Midwifery: Registered Midwife (3 Year) BSc (Hons)

• Learn to care for women and their families during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, fulfilling the complete role of the midwife as expert in normal pregnancy and birth, as well as caring for women experiencing complications
• Study areas including normal childbearing processes, public health, promoting women's health, acute and emergency midwifery care
• Develop practical skills, under the supervision of a qualified midwife, as you care for women in normal pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. You will conduct at least deliveries, under the supervision of your midwife mentor, by the time you complete the course
• Gain experience on medical wards, gynaecology wards, surgery, neonatal units, intensive care units, mental health wards, learning about the variety of healthcare team roles and the importance of cross-team working
• Benefit from a course that attracts full fee paying bursaries from the Local Education Training Board (/ is the final year of this funding) and guarantees you placement experience as part of your degree

Each week you will be learning in the classroom with tutors as well as in clinical areas with a midwife mentor. Theory and practice are closely woven together and with the support of your link lecturers and mentors, you will apply the knowledge you learn in the classroom to the clinical skills you are developing as you go. As well as your maternity care experience you will be placed in non-maternity wards to learn how pregnancy affects, and is affected by, a variety of medical conditions. You will understand how good quality care must involve everyone working together. As the course proceeds, you will become increasingly independent in your study skills though always supported by your Personal Academic Tutor. In practice too, whilst always under the supervision of a qualified midwife, you will be able to care for women in normal pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period with minimal direction from your mentor. Year 1

• Healthy Physiology for Childbearing
• Professional and Academic Practice
• Childbirth and the Puerperium
• Women’s and Family Health

Year 2

• Medicines Management
• Using Research in Practice
• Medical Conditions in Maternity
• Complex Needs and Critical Care in Maternity
• Caring for the Compromised Neonate

Year 3

• Project Preparation
• Independent Project
• Consolidating Midwifery Practice
• Midwifery Practice within the Multidisciplinary Team
• Preparation for Professional Practice