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National Review of Nursing Education

Midwifery Education

Literature Review and Additional Material (Revised Edition)

Appendix B

AMAP Education Survey

Mapping Midwifery Education in Australia

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, your contribution is very much appreciated.
Your answers will help us clarify where midwifery education is currently situated.

  • It is important that you complete one form for each type of midwifery course offered by
     your institution that leads to authorisation to practice as a midwife.

Section 1. Course Details

1.1 Please name the course:

1.2 What qualification does this course provide on completion: _______________

1.3 What are the entry requirements / prerequisites for this course? _______________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________

1.4 Mode of Study

Internal  External Both

If External, is this done by:

E-mail Internet Residential School

1.5 Course Costs

HECS Yes No Exempt
Full fee paying Yes No  
Combination HECS and Fee paying Yes No

Dollar amount / subject/unit _______ total course cost ________

total course cost to student________

Cost to Overseas Students __________

1.6 Subject Details

Please list the subjects/topics/units in the course:

_______________________________________________

1.7 Course demographics

  • Students enrolled in your current course as of April 2001

Total no of students enrolled FT________ PT_________

Total no of overseas students FT ________ PT_________

Age range 21-29______30-39_______ 40+ _______

Total no of male students _______

Total no of Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander Students enrolled in your current course ____________

Number of potential places in your current course __________

  • From the most recently completed course-

Total number of graduates from the most recently completed course _______________

The approximate rate of student attrition from the most recently completed course __________%

__________________________________________________________________________________

1.8 What other midwifery courses does your university offer? Please list

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________

Section 2. Program Details

2.1 Length of course if completed full time? ____________

No of theory hours? __________ No of clinical hours? __________

Clinical placement Yes  No

Block Weekly Yearly

Other please describe_______________________________

supernumerary salaried

If students are paid for clinical placements, how much is this?

______________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________

2.2 What types of facilities are used by your students for clinical placements?

Public Tertiary / Referral Hospital  
District Hospital  
Rural Hospital  
Private  
Other  ___________________________

Are the students required to rotate through these facilities?

  Yes No

Are any of these facilities compulsory?

Public Tertiary Referral Hospital
  District
  Rural
Private  
Other _______________________________________________
Comments ___________________________________________ _______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.3 Clinical Supervision is provided by:

university staff joint university/hospital appointee Lecturers
mentors/preceptors lecturers/practitioners
other please describe _______________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.4 Are the above clinical supervisors involved in assessment ?

  Yes No

2.5 Who organises student clinical placements?

University student other please describe _______________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.6 Does the university provide professional development opportunities for preceptors/clinical educators?

Yes No

2.7 Please list any difficulties or problems experienced by your students on clinical placements

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.8 What are the minimum clinical requirements to gain this course award?

Please list:______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

2.9 Are the midwifery educators /preceptors in the clinical areas paid specifically to supervise students?

  Yes No

Are there any educational or experience requirements for a midwifery educator/ preceptor who supervises students in the clinical area? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2.10 Does this course use competencies/assessments?

Yes No

→if yes are they ACMI competencies?

Yes No Please specify __________

2.11 Does your course curriculum 1) address issues relating to and 2) provide opportunities to enable placements in the following areas:

 

1) Address issues

2) Placements
a) rural and remote maternity services yes no yes no
b) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health yes no yes no
c) cultural diversity in midwifery care yes no yes no
d) continuity of midwifery care models yes no yes no
e) follow women through pregnancy, birth and puerperium yes no yes no
f) birth centre care yes no yes no
g) homebirth practice yes no yes no

2.12 Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your course?

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

2.13 Do you have plans to change your course?

Yes No

Comments___________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

When do you plan to undertake this? __________
_______________________________________________________________________

Section 3. Teaching Details

3.1 a) Number of university staff teaching in this course with midwifery qualifications_____

       b) How many of these are involved in clinical midwifery supervision? ______

       c) Number of university staff teaching in this course who are not midwives _____

       d) How many of these are involved in clinical midwifery supervision?_______
_______________________________________________________________________

3.2 What are the course coordinators qualifications? _______________________
_______________________________________________________________________

3.3 Is the course coordinator currently studying?

Yes No

_______________________________________________________________________

3.4 Is the course coordinator currently a member of the ACMI

Yes No

_______________________________________________________________________

Section 4. Post Course Details
_______________________________________________________________________

4.1 From the most recently completed course what percentage of your new graduates:

a) sought employment in midwifery _____________%

b) obtained employment in midwifery _____________%
_______________________________________________________________________

4.2 Have there been any difficulties identified for new graduates from your course in obtaining employment?

Yes No

if yes, please explain: ________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Section 5. Barriers affecting Midwifery Education

_______________________________________________________________________

5.1 Please list what you see as the barriers to providing quality midwifery education.

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

5.2 What strategies do you suggest could overcome the above barriers?

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

 

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