discussing the central and important role that fathers play in supporting mothers during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period emphasising positive benefits of fathers engaging in their from birth onwards children’s lives Area of practice Recommended requirement/action Course content is Educators need to consider: consistent with other own knowledge base and scope of practice, and ability to maternity providers and recognise when evidence is insufficient to accurately inform evidence-based practice information that meets transparency around personal biases and health sector Ministry of Health priorities, and tools to deal with difficult questions and situations standards role as a resource person, referring to other sources of information Educators need to demonstrate and/or provide evidence of: skills in retrieving and understanding research, including evidence and different levels of enquiry application of evidence in education service, integrating research and/or different disciplines to meet the health and/or educational needs of consumers collaboration with other health care providers when service is outside their scope of practice using existing curriculum and policy directives where relevant adapting course content and curriculum to current priorities, programmes and parallel services in their community (ie. SUDI, safe sleep, timely delivery of immunisation information during outbreaks) Course content is Educators need to consider: available via a range of using a range of technology, teaching aids and learning media and is activities to meet variable learning needs, learning styles and technologically up to learner characteristics date staying current with technology, especially where using video/DVD resources as educational tools Linkage with other Educators need to consider: services and support the benefits of being an active and co-operative member of a multidisciplinary team initiating and maintaining effective liaison with other agencies/groups building rapport and trust in client-professional and relationships Educators need to demonstrate and/or provide evidence of: formal networking activities with essential service linkages to promote awareness and access to the Service active referral pathways and information transfer protocols with essential service linkages Regular peer review Educators need to consider: and quality own strengths and actively seek to inform gaps in knowledge improvement base and facilitation skills
discussing the central and important role that fathers play in supporting mothers during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period emphasising positive benefits of fathers engaging in their children’s lives from birth onwards Area of practice Recommended requirement/action Course content is consistent with other maternity providers and evidence-based information that meets Ministry of Health standards Educators need to consider: own knowledge base and scope of practice, and ability to recognise when evidence is insufficient to accurately inform practice transparency around personal biases and health sector priorities, and tools to deal with difficult questions and situations role as a resource person, referring to other sources of information Educators need to demonstrate and/or provide evidence of: skills in retrieving and understanding research, including evidence and different levels of enquiry application of evidence in education service, integrating research and/or different disciplines to meet the health and/or educational needs of consumers collaboration with other health care providers when service is outside their scope of practice using existing curriculum and policy directives where relevant adapting course content and curriculum to current priorities, programmes and parallel services in their community (ie. SUDI, safe sleep, timely delivery of immunisation information during outbreaks) Course content is available via a range of media and is technologically up to date Educators need to consider: using a range of technology, teaching aids and learning activities to meet variable learning needs, learning styles and learner characteristics staying current with technology, especially where using video/DVD resources as educational tools Linkage with other services and support Educators need to consider: the benefits of being an active and co-operative member of a multidisciplinary team initiating and maintaining effective liaison with other agencies/groups building rapport and trust in client-professional and relationships Educators need to demonstrate and/or provide evidence of: formal networking activities with essential service linkages to promote awareness and access to the Service active referral pathways and information transfer protocols with essential service linkages Regular peer review and quality improvement Educators need to consider: own strengths and actively seek to inform gaps in knowledge base and facilitation skills
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