HPRO5407 – Midwifery and Sustainability
Module code
HPRO5407
Module title
Midwifery and Sustainability
Prescription
The aim of this course is for aakonga to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes to explore sustainability and wellbeing in midwifery practice.
Programmes
- TP5225
NZQA Level
Level 5
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Content
- - Sustainability as a philosophical approach and a practice-based strategy for midwifery
- Sustainable healthcare
- Mindful resource management
- Global threats to health
- Midwifery in natural disasters and war
- Values-based solutions to complex problems
- Impacts of climate change on healthcare
- Enhancing the sustainability of whaanau, families, hapori and communities
- Connections between te taiao, mauri, hauora and sustainability
- Overview of health systems and public and planetary health
- Impact of consumables in midwifery practice
- Rural practice
- Self-care and work/life balance
- Engagement with professional and regulatory bodies
- Compassionate care
- Sustainable practice
- Selected theories on human growth and development
- The midwife as the social connector and the social fabric that enriches whaanau
- Impact of adverse childhood experiences
- Maaori models e.g. tuakana/teina, puuraakau
- Pacific models e.g. fonofale, talanoa - Learning Outcomes
- LO1: Examine approaches within the socio-cultural, socio-political and planetary contexts to inform sustainability and wellbeing in midwifery practice.
LO2: Apply self-care strategies for sustainable midwifery practice
LO3: Explore ways midwives support individual and whaanau wellbeing. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Learning and teaching activities will employ a range of elements drawn from approved methods. The activities chosen will align with the context of the learning (delivery mode, regional-specific requirements, etc.) and any particular needs of the group of aakonga.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course is achievement-based. Aakonga must submit all specified assessment items, achieve all learning outcomes, and obtain a minimum of 50% in each assessment to pass this course.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- All required and recommended resources are advised to aakonga via course outlines.
