The course will develop the students knowledge, understanding and skills across a range of themes via taught time in University, guided independent study, and time on practice placement. The programme will explore: - Evidence-based care and the importance of maintaining a current knowledge-base - The physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual safety of women and newborn infants - Communication and relationship building, working in partnership with women, including enabling and advocating for the human rights of women and children - Working across the whole continuum of care and in all settings, and understanding the womans and newborn infants whole maternity journey - Providing continuity of care and carer - Optimising the normal processes of reproduction and early life - Ensuring that women, partners and families have all the information needed to fully inform their decisions - Anticipating, preventing, and responding to emergencies, complications and additional care needs - Public health, health promotion, and health protection, including understanding and working to mitigate health and social inequalities - Interdisciplinary and multiagency working - Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding Contact Details Emily Taylor (Student Practice Education Facilitator) emily.taylor59@nhs.net 0300 422 5168 For further information about Oxford Brookes University and the short course programme, please contact Victoria Brown (vbrown@brookes.ac.uk)

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