Midwifery Practice Learning 3 - HEA00154H

Department: Health Sciences
Credit value: 40 credits
Credit level: H
Academic year of delivery: 2026-27
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25 2025-26

Module will run

Occurrence	Teaching period
A	Semester 1 2026-27 to Summer Semester 2026-27

Module aims

Note: This document uses the word 'women’ throughout. This should be taken to include people who do not identify as women but are pregnant or who have given birth.

To provide supportive, supernumerary practice learning opportunities that enable students to participate in care:

understand the role and scope of the midwife working within maternity care services, including interdisciplinary and multi agency working
develop the required knowledge, skills and behaviours to provide universal midwifery care and additional care for women and newborn infants and families with complications.
promote and provide continuity of care and carer
professionally develop towards meeting the midwifery skills outlined within the NMC (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives and the learning outcomes within the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Standards.
have the opportunity to carry a midwifery caseload to enable them to develop leadership and management skills within contemporary midwifery, maternity and health care.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

Demonstrate progression towards the identified proficiencies for Stage three in the eMORA (100%).
Able to demonstrate proficiency with appropriate supervision, all relevant proficiencies identified in the eMORA document.
Achieve UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) themes and learning outcomes as specified for Stage Three/in the eMORA.
Demonstrate proficiency with drug calculations, using Safe-Medicate.
Carry a midwifery caseload with appropriate supervision.

Module content

Please see detailed mapping to NMC (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives Domain 6 skills within the eMORA; this includes interprofessional learning and working.

Please see detailed mapping of this module to UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) University Standards themes and learning outcomes.

Note: Practice learning equates to 50% of the overall BMid (Hons) programme and a minimum of 2,300 practice learning hours will be evidenced over the three years. It is anticipated that students will achieve 800 practice learning hours in this module. A practice learning week will total 40 hours, comprising 37.5 clinical hours verified by an NMC registrant and a maximum of 2.5 hours of reflective activity verified by a practice supervisor or practice assessor.

Indicative assessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	50.0
Practical	50.0

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Additional assessment information

This module is a practice module which spans across Stage 3. A total of 800 practice hours should be achieved by the end of the module.

Indicative reassessment

Task	% of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)	50.0

Module feedback

Verbal and written evidence of achievement is provided within the student’s eMORA, verified by discussion with the Practice Assessor (PA) and Academic Assessor (AA).

Results from the safeMedicate assessment will be available within the timescale specified on the assessment schedules.

Indicative reading

Andrews, A. and St. Aubyn, B. (2020) Record keeping for nurses and midwives: an essential guide. Keswick: M&K Publishing.

Barr, J. and Dowding, L. (2025) Leadership in health care. 6th edn. London: SAGE Publications.

Byrom, S. and Downe, S. (Eds). (2015) The roar behind the silence: why compassion and respect matter in maternity care. London: Pinter and Martin.

Homer, C., Brodie, P., Sandall, J. and Leap, N. (2019) Midwifery continuity of care: a practical guide. 2nd edn. Australia: Elsevier.

Johnson, R. and Taylor, W. (2022) Skills for midwifery practice. 5th edn. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) The Code: professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. [Online]. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/nmc-code.pdf (Accessed: 15 June 2026).

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2018) Part 2: Standards for student supervision and assessment. [Online]. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/education-standards/student-supervision-assessment.pdf (Accessed: 10 August 2026).

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019) Part 3: Standards for pre-registration midwifery education. [Online]. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-midwives/standards-for-pre-registration-midwifery-programmes/ (Accessed: 10 August 2026).

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2019) Standards of proficiency for midwives. [Online]. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-midwives/standards-of-proficiency-for-midwives/ (Accessed: 11 August 2026).

Nursing and Midwifery Council (2021) Practising as a midwife in the UK. [Online]. Available at: https://www.nmc.org.uk/globalassets/sitedocuments/nmc-publications/practising-as-a-midwife-in-the-uk.pdf (Accessed: 14 August 2026).

safeMedicate (2022) What is safeMedicate? [Online]. Available at: https://www.safemedicate.com/ (Accessed: 14 August 2026).

Thompson, N. (2021) People skills. 5th edn. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

UNICEF UK (2022) The Baby Friendly Initiative. [Online]. Available at: https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/ [Accessed: 10 June 2026].

UNICEF UK (2025) Guide to the Baby Friendly Initiative standards. [Online]. Available at: https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/implementing-standards-resources/guide-to-the-standards/ [Accessed: 17 June 2026].