This unit addresses the need for students to adequately understand what it means to be a professional midwife through exploring issues that impact upon the role of the midwife. These issues include socio-cultural, historical, political, regulatory, legal, ethical and institutional factors that affect midwifery and maternity service delivery at local, national and international levels. Against these factors the role of midwifery as primary health care will be explored in relation to health promotion and education in pregnancy, birth, parenting and lactation, and fertility regulation. This unit works to put into context for the student, the nature and scope of midwifery practice, its... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Mary Anne Biro (Clayton), Ms Maureen Miles (Gippsland)
Prerequisites: MID5001 Woman midwife partnerships + MID5002 Extending midwifery partnerships.
