Bachelor in Science in Midwifery Honours Degree programme

MW4202 -Being a Midwife - Personal and Professional Development (5 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

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

• Critically analyse the developments in the midwifery profession in Ireland and their influence on
  the provision of care to women and their families;
  
• Critically discuss inter- and intra- professional issues that impact on midwives and midwifery
  practice in Ireland;
  
• Critically discuss factors that require consideration in the process of regulating the profession of
  midwifery in Ireland;
  
• Critically discuss the role and responsibility of the midwife in relation to professional registration
  and regulation nationally and internationally;
  
• Critically analyse the knowledge and skills required to practice midwifery with competence,
  confidence and autonomy within the midwife’s scope of practice;
  
• Identify and reflect on their own skills in relation to the desirable attributes of a midwife;
  
• Recognise that becoming a midwife is a developmental process that necessitates life long learning;
  
• Demonstrate initiative in creating learning opportunities and meeting own learning needs;
  
• Use skills of teaching to share knowledge and practice with other learners.
  

Module Learning Aims

The aim of this module is to prepare midwifery students to assume the responsibilities of a midwife.

Recommended Reading List

•  An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (2000) Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice Framework. Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann, Dublin.
• An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (2014) Code of Professional Conduct for Registered Nurses and Registered Midwife. Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann, Dublin.
• An Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann (2015) Practice Standards for Midwives. Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann, Dublin.
  
• An Bord Altranais (2003) Guidelines on the Key Points that may be Considered when Developing a Quality Clinical Learning Environment. An Bord Altranais, Dublin.
  
• Bond M. and Holland S. (1998) Skills of Clinical Supervision for Nurses. Open University Press, Buckingham.
  
• Covey S.R. (1999) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Simon and Schuster, New York.
  
• Cross R. E. (1996) Midwives and Management: A Handbook. Books for Midwives Press, Hale. Hinchcliff S. (ed.) (2004) The Practitioner as Teacher. 3rd edn. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  
• Mander R. and Fleming V. (2002) Failure To Progress: The Contraction Of The Midwifery Profession. Routledge, New York.
  
• Raynor M., Marchall J. and Sullivan A. (2005) Decision Making in Midwifery Practice. Churchill Livingstone, London.
  

Additional Reading

• Flint C. (1993) Midwifery Teams and Caseloads. Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
  
• Hobbs L. (1993) The Independent Midwife: A Guide to Independent Midwifery Practice. Books for Midwives Press, Hale.

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