Module Aim 

This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of academic, personal, and professional skills that enable transition into Level 4 study and future employability. 

The module will be delivered through a combination of face-to-face and digital lectures and seminars, practical's, Academic advising, and simulations. 

Indicative content 

Content of the module is agile and flexible to allow for changing professional situations and contemporary perspectives. Typical indicative content includes: 

• Fundamental principles of health care  

• Key organisations, agencies, services, professional bodies. 

• Professionalism, Professional standards, and code of conduct/ethics/practice within relevant work-related roles. 

• Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion 

• Academic writing conventions 

• Sciences related the 11 health professionals including biology, physics and chemistry. 

• All sciences will cover fundamentals and basic overview also exploring links to professional specific knowledge.  

Module Aim 

In this module you will develop your knowledge and understanding of a range of contemporary issues that currently influence healthcare. It will focus on developing your ability to find, select and apply appropriate research and evidence. 

The module will be delivered through workshops and seminars. 

Also, Academic advising session within this module.  

Indicative content 

Content of the module is agile and flexible to allow for changing professional situations and contemporary perspectives. You should be able to:  

• Search and identify appropriate evidence.  

• Explore issues impacting on Healthcare.  

• Identify policies and actions that lead to sustainable healthcare.  

• Explore the challenges of working with diverse communities. 

• Recognise strategic delivery partners Healthcare.  

• Examine the use of interventions to address challenges in healthcare. 

This module introduces you to the biopsychosocial, cognitive, political, economic, and medical factors which influence the health and wellbeing of individuals, diverse populations and communities. You’ll work with peers from other professions to consider how collaborative practice impacts on health and wellbeing outcomes, and helps you thrive in your own professional practice.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Models of care, support and empowerment 

• Social capital and cultural humility  

• Social accountability and determinants of health  

• Safeguarding practice  

• Public health agendas, inquiries and evidence-based reports  

• Building effective, trusting relationships   

• Community profiles and place-based care systems  

• Person-centred service delivery  

• Behaviour change and microaggressions 

• Diversity and inclusion 

• The effects of planetary health on wellbeing 

This module introduces the midwife’s role in public health – and in optimising normal physiological processes – working to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications during the antenatal and postnatal period. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Anatomy and physiology related to pregnancy  

• Psychological principles and sociological constructs  

• Antenatal assessment and care, screening and health promotion  

• Postnatal screening, health promotion and education 

• Public health, infant feeding and relationship building 

• The fundamental principles of pharmacology 

• Midwife professionalism and compassionate care 

• Models of care, continuity and caseloading 

This module allows you to access support and demonstrate you’ve achieved the proficiencies set out in the SHU Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA) and met the requirements for progression to level 5. 

You’ll apply your learning and skills to:  

• Practice placements 

• Academic Adviser sessions 

• The required theory and practice hours  

• Passing numeracy assessment at 80%  

This module consolidates your progression to graduate-level study and professional practice, reflecting on your role as a professional who delivers safe and effective person-centred care. You’ll be supported to identify influencing factors on your professional practice – developing strategies which support you to thrive personally, professionally and academically. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Reflective practice and writing skills 

• Personal and professional development and identity 

• Emotional intelligence 

• Self-perception, privilege and introduction intersectionality and allyship  

• Self-management, feedback and leadership 

• Ethics in professional practice 

• Communication methods and techniques 

• Contemporary policy for professional practice 

• Teamwork and collaborating across professional boundaries 

• Personal behaviour and self-assessment techniques 

• The impact of behaviours, values, research and anti-oppressive and inclusive practice  

This module introduces the midwife’s role in optimising normal physiological processes, working to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications during labour and birth. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Anatomy and physiology of labour  

• Fetal circulation and adaption to extra-uterine life 

• Clinical skills relating to labour and birth 

• Assessment of maternal and fetal wellbeing  

• The role of the midwife during labour and birth 

• Compassion, trauma and cultural sensitivity 

• Evidence-based medicines management 

• Working with pain, analgesia and complementary therapies 

This module is your chance to apply your professional knowledge, skills and values in an integrated manner. You’ll work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines to assess, intervene and overcome the challenges of complex health and social care situations – supporting individuals, groups and communities.    

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Drivers for integrated and person-centred health and social care  

• Inter-professional teamworking across multiple service interfaces   

• Shared ethical decision-making, collaboration and co-production 

• Assessment, treatment planning, evaluation and risk management 

• The realities of living with long-term conditions and multi-morbidities  

• Mental capacity, best interest assessment, equality and reasonable adjustments  

• Resilience, communication, breaking bad news, difficult conversations   

• Interpersonal and systemic discrimination in health and social care 

• Inclusive language and terminology including challenging microaggressions  

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems

This module introduces you to research and enquiry design and methods. You’ll be able to apply them to an area of investigation – considering factors that impact on literature appraisal – preparing you to undertake and manage an investigation as a professional practitioner. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• What makes a good question  

• Research design, types of evidence and suitability of methods 

• Co-production – patient and public involvement 

• Inclusive perspectives of research  

• Data collection methods, strengths and weaknesses 

• Analysis techniques 

• Usefulness/impact and implications for practice 

• Ethics and governance 

• Sample of existing appraisal tools 

• Searching and critically reviewing the literature  

This module develops your knowledge and understanding of the role of the midwife in evaluating the individual care needs of women, birthing people and neonates. 

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Physiology and pathophysiology of conditions in pregnancy  

• Interdisciplinary care of pregnancy-related conditions 

• Management and communication with families  

• Evaluation of the role of the midwife  

• Developing competence in clinical midwifery skills  

• Perinatal mental health including fathers and family  

• Local, national and global context of maternity care provision 

• Cultural competency and social vulnerability 

This module develops your knowledge and understanding of complex maternity care provision, including the application of the clinical skills required to manage obstetric emergencies and interdisciplinary working.  

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Physiology and pathophysiology of conditions  

• Identification and management of additional care  

• Pre-existing, current and emerging complications  

• Evidence-based approaches for additional care scenarios 

• Developing clinical midwifery skills for practice 

• Infant feeding and relationship building 

• Positive family attachment following complex births 

• Cultural competence and social vulnerability 

This module develops your systematic understanding of leadership and education concepts in practice. You’ll critically reflect on these in the context of collaboration within health and social care practice – considering how you can effectively support people who use services, their carers and families, and communities who have complex health and care needs to thrive.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Differences between management, leadership and the role of the critical follower 

• Leadership theories, models and styles most relevant to health and social care  

• Self-awareness and seeing ourselves as leaders 

• Recognising our own personal impact, rank, power and privilege  

• Professional cultures, traditional hierarchies and becoming an agent of change  

• Leading psychologically safe, anti-racist and inclusive teams  

• Resilience, volatility and acknowledging the wellbeing needs of the workforce  

• Sustainable practice, quality improvement and leadership 

• Tackling inequalities in health and social care through advocacy and education 

• Technology-enabled care and digitalisation within integrated care systems 

This module enables you to critically reflect on key components of integrated health and social care, for the effective provision of universal and additional care for women and newborn infants.  

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Physical, mental health and psycho-social case studies 

• Working with other professions to deliver care  

• Cultural competency and social vulnerability 

• Planning and delivering health promotion interventions 

• Health and care management for marginalised families  

• Funding and commissioning of services 

• Clinical midwifery skills enhancement 

• Communication skills for leadership  

• Conflict resolution

This module allows you to demonstrate you’ve met the requirements for registration with the NMC. You’ll  
complete the requirements throughout the course – mainly in practice placements, of which there are 60 weeks over the three years.  

You’ll apply your learning and skills to:  

• A self-declaration of good health and good character  

• Achievement of the practice learning experiences  

• Achieve 10 witnessed and 40 personally managed systematic examinations of the newborn 

This module allows you to access support and demonstrate you’ve achieved the proficiencies set out in the Hallam Midwifery Ongoing Record of Achievement (MORA). Across the year and in practice placements, you’ll be able to meet the requirements for registration with the NMC and for employment as a registered midwife. 

You’ll apply your learning and skills to: 

• Proficiencies in the SHU MORA context document 

• Completion of the required theory and practice hours 

• Pass the numeracy assessment at 100%  

• Attend Academic Adviser sessions 

This module consolidates your knowledge and skills to provide safe, effective, respectful and compassionate care to women, newborn infants and their families. You’ll learn to lead holistic woman-centred care in preparation for accountable, autonomous and professional midwifery practice.  

You’ll study topics such as: 

• Strategies to optimise normal physiological processes 

• Complex care planning, management and risk assessment  

• Communication skills to prepare for practice supervision 

• Preparation for ward management  

• Improvement strategies for quality and safety  

• Clinical midwifery skills enhancement 

• Compiling and presenting evidence for review panels  

• Employability and career pathways 

This module enables you to undertake a sustained, in-depth piece of independent learning, demonstrating a critical understanding and applying appropriate research methods within a piece of work. This work will challenge and contribute to improvements in areas of practice through the dissemination of findings to professional communities. 

You’ll apply learning and skills such as:  

• An individual independent project/dissertation 

• Creating and contributing to research and evaluation for practice 

• Application of approaches to research 

• Research, improvement and evaluation methodologies 

• Addressing inclusivity in your research process 

• Dissemination of project outcomes 

• Challenges in applying research outcomes to practice