Standards of Competence Assessment for Bachelor of Midwifery Practical Portfolio
Overview
This is a practical portfolio assessment document for first-year Bachelor of Midwifery students evaluating competence in partnership practice experience. It outlines four key standards of competence (Āhuru Mōwai, Mātauranga, Te Iho, Whenua) aligned with Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and Midwifery Council of New Zealand requirements.
What this coursework covers
- Student identification and kaiako assessment section with competence meeting criteria
- Āhuru Mōwai standard: cultural and clinical safety, client choice, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles
- Mātauranga standard: theoretical knowledge, technical skills, and physiological childbirth facilitation
- Te Iho standard: quality assurance, critical thinking, and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Whenua standard: personal and professional development, reflective practice, and professional responsibility
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Bachelor of Midwifery
Practical Portfolio
Year level: One
Course code: HPRO5404
Course name: Partnership Practice Experience
Ākonga name:
This section to be completed by kaiako.
Meets / Does Not Meet Standards of Competence (cross out not applicable)
*Ākonga must meet all Standards of Competence to pass the Practical Portfolio Assessment.
General comments:
Kaiako Name:
Date:
Standards of Competence for Kahu Pōkai | Midwives
Āhuru Mōwai. The kahu pōkai | midwife:
- Creates conditions, for those they provide care to, to feel culturally and clinically safe and have their choices respected across the pre-conceptual, pregnancy, birthing and postnatal continuum, including newborn care.
- Enables those they provide care to, to be the kaitiaki | guardian of their own health and wellbeing, to make informed choices about their pregnancy, birth experience and early parenthood.
- Honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi by embedding the principles of self-determination, equity, and partnership in their practise.
Mātauranga. The kahu pōkai | midwife:
- Applies comprehensive theoretical and scientific knowledge with the technical skills needed to provide effective and safe midwifery care, taking guidance from those they provide care to, to integrate their needs and aspirations.
- Integrates knowledge and understanding, personal, professional and clinical skills within a legal and ethical framework and in consideration of whānau worldviews to inform midwifery practice.
- Utilises midwifery skills that facilitate the physiological processes of childbirth and balances these with the judicious use of intervention when appropriate.
Te Iho. The kahu pōkai | midwife:
- Implements safe systems and quality assurance processes to ensure care is of the highest quality.
- Demonstrates the application of critical thinking to enable culturally and clinically safe care.