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MID311 - Midwifery Practice 5: Managing Emergencies

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Midwifery

Credit Points

Unit Level

300

Equivalent Units

(MID303)

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (MID221)

Incompatible

Coerequisites

Any co-req unit in {MID313}

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This is the fifth practical unit in a series of six clinical midwifery units. Students continue to learn midwifery practice skills to provide safe and competent midwifery care to women and infants. Students will consolidate their knowledge, skills and actions in maternity emergency situations. Students will apply their knowledge of pathophysiology in maternity and neonatal emergencies in practice in the simulation environment.To meet accreditation requirements students must demonstrate capacity to establish, build, maintain and close continuity of midwifery care with women in their Continuity of Midwifery Care experiences (CoMCE). Students will also attend 40 hours of simulation block (hurdle) and complete 240 hours Professional Experience Placement (PEP) (hurdle) allocated by CDU as a part of this unit. Please refer to the Faculty of Health website for further details on the requirements for placements and other important information.

Important Information

Please note that MID311 is co-requisite with MID313. Students enrolling in this unit must also enrol in MID313.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Identify deviations from normal, initiate and demonstrate safe midwifery care in response to maternal and/or neonatal emergencies.
2.	Demonstrate professional competence in the workplace in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Midwife Standards for Practice relevant to students' scope of practice.
3.	Develop and document professional competency through continued midwifery experiences.
4.	Establish, build, maintain and close continuity of midwifery care with women.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Simulation Block Portfolio (hurdle) (5 pages)	P/F	1
2.	Professional Experience Placement (PEP) Portfolio (hurdle) (20 pages)	P/F	1,2,3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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