HNM330 - Quality and Safety: Midwifery Practice 1
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D355 |
| Previously: | Unit was previously HNM310 Midwifery Practice 1 |
| Prerequisite: | HNM322 or HNM202 |
| Corequisite: | HNM323 |
| Incompatible with: | HNM310 |
| Study commitment | Students will spend 240 hours over the trimester undertaking a midwifery practice experience (MPE), including a particular focus on experiences caring for infants with complex health challenges. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 240 hours Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE) |
| Note: | Department of Health – Safety Screening Requirements - Police Record Check, Working With Children Check and Immunisation Status In accordance with the Department of Health policy, all students are required to undertake a Police Record Check prior to Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE) in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Worker Screening Act 2020, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE) will not be able to undertake Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE) and this will impede progress in the course. Students are required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. |
Content
This unit is the third of three units within the Midwifery Studies Cluster: Year 3. This unit is one of two units in the Cluster that only involves clinical learning. Student learning will focus on developing and consolidating midwifery knowledge, skills, and proficiencies through extended clinical learning experiences in midwifery practice settings.
Students will have the opportunity to observe the midwife’s role and function within a multidisciplinary maternity care team and participate in supervised care of women, newborn infants, including infants with complex care needs, and their families.
During a six (6) week midwifery practice experience (MPE), students will develop mindsets and apply knowledge and skills learned in this unit and previous units.
Hurdle requirement
- Midwifery Practice Experience (MPE)- Pass/Fail
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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Commonwealth Prac Payment
From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is intending to introduce the Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) to assist eligible students with costs related to mandatory placements in higher education courses for teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work.