Course Overview
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.
This is a work-based learning module. Students will undertake all learning within their employed place of work. Academic supervision is provided at the request of the student – up to 50 minutes per month for the duration of the module. Action learning sets are offered as one inter-professional 90-minute session and / or one 60-minute profession specific session per month.