DFLPPlan

Carolyn McIntosh

DFLP 2008

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My Plan

• To develop a learning module on therapeutic midwifery skills for first year undergraduate midwifery students

Background

• New midwifery program commencing 2009

• Developed in collaboration with CPIT

• Entire program to be delivered in flexible format with combination of face to face, online, tutorial group and midwifery practice facilitator support.

DFLP considerations

• Flexibility includes: – Time, – Place, – Enrollment and completion – Learning styles– Blended learning options

DFLP Issues to consider

• Internet access

• Sustainability

• Cultural diversity

• Accessibility and equity

• Strategic direction

Course considerations

• New Zealand needs more confident, skilled midwives

• Midwives need colleagues who are skilled, confident and competent

• Midwifery employers (DHBs, Community trusts etc) need midwives who are able to practice autonomously within their scope of practice

• Women outside the main centers want midwifery education that is – Accessible– Appropriate to their learning needs– Prepares them for autonomous midwifery practice

Course consideration

• How, when why and what – background information to provide– skills to deliver– Assessment, formative and or summative– Feedback and support

• Face to face?• Online?• In the midwifery practice setting?

Course considerations

• How to structure course to promote student learning

• What resources to use• How much face to face• What if any attendance is compulsory• What formative assessments to incorporate to

support learning• What if any summative assessments to

incorporate• What support and feedback to provide to student• Students who need extra support

Course issues

• This part of a larger course and some of the considerations will be decided as part of this larger course

• Need to provide adequate support and sharing opportunities to promote student learning

• Need to make sure learning opportunities and resources support the needs of ;– learners, – midwifery education – midwifery profession