Midwifery (3 years) bsc(hons)

Year 1

In year 1 you will be introduced to midwifery practice and its professional framework.

• Introduction to Midwifery

  This module will provide you with a basic introduction to the history and development of the profession. You'll be introduced to the code of conduct informing current midwifery practice and there will be emphasis on record keeping, reflection and developing resilience.

• The Physiological Basis of Midwifery Assessment

  To appreciate the dynamic changes occurring during childbearing, you will need an understanding of the concepts of biology within the healthy individual. It is upon these concepts that adaptations can be appreciated in relation to the childbearing woman and neonate.

  This knowledge underpins midwifery practice and enables an understanding of the factors that may affect the physiological processes of childbearing. In addition, this will help define normal parameters and therefore the scientific basis for diagnosing deviations from the normal.

• The Human Body in Childbearing

  To appreciate the dynamic changes occurring during childbearing, you will need an understanding of the concepts of biology within the healthy individual. It is upon these concepts that adaptations can be appreciated in relation to the childbearing woman.

  This knowledge underpins midwifery practice and enables an understanding of the factors that may affect the physiological processes of childbearing. In addition, this will help define normal parameters and therefore the scientific basis for diagnosing deviations from the normal.

• Human Relationships in Midwifery Practice

  This module will introduce you to core concepts relating to your capacity for developing helping relationships within midwifery practice, enhancing your self-awareness and identifying coping strategies to survive the emotional realities of caring.

• Introduction to the Art and Evidence of Midwifery Practice

  This module will provide you with foundation knowledge for midwifery by integrating learning from all year one modules.

  You will be introduced to the midwife’s role and responsibility, the philosophies and theories contributing to midwifery practice, and apply the skills underpinning midwifery practice.

• Developing Midwifery Practice

  This practice module will enable you to be credited for your clinical practice. You will build on knowledge from level 4 modules and develop your clinical practice.

  To develop a better understanding of childbirth from the perspective of the woman and her family, you will be encouraged to follow at least one woman through her child birth experience.