will facilitate the integration of theory and practice in both maternity and other related health care settings. As your experience develops, you will require less observation and direct supervision but will always have indirect supervision and support available. You will consolidate your progression will include delivering high quality care as one to one care in the intrapartum period to caring for groups of women in other contexts such as antenatal and postnatal care. Other experience will include providing care as part of a continuity model as well as to women, babies, and their families with identified additional needs and complexities. As you develop your autonomy and prepare for entry onto the midwifery professional register, you will undertake activities to further develop your understanding of inter-professional practice.

The Midwife as Advocate and Ambassador 1: Introducing Professional Issues

Provide evidence that you can be open and honest, act with integrity and uphold the reputation of your profession and your university (S1, S2, S4, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:  1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 1.19, 1.25, 1.26 5.1, 5.2, 5..3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9). 

Values and attitudes

Show that you make the care of women and their families your first concern, treating them as individuals and respecting their dignity (K3, S1, S2, S4, S7, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:   1.9, 1.10, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.16., 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 

Recognise expectations of professional behaviour in practice. (S2, S7, V1, V2, V3, V4) (NMC 2019:  4.9, 4.11, 5.1 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5,8, 5,9, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14) 

Knowledge

Use a range of strategies and tools to ensure effective professional communication (S1, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:  1.15, 2.8, 2.9 3,3, 4.9, 4.11, 5.2). 

Skills

Define the role and scope of the midwife.(K2, S2, S4, V1, V4) (NMC 2019:  1.1, 1.2, 1.6., 1.7, 3.24, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5,8, 5,9, 5.16) 

Build trusting relationships with women, parents and their families (K3, S1, S2, S5, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:  1.11, 3.1, 3.25, 3.27. 

Explain the notions of professional autonomy and accountability (S2, S4, V1, V2, V3, V4) (NMC 2019:  1.15. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5,8, 5,9,, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13) 

Support women in their right to informed consent. (K1, K3, S1, S2, S4) (S1, S2, S5, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:  3.2, 3.22 

Show that you can take responsibility for your own learning (V4) (NMC 2019:  1.27, 5.9 5.13, 5.18). 

Demonstrate your appreciation that the people in your care must be able to trust you as a professional. (K3, S1, S2, S4, S7, V1, V2, V3) (NMC 2019:  1.1, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3) 

Discuss the professional, legislative and cultural context of the midwifery profession.  (S2, S4, S6, S7) (NMC 2019:  1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.14, 1.25, 1.26, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.8, 2.9, 3.24, 3.26, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.4, 5.6, 5.7, 5,8, 5,9, 5.17)  