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MWM101
Supporting Birth, Feeding and Early Parenting
This module equips learners with the essential knowledge and practical skills to support expectant families through labour, birth, infant feeding, and the early stages of parenting. Grounded in compassionate, rights-based care, students will explore the physical, emotional, and social dimensions of the childbearing journey. Aligned with Federation of Antenatal Educators (FEDANT) and National Occupational Standards (NOS), the module prepares learners for maternity support roles by developing core competencies in communication, advocacy, and evidence-informed care.
Whether you're new to maternity care or looking to deepen your understanding, this module offers a warm and inclusive learning environment where you¿ll build confidence in supporting families during one of life¿s most transformative experiences. Through hands-on practice and real-world scenarios, you¿ll learn how to provide comfort, promote informed choices, and respond sensitively to common concerns during birth and early parenting. It¿s about learning to be present, supportive, and skilled - when it matters most.
Ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of new families? This module is your gateway to a rewarding career in maternity care. With a focus on compassionate support and practical know-how, you¿ll gain the tools to advocate for parents, offer guidance through feeding choices, and be a steady presence during labour and beyond. Join us and become the kind of maternity support professional every family hopes to meet.
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SHGM90M
Starting Your Professional Development
This foundation module is the starting point for students undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, or MSc in Enhanced Professional Midwifery Practice. It is designed for midwives who wish to advance their professional practice and are ready to take the next step towards leadership roles and career progression. The module introduces the principles of work-based learning and will equip students with the tools to drive both personal and professional growth. Through reflective practice and collaboration, students will develop the skills to enhance their practice expertise while also supporting the development of colleagues, laying the groundwork for impactful, practice-focused learning throughout the programme.
There is a compulsory induction week at the beginning of this module.
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SHGM91M
Professional Practice Dissertation: From Insight to Impact
This module provides students with the opportunity to evidence the personal and professional development achieved throughout the programme. Serving as the equivalent of a dissertation module, it requires the submission of an advanced reflective analysis of reflection on learning and practice. Drawing together and consolidating knowledge from previous modules, the analysis will illustrate how academic study and professional experiences have shaped their development and informed their midwifery practice. By integrating academic study with
professional experience, the student will illustrate how their development over the length of the programme has shaped their practice and prepared them to contribute to service improvement and professional leadership within midwifery.
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SHGM92M
Policy Influences on Your Practice
Why do we do what we do, and who decided it that way? This work-based learning module invites you to critically explore the policies and frameworks that shape everyday midwifery practice. You will identify key policy drivers at local, national and global levels, reflect on how these influence your own work setting, and evaluate their impact on the women, families, and communities you serve. The learning outcomes will also support you to develop the skills to link policy to practice, question assumptions, and consider how midwives can contribute to shaping future policy directions.
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SHGM93M
Assessing Your Current Practice
This module offers you an opportunity to critically explore a selected aspect of your professional midwifery practice within the workplace. Drawing on relevant policy, evidence, and professional frameworks, you will analyse current practice, identify areas for development, and evaluate approaches to service delivery. In doing so, you will strengthen your skills in evidence-based practice, reflective enquiry, and service evaluation, while demonstrating the application of learning directly to your role as a midwife.
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SHGM94M
From Evidence to Action: How the Evidence Base Can Help You Change Your Practice
This module enables you to critically review the evidence base underpinning your practice and evaluate its relevance and applicability within contemporary midwifery. Emphasis is placed on developing confidence in understanding and appraising research, recognising its role as the foundation for safe, effective, and innovative professional practice. You will explore how evidence can be translated into meaningful improvements in care, challenge assumptions in existing practice, and identify opportunities to lead change within your clinical setting. By the end of the module, you will be equipped to apply research-informed thinking to advance both your own practice and the wider midwifery profession.
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SHGM95M
What Difference Can I Make? Leading Quality Improvement in Midwifery Practice
This module will enable you to explore and apply effective strategies for leading quality improvement in practice. You will critically reflect on what works, why it works, and how positive change can be achieved within real-world midwifery settings.
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SHGM96M
Midwifery in Focus: Advancing Your Scope of Practice
This module will enable you to explore opportunities for extending your scope of professional practice. It is particularly relevant for midwives currently working in, or preparing for, specialist and advanced practitioner roles within maternity care, enabling you to develop the knowledge and insight required to shape evolving professional boundaries.
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SHGM97M
Coaching and Teaching Skills for Midwifery Practice
This module will enable you to develop and enhance your teaching and coaching skills through a work-based learning approach. Emphasis is placed on applying educational principles directly within professional practice, enabling you to build confidence and capability in supporting, coaching, and educating others in midwifery settings.
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SHGM98M
Advancing Midwifery Practice Through Clinical Supervision
This module is tailored specifically for midwives who are interested in Clinical Supervision. Firmly rooted in the context of Welsh maternity services, it aligns with the NMC Future Midwife Standards and the All Wales Clinical Supervision Principles, ensuring that you will engage with supervision practices that reflect the complexities and realities of contemporary midwifery practice.
Through critical exploration of supervision theory and practice, you will examine how clinical supervision can act as a lever for emotional wellbeing, reflective practice, and team resilience. By the end of the module, you will not only understand the enabling (and occasionally disabling) dynamics of supervision in maternity settings but you will also be equipped to contribute to a culture of psychological safety, growth, and compassionate leadership within your teams.
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SHGM99M
Managing Wellbeing in Midwifery Practice
This module is designed for midwives working across a range of settings who want to explore how wellbeing impacts their professional lives - and the lives of those around them. Through critical reflection and real-world application, you¿ll examine the challenges facing midwives
today and develop practical, evidence-based strategies to support wellbeing for yourself, your colleagues, students, and service users. Whether you're navigating the pressures of clinical practice, mentoring others, or leading change in your workplace, this module will help you build the confidence and skills to promote resilience and sustainable practice.
This is more than just a module ¿ it is a chance to invest in your future, strengthen your practice, and make a meaningful impact in your professional community.
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SHM137
The Journey to Birth
This module deepens your understanding of labour and birth as a normal physiological process, while preparing you to provide safe, compassionate, and evidence-based care.
You¿ll explore the midwife¿s role in promoting health and wellbeing, supporting parents through education, and optimising the conditions for a positive birth experience and outcomes. Together, we¿ll examine how physical, psychological, and emotional changes during labour and birth interact, and how midwives can enhance these natural processes while preventing complications. Alongside this, you¿ll develop your knowledge of safe medicine administration and continue building your academic skills.
This module helps you connect theory with practice and supports your journey toward becoming a knowledgeable, reflective, and compassionate midwife ready to advocate for women and families and to promote positive outcomes throughout the birth experience.
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SHMM01
Advancing Midwifery Leadership
This module develops advanced knowledge and skills in leadership within midwifery, while critically exploring the professional, cultural, and organisational factors shaping contemporary practice. You will examine how these influences affect the role of the individual midwife and evaluate their wider impact on the organisation and delivery of maternity care within the NHS. Through critical reflection, analysis of leadership models, and exploration of real-world challenges, you will develop the confidence and capability to lead compassionate, inclusive, and evidence-informed change within your sphere of practice.
