MSc Midwifery Post RN (pre-registration)

Module aims: 1. To systematically apply advanced awareness of ethical and professional values and code of conduct when working with the birthing person, infants and their families. 2. To apply and develop advanced interpersonal, team and networking skills to strategically enhance your contribution to the role of the midwife and develop effective communication promoting kindness and compassion. 3. To take responsibility for leading systematic and critical evaluation of own and other’s capabilities, performance and development applying strategic approaches in complex contexts related to fitness to practice.

Module aims: To have systematic critical understanding and of the changes that may lead to additional care needs for women/birthing people and newborn infants. To conceptualise, synthesis and apply the advanced principles of the midwife’s role in first line management and timely collaboration with and referral to multi-disciplinary and multi-agency colleagues related to Safeguarding. To select and apply advanced problem-solving skills to sharing specialist information for women and newborn infants with additional needs. To have systematic critical understanding of the midwife’s ongoing responsibility for continuity and coordination of midwifery care and the additional physical, psychological and social needs of women and families.

Module aims: To apply, reflect on and develop advanced interpersonal, team, networking and leadership skills to strategically enhance team working and continuous development. To systematically synthesise advanced knowledge and evaluation related to midwives’ contributions to the quality and safety of maternity care, avoiding harm and promoting positive outcomes and experiences To act autonomously; undertaking a critical evaluation of your own and others capabilities, performance and development and take responsibility for continuous professional development and support and supervision of others.

Module aims: To conceptualise the concepts, theory and evidence of the continuum from pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, labour, birth and postpartum and the early weeks of the newborn’s life including infant feeding. To apply advanced knowledge and be able to effectively apply the concepts, theory and evidence related to creating an environment that is safe, respectful, kind, nurturing and empowering. Systematically apply knowledge and be able to critically evaluate and support normal physiological processes to promote positive outcomes for the birthing person, infants and their families including the impact of breastfeeding.

Module aims: To apply systematic knowledge and understanding of advanced principles, concepts evidence and specialist theories related to working in partnership with birthing persons, newborn infants and their families. To apply systematic knowledge and understanding of advanced principles, concepts evidence and specialist theories related to the public health and the requirement to promote psychological and physical health and well-being. To have an understanding of the theories, concepts & evidence related to working in partnership with birthing persons, newborn infants and their families. To have an understanding of the theories, concepts and evidence related to the public health and the requirement to promote psychological and physical health and well-being.

On completion of this module you will be able to: Apply systematic understanding of knowledge and specialist theoretical, ethical and professional values to the legal and regulatory frameworks governing midwifery practice. Apply and develop advanced interpersonal, team and networking skills contributing to working in partnership with the birthing person and families in a way that is diversity sensitive and treating people with dignity and respect within complex and emergency/high risk situations and contexts. Select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theoretical frameworks and approaches to the physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors related to pregnancy and childbearing. Systematically understand of knowledge and specialist theoretical and methodological approaches to addressing maternal and infant mortality in UK and globally.

On completion of this module, you will be able to: Apply advanced principles, theoretical frameworks and concepts related to midwifery philosophies of care and formulate innovative proposals to implement continuity and caseload models of care. Critically evaluate and apply the theories, evidence and challenges of collaborative multi-disciplinary, multi-agency working which promotes respectful, safe care and be able to apply these to practice. Conceptualise and critically evaluate the theories, evidence and challenges of safe and effective partnership working with women and families and be able to use advanced problem-solving skills to apply these to practice. Systematically and critical analyse and evaluate data and evidence, applying this to models of midwifery and maternity care, considering the potential impacts on safety and effectiveness on birthing people, their infants, and families.

This project is made up of four modules in trimesters two and three of the final year (Universal Care, Additional Care, Promoting Excellence and Reflective Practitioner). There are 60 credits in total for this project. The Universal Care module will prepare you to create a systematised literature review on a complex midwifery care topic, demonstrating your research skills including: investigation and literature searching, critical analysis and evaluation of specialist information and data, and application of this evidence to inform future midwifery practice. The Additional Care module will prepare you to undertake a viva on a series of complex midwifery care scenarios, demonstrating your systematic application of advanced problem-solving strategies, methods and techniques to critically evaluate problems in unpredictable and complex practice contexts. The Promoting Excellence module will prepare you to present a critical evaluation of your development as a Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) practitioner, demonstrating your systematic application of knowledge and specialist theory, exploring interrelationships with other relevant health professionals and taking responsibility as a leader in the care provision for newborn babies and their families in complex and unpredictable contexts. The Reflective Practitioner module will prepare you to achieve your midwifery practice proficiencies (via the MORA) and create a portfolio of evidence. This will include critical reflections on the development of your research capacity, leadership skills and midwifery practice. This evidence and reflection will enable you to apply your advanced level of knowledge and skills to practice and prepare you to become a qualified autonomous midwife.

On completion of this module, you will be able to: Apply a systematic understanding of knowledge and specialist theory and methodological approaches to the anatomy and physiological and psycho-social adaptations related to pregnancy and childbearing. Apply advanced awareness of ethical and professional values and code of conduct to personal & strategic decisions, actions responsibilities, outcomes and dilemmas working proactively with others to ensure culturally sensitive and individualised care for all birthing persons, their partners and families. Select and apply advanced principles, concepts, theories and evidence to understanding of the theories, strategies and evidence to critically develop innovative methods of promoting public health, optimising the health and wellbeing of birthing persons, their infants and families. Systematically and critically analyse and evaluate incomplete and contradictory data and evidence using advanced methodologies and methods to explain and support conclusions and recommendations in unpredictable complex contexts.