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Bachelor of Midwifery
2019 (ELA 1-3) Practice Portfolio
Guideline
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Background
The Bachelor of Midwifery at the University of South Australia is accredited by the Australian Nursing
and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). To be eligible for APHRA registration, students must fulfil
the minimum practice experiences as outlined in this guideline. Students are required to document their
clinical experiences in an electronic portfolio across the duration of their program to provide evidence
of completion of the minimum clinical requirements. It is important to have read through these
guidelines and have a clear understanding of the minimum, midwifery practice experience
requirements.
2019 is the first year the Bachelor of Midwifery students will be maintaining their portfolios online
through the PebblePad platform. This document relates to the requirements expected. Further
information will be provided to you about using the platform. Staff will be able to access your portfolios,
so they are expected to be maintained contemporaneously.
Aims of the Portfolio
To provide the student with a cumulative record that conveys their individual learning plan, clinical
experiences, reflections and achievements. This portfolio demonstrates the student’s:
• Engagement in the clinical environment, through the documentation of episodes of care that
includes regular written reflection.
• Formal assessment and achievement of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
Midwife Standards for Practice.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council Midwife Accreditation Standards, Standard 8
(ANMAC 2014):
ANMAC standard 8 requires:
The inclusion of periods of midwifery practice experience in the program, so students can
complete the following minimum1, supervised midwifery practice experience requirements.2
UniSA Clinical Experience Requirements
Re-entry students
Re-entry students are expected to follow the grid on page 5 in relation to clinical experience numbers,
all other aspects about the experiences listed in this guide apply.
Continuity of care experiences
a. Experience in woman centred care as part of continuity of care experiences. The student is
supported to:
• Establish, maintain and conclude a professional relationship while experiencing continuity
with individual women through pregnancy, labour and birth, and the postnatal period,
regardless of model of care.
• Provide midwifery care within a professional practice setting and under the supervision of a
midwife - in collaborative practice arrangements, supervision by other relevant registered
1 These are minimum requirements. Where possible, it is recommended that students be provided with opportunities to achieve more than this level of experience to help develop their confidence and competence. 2 Minimum practice requirements may be counted more than once. Example: as per individual circumstances, continuity of care experiences may also be counted toward episodes of antenatal and postnatal care, acting as primary accoucheur, providing labour care, caring for women with complex needs or neonatal examination. ANMAC 2014 specifies the engagement of 10 COCE. UniSA requires students to complete a minimum of 15 COCE across the program.
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practitioners (for example, medical officer qualified in obstetrics, child health nurse or
physiotherapist) may be appropriate.
• Engage in a minimum of 153 women – engagement involves attending four antenatal visits,
two postnatal visits and for most women, the labour and birth.
• Maintain a record of each engagement incorporating regular reflection and review by the
education or health service provider.
Antenatal care
b. Attendance at 100 antenatal episodes of care.3 This may include women who the student is
following as part of their continuity of care experiences.
Labour and birth care
c. Under the supervision of a midwife, act as the primary accoucheur for 30 women who
experience a spontaneous vaginal birth4, which may include women the student has engaged
with as part of their continuity of care experiences. This also involves:
• providing direct and active care in the first stage of labour, where possible
• managing the third stage of labour, including the student providing care as appropriate if a
manual removal of the placenta is required
• facilitating initial mother and baby interaction, including promotion of skin-to-skin contact
and breastfeeding in accordance with the woman’s wishes or situation
• assessment and monitoring of the mother’s and baby’s adaptation for the first hour post
birth including, where appropriate, consultation, referral and clinical handover.
d. Provide direct and active care to an additional 10 women throughout the first stage of labour
and, where possible, during birth—regardless of mode.
Complex care
e. Experience in caring for 40 women with complex needs across pregnancy, labour, birth or the
postnatal period.5 This may include women the student has engaged with as part of their
continuity of care experiences.
UniSA students are to complete 15 antenatal, 15 intrapartum, 10 postnatal complex episodes
of care.
Postnatal care
f. Attendance at 100 postnatal episodes of care with women and, where possible, their babies.
This may include women the student has engaged with as part of their continuity of care
experiences.
g. Experiences in supporting women to feed their babies and in promoting breastfeeding in
accordance with best-practice principles advocated by the Baby Friendly Health Initiative.6
h. Experiences in women’s health and sexual health.
3 Episodes of care may include multiple episodes of care for the same woman where her care needs have altered. Example: as a result of a natural progression through the antenatal or postnatal periods or due to evolving complex needs. 4 Spontaneous vaginal birth—when a woman gives birth vaginally, unassisted by forceps or vacuum extractor. The labour may or may not be spontaneous. 5 These 40 women may also include women with complex needs who received direct and active care from the student during midwifery practice experiences (a), (b), (c), (d) or (f). 6 The Baby Friendly Health Initiative is underpinned by the ‘Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding’ and is supported by the World Health Organisation as an evidence-based initiative to improve the successful establishment of breastfeeding.
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i. Experiences in assessing the mother and baby at four to six weeks postpartum in the practice
setting where possible; otherwise by use of simulation.
Neonatal care
j. Experience in undertaking 20 full examinations of a newborn infant.7
k. Experiences in care of the neonate with special care needs.
UniSA Students will be required to document 10 episodes of care.
UniSA Continuity of Care Experiences (COCE) requirements
Continuity of Care Experiences (COCE) means the ongoing midwifery relationship between the student
and the woman from initial contact in early pregnancy through to the weeks immediately after the
woman has given birth. The relationship will ensure continuity of care across the interface between
community and hospital settings. The intention of the COCE is to enable students to experience
continuity with individual women through pregnancy, labour and birth and the postnatal period,
regardless of the availability of midwifery continuity of care models. All COCE women must be registered
with the Clinical Placement Unit within one week of the first meeting for the experience to count
towards the required number of COCE. Students must attend the mandatory orientations for each of
the venues that they are likely to attend as part of their COCE.
The COCE is considered a part of the clinical practice component of the student’s learning. It is expected
that:
• UniSA students will engage in 15 COCE experiences, 5 per year (pro-rata)
• There is regular and ongoing evaluation of each student’s COCE
• Curriculum documents identify effective and ethical recruitment processes that enable women
to participate freely in the COCE
• Students will attend a minimum of four (4) antenatal and two (2) postnatal episodes of care per
woman.
• Students will only engage in a COCE prior to the woman entering her 32nd week of pregnancy
• A COCE will usually involve students engaging with women for an average of 27 hours per
woman across the continuum of care. This is equivalent to 400 hours across the program.
• Re-entry students will complete two (2) COCE experiences
The cumulative record of portfolio requirements sheet must be updated at the completion of each
Experiential Learning Activity (ELA) and submitted. This will be viewed and signed by the Course
Coordinator or tutor marking the portfolio.
Students should refer to the Continuity of Care Guidelines for full information and direction about the
COCE.
Clinical experiences Students are required to meet the following clinical experience requirements in order to successfully complete the program. Students who are experiencing difficulty meeting the requirements must contact their ELA course coordinator in the first instance and may require referral to the Clinical Program Coordinator and/or COC Coordinator.
7 This refers to a full examination of the newborn infant that may be initial or ongoing, undertaken post-birth or during postnatal episodes of care including as part of continuity of care experiences.
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Program
requirement
ELA 1 ELA 2 ELA 3 ELA 4 ELA 5
AN Care Antenatal episode of
care
100 15 35 60 80 100
Abdominal palpation 10 3 5 10 10 10
Complex antenatal
care
15 0 4 8 12 15
Intrapartum
Care
Labour and
spontaneous vaginal
birth
30 0 5 10-15 15-20 30
Active care 1st stage 10 0 4 6 8 10
Vaginal examination 10 0 4 6 8 10
Complex intrapartum
care
15 0 4 8 12 15
PN Care Postnatal episode of
care
100 15 35 60 80 100
Complex postpartum
care
10 0 2 4 8 10
NN Care Physical examination
of the newborn
20 4 8 10 15 20
Complex neonatal care 10 0 0 5-8 8-10 10
Continuity of Care
Experiences
Commenced 15 5 8 12 15 15
Completed 2 5 8 12 15
Registered Nurses will undertake the following requirements:
Program
requirement ELA 1 ELA 3 ELA 5
AN Care Antenatal episode of care 100 15 35 100
Abdominal palpation 10 3 5 10
Complex antenatal care 15 0 5 15
Intrapartum
Care
Labour and spontaneous vaginal birth 30 0 5-10 30
Active care 1st stage 10 0 5 10
Vaginal examination 10 0 5 10
Complex intrapartum care 15 0 5 15
PN Care Postnatal episode of care 100 15 35 100
Complex postpartum care 10 0 5 10
NN Care Physical examination of the newborn 20 4 10 20
Complex neonatal care 10 0 5-8 10
Continuity of Care Experiences Commenced
15
5 5-7 15
Completed 2 4-5 15
*Sponsored Pathway students will complete ELA 4 instead of ELA 5
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Re-entry students will undertake the following requirements:
Program Requirements
Antenatal Antenatal episode of care 25
Abdominal palpation 5
Complex antenatal care 4
Intrapartum Care
Labour and spontaneous vaginal birth 7
Active care 1st stage labour 2
Vaginal examination 2
Complex intrapartum care 4
Postpartum Care Postnatal episode of care 20
Complex postpartum care 4
Neonatal Care
Physical examination of the newborn 5
Complex neonatal care
2
Continuity of Care Experience 2
Learning tools 3, 10, 13, 14, 18 & 19
Compiling the Portfolio For each ELA the student will be required to complete selected portfolio records through PebblePad (as outlined in the rubric for each ELA). Students are responsible for maintaining their portfolio and are reminded that Clinical Facilitators and midwifery staff can access the portfolio at any time.
Confidentiality Students are required to understand and maintain the confidentially and privacy of information for any woman/family they provide care for in any clinical placement or COCE. All students can access a copy of the International Confederation of Midwives Code of Ethics and Code of conduct for midwives and will be expected to abide by these codes. These are also available at the NMBA website http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards.aspx Students are required to de-identify all documentation regarding the women and babies in their portfolio by using pseudonyms.
Planning and Organising the Portfolio To demonstrate achievement of the minimum requirements, the university requires the student to
record each episode of care as an electronic record.
The portfolio provides invaluable information for the midwives/clinicians the student works with during
clinical placement. It will enable them to ascertain the students learning, progress and development
across clinical practice experiences, and to be receptive to and supportive of the student’s strengths and
limitations and identified objectives and strategies for each placement.
For the portfolio to achieve its purpose, the student may like to make it available to the
midwives/clinicians they are working with to enable the midwife/clinician to ascertain the student’s
progress and provide necessary support and experiences accordingly.
Where numbers of experiences are specified, they are set as minimum requirements.
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Students will continue to engage in practice experiences and continue to achieve these experiences
beyond the minimum required until they have shown themselves to be appropriately competent in
knowledge, skills and attitudes as confirmed by their Course Coordinator.
Students are able to keep access to their portfolios for post-graduation and after a period they can access
and continue to use them for a small fee. The student may also want to use the portfolio as part of the
interview process when they apply for a position as a new graduate. In addition, the portfolio is
considered a part of the professional development requirement and determines the student’s/midwife’s
ongoing suitability for practice. All midwives are required to maintain a portfolio to show ongoing
competence and professional development. The student’s efforts in maintaining the portfolio will be
far-reaching and not just consequential for the purpose of the Bachelor of Midwifery program.
Experiential Learning Activities (ELAs)
The Experiential Learning Activities (ELAs) in this program provide the student with opportunities to
develop their professional and clinical skills. The student will be introduced to several women via
scenarios presented throughout the theoretical courses and incorporated into the Horizon Hospital and
Health Service (HHHS) clinical workshops. During each ELA, the student will also participate in pre-clinical
workshops in the school’s HHHS and complete the MIDAC/UniSA Clinical Assessment Tools for Midwifery
Students. Students are expected to successfully undertake an Objective Structured Clinical Activity
(OSCA) in the simulated environment (HHHS) to demonstrate competency and satisfy the requirements
for clinical placement. Any student who receives a fail grade for an OSCA will not be eligible to proceed
to the clinical placement for the associated ELA. However, they will be provided an opportunity for
remediation and reassessment of the OSCA as indicated in the Course Outline.
There are five ELA’s throughout the program as outlined in Table 1:
Table 1: ELA Clinical Experiences
ELA Clinical Experiences
Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery
Foundation Practicum 1
4 weeks x 5 days per week of mixed experience
(antenatal/postnatal/women’s health)
Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery
Practice Development Practicum 2
4 weeks x 5 days per week of mixed experience
(antenatal/ postnatal/ intrapartum)
Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery
Practice Development Practicum 3
4 weeks x 5 days per week of mixed experience
(neonatal/ intrapartum)
Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery
Transition Practicum 4
7 weeks x 5 days per week of mixed experience
(antenatal/ postnatal/ neonatal/ intrapartum)
Experiential Learning Activity: Midwifery
Transition Practicum 5
8 weeks x 5 days per week of mixed experience
(antenatal/ postnatal/ women’s health/ intrapartum)
Students are required to collect daily feedback from the midwives/clinicians who supervise them while
on clinical placement. There is an expectation that this will be completed by the midwife who is
supervising you throughout the majority of your shift. This form is available through the course
LearnOnline site under the Clinical Experience tab.
MIDAC/UniSA Clinical Assessment Tool
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The MIDAC clinical assessment tool (CAT) used throughout the program was originally developed in
Victoria and used as a validated tool to assess midwifery students’ clinical skills as well as their practice
competency. The CAT for midwifery students includes both skills based (learning tools) and the Nursing
and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards based clinical assessments.
Learning Tools
The course objectives for each ELA are detailed in the corresponding Portfolio Guidelines, Course
Outline, in addition to the associated assessment requirements. While on clinical placement or through
COCE, the student with be expected to complete CATs for Midwifery Students as outlined in Table 2.
Table 2: Required clinical assessment tools by ELA*
Year Course Clinical assessment tools
1
ELA: Foundation Practicum 1 1, 17, 3, 20 & 21
2
ELA: Midwifery Practice Development 2 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 25,
ELA: Midwifery Practice Development 3 15, 16, 22, 23 & 26
3
ELA: Midwifery Transition Practicum 4 3, 4, 7, 11, 12 & 24
ELA: Midwifery Transition Practicum 5 3, 10, 13, 14, 18 & 19
*OSCA assessment in bold and underlined
Across the program, the student will be required to show an increased quality of performance as
described by the Bondy Scale (page 9). During the first year of the program, the student will be required
to complete four learning tools, at least once, at an ‘assisted’ level. Across the second year of the
program, the student will be required to complete 10 learning tools, at least once, at a ‘proficient’ level.
In the final year of the program, the student will be expected to complete 12 learning tools and achieve
‘proficient’ or ‘independent’ level. This will be clearly specified in the ELA portfolio course outline.
Learning tools can be assessed during the ELA (practice experience practicums) and/or through COCE.
Table 3:
Rating ELA 1 ELA 2 ELA 3 ELA 4 ELA 5
Independent (I)
3, 10, 13, 14, 18
& 19
Proficient (P) 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 25, 15, 16, 22, 23 &
26
3, 4, 7, 11, 12 &
24
Assisted (A) 1, 17, 3, 20 & 21
Supported (S)
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Dependent (D)
Note: In addition to the ELAs, 400 clinical hours over the program have been allocated to undertake the
Continuity of Care Experience (COCE). Students are encouraged to complete the associated CATs while
undertaking COCE.
The CATs need to be assessed by a midwife or Clinical Facilitator while on placement. It is expected that
students will attain a minimum rating for each learning tool assessment in order to pass
(see Table 4 Bondy scale). Any student who does not achieve the minimum rating for the specific skill
will require reassessment. This will be undertaken in consultation with the student, Clinical Facilitator
and academic staff responsible for the course.
Table 4: Bondy scale
Scale label Professional standards Quality of performance Assistance
required
Independent
(I)
Safe and accurate
Effective each time
Appropriate behaviour and
demeanour each time
Proficient, coordinated,
confident, occasional
expenditure of excess energy
within an expedient time frame
Without
supporting cues
Proficient (P)
Safe and accurate
Effective each time
Appropriate behaviour and
demeanour each time
Efficient, coordinated, confident
Some expenditure of excess
energy within a reasonable time
frame
Occasional
supportive cues
Assisted (A)
Safe and accurate
Effective most of the time
Appropriate behaviour
and demeanour most of
the time
Skilful in parts of behaviour
Inefficiency and lacking
coordination
Expends excess energy within a
delayed time frame
Frequent verbal
and occasional
physical directive
cues in addition
to supportive
cues
Supported (S)
Safe but not alone Performs at risk
Accurate not always Effective occasionally
Appropriate behaviour and
demeanour occasionally
Unskilled, inefficient,
considerable expenditure of
excess energy Prolonged time
period
Continuous verbal and
frequent
physical cues
Dependent
(D)
Unsafe
Unable to demonstrate
behaviour
Unable to demonstrate
procedure/behaviour Lacks
confidence, coordination,
efficiency
Continuous verbal
and physical cues
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Midwife Standards Assessment
The student will be required to engage in the Standards Assessment Component of the MIDAC/UniSA
CAT for each area of experience in the ELA.
For example, if the student has 2 weeks postnatal, they will need a standards assessment completed.
Then if the next two weeks of placement are intrapartum, the student will need another standards
assessment completed. Both standard assessments will be submitted with the portfolio.
The Clinical Facilitator assigned to the student for the associated ELA will be responsible for undertaking
this assessment. An interim formative assessment may be undertaken if deficits are identified within the
first week. Table 5 outlines the minimum overall pass grade for each of the ELAs.
Table 5
ELA 1 ELA 2 & 3 ELA 4 ELA 5
Independent (I) Pass grade Pass grade Pass grade Pass grade
Proficient (P) Pass grade Pass grade Pass grade Pass grade
Assisted (A) Pass grade Fail grade Fail grade Fail grade
Supported (S) Fail grade Fail grade Fail grade Fail grade
Dependent (D) Fail grade Fail grade Fail grade Fail grade
Students who do not achieve a pass grade for the Standards Assessment will be required to undertake a
clinical challenge. Upon successful completion of the clinical challenge, students will be able to continue
the clinical placement and undertake a final summative assessment. Students who do not achieve a pass
grade for the final summative assessment will not pass the ELA course. This may impact on their
progression through the program. Students may only have one clinical challenge per ELA.
If at any time a student’s performance is unsafe, they will be removed from placement as outlined in
Assessment Policies and Procedures Manual (2019). Some students will not be provided the opportunity
to undertake a Clinical Challenge and will fail the course. Each case is reviewed individually with the
Course Coordinator and/or Program Coordinator/Director.
Please note: The CAT and Standards Assessment must all be fully completed with verifying signatures
for the specific ELA. When the assessment is signed by the clinician it locks the document from further
editing. Unsigned documents will not be accepted. If the student is having difficulty completing the
tools, they should speak with their Clinical Facilitator.
Supervision requirements First year students must be under direct supervision at all times.
Direct supervision is when the supervisor takes direct and principal responsibility for the midwifery care provided (e.g. assessment and/or treatment of an individual woman). The supervisor must be physically present at the workplace, and supervision must include observation of the supervisee when they are providing care (NMBA 2015).
Indirect supervision is when the supervisor is easily contactable and available to observe and discuss
the midwifery care the supervisee is delivering.
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Supervision for intimate physical assessments
All midwifery students, regardless of their level of training, are to be under the direct supervision of a
registered health professional (i.e. midwife or medical practitioner) whenever they are undertaking
intimate physical assessments and/or examinations.
Midwifery students are involved in the provision of care to women and this often involves intimate
examinations. Intimate examinations are a routine aspect of midwifery practice involving breast,
abdominal and genital examinations.
These include but are not limited to, episodes of care relating to;
• abdominal assessment,
• breastfeeding assistance (including breast expression),
• sanitary pad checks,
• vaginal examinations,
• speculum examinations,
• rectal examinations,
• birth.
Students must remember that these examinations and situations are not routine for the woman.
Women can feel fearful, anxious and vulnerable during physical examination and some women may
find these procedures particularly intrusive and upsetting (Old 2014). In spite of this, most women still
trust their health professional to examine them when they are at their most vulnerable.
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a common occurrence with an estimated 12-20% of children affected
worldwide (Logiudice 2016). This can have significant implications for women when experiencing
pregnancy and birth. Any physical examination for CSA survivors can act as a trigger and lead to
significant trauma for the woman (Watson 2016). With this is mind, students and health practitioners
must be attentive to the history of the woman (both disclosed and undisclosed) and their different
backgrounds when approaching care provision. Cultural factors may also impact on physical
examinations.
Additional to being under the supervision of a health practitioner, informed consent must be obtained
prior to any physical assessment and/or examination of the woman. A support person (e.g. partner,
family member, significant other) can be present if the woman wishes.
For intimate genital examinations women must be given the opportunity to undress and dress in
private, unless a woman requests assistance (Medical Board of Australia 2018). Health care
professionals should be aware of any verbal or non-verbal signs that the woman has withdrawn consent
(Medical Board of Australia 2018). The woman should be provided with suitable covering during an
examination to maintain her dignity and to reflect the practice standards and code of conduct for
midwives (Medical Board of Australia 2018; Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 2018).
Explanation of Terms The International Definition of a Midwife The midwife is a person who, having been regularly admitted to a midwifery educational programme,
duly recognised in the country in which it is located, has successfully completed the prescribed course
of studies in midwifery and has acquired the requisite qualifications to be registered and/or legally
licensed to practise midwifery.
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Scope of Practice
The midwife is recognised as a responsible and accountable professional who works in partnership with
women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum
period, to conduct births on the midwife’s own responsibility and to provide care for the newborn and
the infant. This care includes preventative measures, the promotion of normal birth, the detection of
complications in mother and child, the referral for medical or other appropriate assistance and the
carrying out of other emergency measures.
The midwife has an important task in health counselling and education, not only for the woman, but
also within the family and community. This work should involve antenatal education and preparation
for parenthood and may extend to women’s health, sexual or reproductive health and childcare (ICM
Council 2011).
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