Midwifery (Shortened)

By the end of the midwifery programme you should be able to:

debate factors that impact on autonomous midwifery practice and explore alternative and innovative approaches to midwifery care;


review and critically evaluate the appropriateness of evidence for integration into practice and critically reflect upon practice to reach own judgements and exercise effective decision making in complex situations;


be an independent, autonomous practitioner and provide holistic, woman-centred midwifery care prior to conception and throughout the antenatal, intranatal and postnatal periods;


respond effectively to the wide ranging public health needs of childbearing women and their families;


work in a variety of health care settings both independently and as a member of the multidisciplinary team, nationally and internationally;


develop effective management skills to enable you to plan, implement and evaluate the delivery of midwifery care, in order to facilitate change and improvement where appropriate.

2019 Entry

Registered Nurse on the Adult part of the Professional Register, with a minimum of 60 credits at level 2 [new level 5], including evidence of research methodology.
Applicants must have 6 months experience as a registered nurse.
English language requirements for International applicants are a minimum overall IELTS score of 7.0 with a minimum of 7.0 in each element.

You will be required to undertake a numeracy and literacy test and be interviewed as part of the selection process.
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