1. Identify and demonstrate critical understanding of the need to continually evaluate and improve practice.
2. Demonstrate the ability to conduct a comprehensive search for research and evidence to inform practice and the development of the midwifery profession
3. Discuss the contribution knowledge, research and evidence makes to service improvement and to the development of the midwifery profession.
4. Analyse how practice and women centred care can be developed through a range of tools such as service improvement, service evaluation and audit
5. Synthesise and appraise an extensive range of evidence to inform service improvement and/or the development of the midwifery profession.
6. Critically analyse ethical issues in the practice of research and service improvement/evaluation.
7. Make recommendations for practice improvement, identifying barriers and challenges of implementation
8. Critically reflect on own learning and the contribution of learning to professional development
