Midwifery Pre-Registration BSc (Hons)

De Montfort University

Bachelor's degree

In Leicester

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Duration

    3 Years

Midwives are the lead professional for all healthy women with straightforward pregnancies. For women with complex pregnancies they work as the key coordinator of care within the multidisciplinary team, liaising closely with obstetricians, general practitioners, health visitors/public health practitioners and maternity support workers/maternity care assistants.

Midwives have an increasingly greater public health role aiming to meet the challenges of reducing inequalities and improving maternal and family health midwifery education, whilst rooted in normality prepares midwives to care for all women including those with complex medical, obstetric and social needs. It prepares and develops midwives to be skilled and safe, empathic and trustworthy, developing skills of autonomy and accountability within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Leicester (Leicestershire)
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The Gateway, LE1 9BH

Start date

On request

About this course

The course enables you to practice and be entered on the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s register in the UK. Midwives can then apply to work in the EU as well as commonwealth countries such as Canada and Australia (subject to country-specific criterion).

GCSEs

Five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above including: English, Maths and Science. At least two GCSEs at grade B/6 or above are required

This programme is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), and has been recognised for its high quality of its teaching, upon successful completion you are eligible to register and practice as a Register Midwife with the NMC.

Key features

Accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) with eligibility to register with the NMC upon graduation enabling extensive career opportunities in the UK and worldwide (subject to country-specific criteria)
The course is split evenly between theoretical teaching and practical placements, giving you the chance to develop your skills in NHS hospitals, midwifery-led units and community areas, with support from practising midwives.
You will study a range of topics including introduction to midwifery and professional practice, complexity in childbearing, critical skills for midwifery practice and new born baby theory.
Benefit from an established breastfeeding clinic hosted by students and staff, where you can put theory into practice working alongside lecturers who are all qualified midwives.
Awarded Unicef UK Baby Friendly Initiative accreditation, acknowledging DMU’s high standard of breastfeeding education and equipping you with the skills needed to support new mothers.
Gain international experience related to your studies through our DMU Global programme, which has enabled students to understand the healthcare provision in Amsterdam, witness midwifery care in Peru and teach children about health-hygiene in India.

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Subjects

  • Midwifery
  • Public Health
  • Teaching
  • Public
  • Caring and Compassion
  • Professional Practice
  • Childbearing
  • Contextual Issues
  • Communication
  • Biological
  • Midwifery care

Course programme

First Year
  • Caring and Compassion: Introduction to Midwifery and Professional Practice
  • Communication and Contextual Issues for Childbearing
  • Biological and Scientific Underpinnings of Midwifery Care
Second Year
  • Evidence-Based Holistic Midwifery
  • Complexity in Childbearing
  • Critical Skills for Midwifery Practice
Third Year
  • Dissertation
  • New Born Theory
  • Continuity and Midwifery Practice
  • Midwife as Leader
Teaching and assessments

A wide variety of teaching and learning methods are used, putting you at the centre of learning. This includes enquiry based learning which encourages thinking and application of theory to practice.

You maintain an electronic professional portfolio throughout the course, which assists with your continuous assessment in practice. Theory is assessed by exams, assignments, case studies and presentations throughout.

You must attend all theoretical and practice-based teaching. The theoretical teaching is normally 30 hours per week but varies as the course progresses with more self-directed learning and additional reading.

Clinical practice placements are currently based on a 37.5 hour week but because of the shift patterns allocated they may be more one week and less the next.

Teaching contact hours

Contact hours in a typical week can vary.

Personal tutorial/small group teaching: approx. 4 hours of tutorials (or later, project supervision) each week

Medium group teaching: approx. 4 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week

Large group teaching: approx. 20 hours of lectures each week

Personal study: approx. 10 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.

Additional information

UCAS course code: B720

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