Bachelor in Science in Midwifery Honours Degree programme

MW4203 -Bringing it all Together (10 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

Following completion of this module the student should be able to:

• Critically review their knowledge of the care of women experiencing normal physiological
  pregnancy and unexpected deviations from physiological processes;
  
• Critically discuss the attributes and characteristics desirable to the establishment of effective
  inter- and intra- professional relationships and how these can impact upon the maternity care women receive;
  
• Critically discuss the role of the midwife in the multidisciplinary health care team in Ireland;
  
• Critically discuss factors that impact positively and negatively on the midwife and the
  development of effective relationships with women in the Irish maternity care setting;
  
• Display an awareness of the wider context of the delivery of maternity care in Ireland and internationally;
  
• Demonstrate an approach to practice that conveys the attributes of warmth, empathy and ultimately being truly ‘with women’;
  
• Critically examine the contribution of reflection to personal and professional growth;
  
• Use skills and strategies which enhance reflective midwifery practice;
  
• Recognise the need for further learning, refinement and development of core skills;
  
• Recognise that becoming a midwife is a developmental process that necessitates life long learning;
  
• Demonstrate the ability to confidently present to peers, midwifery colleagues and others.
  

Module Learning Aims

The aim of this module is to provide midwifery students with the opportunity and time to reflect on the
knowledge, skill and attitudes developed in the course and engage with issues that will impact on them
as midwives.

Recommended Reading List

• Downe S. (2011) Essential Midwifery Practice: Leadership, Expertise and Collaborative Working. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.
  
• Kennedy P. & Murphy-Lawless J. (2001) The Maternity Care Needs of Refugee and Asylum-seeking
  Women: A Research Study Conducted for the Women’s Health Unit, Northern Area Health Board. Eastern Regional Health Authority, Dublin.
  
• Mander R. (2004) Men and Maternity. Routledge, London. http://lib.myilibrary.com/Open.aspx?id=28242&loc=&srch=undefined&src=0
  
• Mander R. (2005) Loss and Bereavement in Childbearing, 2nd edn. Routledge, London.
  http://lib.myilibrary.com/Open.aspx?id=115842&loc=&srch=undefined&src=0
  
• Page L. & McCandlish R. (eds.) (2006) The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice, 2nd edn. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  
• Schott J. & Henley A. (1996) Culture, Religion and Childbearing in a Multiracial Society. Butterworth-Heineman, Oxford

* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.