Bachelor of Midwifery
Bachelor's degree
In Brisbane and Melborne (Australia)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Duration
3 Years
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Start date
Different dates available
Bachelor of Midwifery students will do over 1000 hours of midwifery clinical practice throughout the course in hospital and community settings. The students will also engage with a minimum of ten women to follow their pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal care journey called their Continuity of Care Experiences (CCE). This experience involves the student recruiting the woman in early pregnancy and attending appointments throughout. If possible, the student attends the labour and birth and follows the woman after discharge home up to six weeks following birth.
Possible career paths include:
registered midwife within maternity settings
consultant midwife
clinical specialist
antenatal educator
researcher
family care
independent midwifery practitioner.
special care nurseries
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About this course
This midwifery course will teach you how to:
manage normal pregnancy and childbirth
provide effective postnatal, maternal and newborn care to women and their newborn infant
provide safe and reliable care that meets the individual psychological, emotional, physical, social and spiritual needs of women.
The Bachelor of Midwifery is for those who want to become registered midwives and work in maternity settings such as hospitals, birth centres and other community agencies.
Graduates can pursue a range of careers including: midwife, consultant midwife, special care nurseries, clinical specialist, pre-natal educator, researcher, family care and child health centre professional.
English (4, SA).
Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.
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Subjects
- Midwifery
- Indigenous health
- Culture
- Health and culture
- Biological science
- Human biological science
- Biological
- Science
- Practice
- Community
- Wellbeing
- Modern society
Course programme
- HLSC120 Indigenous health and culture
- BIOL121 Human biological science 1
- HLSC122 Evidence for practice
- MIDW127 Foundations in midwifery
- UNCC100 Self and community: exploring the anatomy of modern society
- HLSC111 The Person, health and wellbeing
- MIDW113 Midwifery care of the pregnant woman (Pre: HLSC122, MIDW127)
- MIDW100 Clinical midwifery practice 1 (Pre: BIOL121, MIDW127)
- MIDW246 Midwifery care of the postnatal woman and family (Pre: MIDW127)
- BIOL122 Human biological science 2 (Pre: BIOL121)
- MIDW216 Midwifery care of the birthing woman (Pre: MIDW100, MIDW113)
- MIDW200 Clinical midwifery practice 2 (Pre: MIDW100)
- HLSC220 Health care ethics
- MIDW215 Perinatal mental health (Pre: MIDW113, MIDW246, MIDW100 )
- MIDW217 Midwifery care of the woman with complex needs (Pre: BIOL122, MIDW200, MIDW216 )
- MIDW201 Clinical midwifery practice 3 (Pre: MIDW200, MIDW216)
- UNCC300 Justice and change in a global world (Pre: UNCC100)
- MIDW350 The profession of midwifery (Pre: MIDW217)
- MIDW335 Babies needing extra care (Pre: MIDW201, MIDW217)
- MIDW300 Clinical midwifery practice 4: caring for babies (Pre: MIDW201)
- MIDW353 The inquiring midwife (Pre: MIDW217)
- MIDW351 Global perspectives on midwifery (Pre: MIDW217)
- MIDW301 Clinical midwifery practice 5 (Pre: MIDW300)
Additional information
Brisbane
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised
Melbourne
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - To be advised
Course costs - Average first year fee: $7035 Commonwealth Supported (indicative only; subject to passage of legislation)
Bachelor of Midwifery