On completion of this clinical module the student should be able to:

-Work in partnership with the woman and her family and establish a relationship of trust and confidentiality
-Demonstrate holistic approaches to care and integration of knowledge in a specialist or midwifery care setting.
-Actively participate with the midwife in assessing, planning, organizing, implementing and evaluating the provision of safe and evidence-based care for a caseload of women and their babies and be able to provide a rationale for this.
-Communicate and collaborate with women, women’s families and with the multidisciplinary healthcare team
-Work within the scope of practice of a third-year midwifery student and recognise own level of knowledge and professional behaviours.

The areas that may be linked to this module include Antenatal (and may include outpatient clinics, midwifery-led clinics, fetal assessment unit, day ward, antenatal wards and antenatal/parenthood education), Intranatal, Postnatal areas, Midwifery-Led Care and/or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Special Care baby Unit. The specialist areas that may be linked to this module include Gynaecology, Mental Health, Theatre and Recovery, Primary Healthcare areas and Elective Placement (NMBI, 2016).

The student will normally undertake 14 weeks of supernumerary clinical placement during Stage 3 of the programme. The placement is assessed by clinical preceptors using a clinical assessment workbook and is assessed on a pass/fail basis. 100% attendance is required in clinical placement.
Other - The student must maintain a record of their clinical experiences (every week) as outlined by EU Directive 2005/36/EC and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2016).
The student will also participate in protected reflective time of a minimum of one hour per week.

Have attempted core midwifery module in Stage 3, Autumn trimester.

All clinical placement modules must be passed and all of the clinical time completed for the preceding stage before the student can undertake this clinical module. All clinical placement modules must be passed and all of the clinical time completed for the CURRENT STAGE before the student can progress to the next stage of the programme.

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

Feedback on clinical performance during the placement will be given to the student by the Preceptor, Co-preceptor (if allocated), Clinical Midwife Manager and Clinical Placement Coordinator.