Ahpra Midwifery OBA study plan

Map the full exam blueprint by listing every sub-area under midwifery practice and professional/ethical practice and rating your current confidence on each from 1 to 5

Build a personal baseline by completing 40 mixed practice questions under timed conditions and log your accuracy per domain

Identify the three weakest midwifery-practice sub-areas from that baseline and write them as ranked study priorities

Explain the physiology and stages of labour, including normal progress and the parameters used to assess it

Describe systematic assessment of the labouring woman and fetus, including what each observation indicates

Differentiate normal from abnormal progress and state the actions each finding triggers

Summarise immediate postpartum assessment priorities for mother and newborn

Outline antenatal screening and routine assessment schedules across each trimester and state the purpose of each test

Explain how to recognise and respond to common antenatal complications such as hypertensive disorders and bleeding

Describe newborn adaptation at birth and the components of the initial newborn assessment

Apply midwifery assessment priorities to two written antenatal scenarios and justify each action

Integrate midwifery assessment with professional obligations by mapping which complications require escalation, documentation, and consent

Explain the principles of informed consent and how they apply to decisions in labour and birth

Describe how to document assessment findings and actions so they meet professional record-keeping standards

Complete 60 timed mixed questions and analyse every error by cause (knowledge gap, misread, or reasoning error)

Summarise the professional standards and codes that govern midwifery practice and state how each shapes day-to-day decisions

Explain the midwife's scope of practice and how to recognise when a situation requires referral or collaboration

Describe the principles of woman-centred, culturally safe care and apply them to two written scenarios

Outline the process for recognising and responding to impaired practice or unsafe care in a colleague

Apply an ethical decision-making framework to two written dilemmas involving consent, autonomy, or conflicting obligations

Explain confidentiality and privacy obligations and the recognised exceptions to them

Describe professional boundaries and how to respond when they are tested in clinical scenarios

Draft concise justifications for ethical decisions using the language of the relevant standards

Work through 80 timed mixed questions weighted toward both domains and track accuracy by sub-area

Re-teach your five lowest-accuracy sub-areas by writing a short summary of each from memory, then checking it against a source

Practise scenario questions that combine clinical assessment with professional and ethical reasoning

Refine your personal exam strategy for timing, flagging, and reviewing flagged items

Complete two full-length timed mock exams under exam conditions and record scores per domain

Review every incorrect and flagged answer and convert each into a one-line rule you can recall

Revisit your week 1 blueprint map and confirm every sub-area is now rated 3 or higher, closing any remaining gaps

Finalise a one-page pre-exam checklist covering timing, question-reading habits, and stress management