Course Outline
HLT122 Developing Midwifery
Course Coordinator:Holly Meyer (hmeyer@usc.edu.au) School:School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
2026Semester 1
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
Please go to unisc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course introduces you to essential knowledge required to assess, plan and implement evidence based, support and care for women, infants and families during the childbearing experience. Effective communication skills will be developed and an understanding of psycho social, cultural and emotional influences on pregnancy birth and the postnatal transition will be explored. An emphasis will be placed on the health and social benefits of breastfeeding, with development of skills to support women in their transition to mothering.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – Online asynchronous learning and teaching recording | 1hr | Week 1 | 13 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On campus tutorial | 2hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Course Topics
Module 1: Pregnancy and antentatal care
Module 2: Labour, birth and intrapartum care
Module 3: Postnatal period and postpartum care
Module 4: Common variations
What level is this course?
100 Level (Introductory)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Advocate for the rights of women to participate in their care and provide adequate information to assist their informed decision-making. | Empowered |
| 2 | Apply professional, ethical and legal codes and standards to midwifery care. | Ethical |
| 3 | Interpret and use evidence as a basis to inform midwifery practice. | Creative and critical thinker |
| 4 | Promote and protect physiology throughout the childbearing continuum for women and their infants. | Empowered |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
(HLT100 or LFS112) and HLT132 and enrolled in Program SC393
Co-requisites
HLT121 or (HLT121 and HLT132 and RN pathway credit)
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
In week 4 students will complete Task 1 which will provide early feedback on their progress within the course and assist with preparation for Task 2 and Task 3.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 15% | 30 minutes |
Week 4 | Online Test (Quiz) |
| All | 2 | Written Piece | Individual | 40% | 1500 words |
Week 8 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Written Piece | Individual | 45% | 2000 words |
Week 13 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Online Assessment | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | Revise key concepts introduced in the first 4 weeks of the course and prepare for Assessment Task 2 and Task 3. |
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| Format: | You will complete a timed online assessment via Canvas. The assessment will be open for 24 hours on the Friday of Week 4. You will enter the assessment area for a maximum of 30 minutes and answer 1 short answer question. The question will be based on key concepts introduced in weeks 1-4 of the course. |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Analysis of evidence-based midwifery practice | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | Analyse and apply theory and evidence to support midwifery practice |
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| Product: | Written Piece | ||||||||||||
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| Format: | You will choose a specific aspect of midwifery practice (examples will be given on Canvas). You will use a template to explore, analyse and apply theory and evidence to support practice. |
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| Generic Skills: | Information literacy |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Case Study | |||||||||||||||||||
| Goal: | Apply midwifery knowledge to a case study |
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| Format: | You will choose a case study from options provided. You will write an assignment using a critical thinking conceptual model to explore your case study. Further guidance will be provided via Canvas and by your tutor. |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Sally Pairman,Sally K. Tracy,Hannah Dahlen,Lesley Dixon | 2018 | Midwifery | 4th | Elsevier |
| Required | Nicky Leap,Billie Hunter | 2016 | Supporting Women for Labour and Birth | n/a | Routledge |
| Required | Lily Nichols | 2018 | Real Food for Pregnancy | n/a | Lily Nichols |
| Required | Maria Pollard | 2017 | Evidence-based Care for Breastfeeding Mothers | n/a | Routledge |
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconductAssessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
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- Supplementary Assessment
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- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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