MIDW2014 Evidence for Midwifery Practice

Dr Megan Cooper

2020

4.5

On Campus
9 x 3-hour Tutorial per semester
1 x 8-hour Intensive Workshop per semester

External Online
9 x 1-hour Online Tutorial per semester
9 x 2-hour Online Exercises per semester
1 x 4-hour Intensive Workshop per semester

1 Admission into BMIDU-Bachelor of Midwifery (Preregistration)
2 1 of MIDW2003, MIDW1012
3 Admission into BMIDRN-Bachelor of Midwifery (Post-Registration) (Registered Nurse)
Must Satisfy: ((1 and 2) or (3))

MIDW3305 has been successfully completed

Students are expected to have an understanding of Pages (2006) five steps for evidence-based midwifery and an ability to critically analyse research articles.

Online exercises, Assignment, Tutorial Presentation

This topic will enable midwifery students to critically examine professional practice and clinical guidelines in relation to their analysis of contemporary research evidence.

The aim of the topic is to enhance midwifery student’s ability to critically analyze research evidence for translation to clinical and professional practice.

On completion of this topic, students will be expected to be able to:

Critically examine the relevance and translation of Page’s five steps of evidence-based midwifery to clinical and professional practice
Apply sources of high-quality evidence for practice
Examine the process of writing a research proposal
Examine the relationship between a literature review and the development of a research idea into a proposal
Appraise clinical guidelines commonly used in maternity practice
Apply issues in maternity care that lend themselves to research.

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2020 are no longer published.

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