About the course
With a 50/50 split between clinical practice and scheduled classes, our student midwives gain the skills and self-confidence to support women throughout pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period.
You'll learn in the cutting-edge facilities of our award-winning new Allam Medical Building on this programme which boasts a 100% employability rating†.
By graduation, you'll be a qualified midwife – capable of providing a safe and satisfactory experience for the childbearing woman, her baby and family.
What you'll study
Your time is split 50/50 between theory and practice. Simulated practice in our fully equipped Allam Medical Building alongside placements in local NHS Trusts and other care environments is integral to this programme.
When allocated a placement, you’ll be expected to work a variety of shifts to experience 24/7 care.
Theory sessions take place at the University and include lectures, seminars, workshops, enquiry-based learning, self-directed study and simulation.
Throughout your studies, you’ll be fully supported by midwifery academics, practice educators and mentors.
All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.
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Being an accountable, autonomous, professional midwife
Become equipped with the skills needed to prepare for academic study and begin to develop your knowledge of the professional issues and interpersonal communication underpinning midwifery practice.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 1
Learn essential midwifery skills for antenatal and postnatal care, such as measuring and recording vital signs and assessing the newborn after birth.
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Safe and effective care
Learn about care of physiologically normal pregnancy and birth and the anatomy and physiology that underpins this, whilst gaining a greater understanding of the wider context of childbirth.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 2
Learn essential midwifery skills for promoting maternal health, and develop your competence at administering medications.
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Universal care
Learn more about working in inter-professional teams. Further develop your communication skills and inclusivity and diversity and learn more about the anatomy and physiology of the healthy human body.
All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.
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Speaking out for health
Understand how health, lifestyle and social factors affect an individual’s life chances. Learn more about how midwives can promote health amongst the whole spectrum of society.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 3
Learn essential midwifery skills for supporting infant feeding, advanced medication administration and systematic examination of the newborn.
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The delivery of care in complex pregnancy and birth
Become equipped with the knowledge and skills to recognise, interpret, treat, and manage ill health and complications in the childbearing period.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 4
Learn essential midwifery skills for more complex midwifery care including obstetric emergencies.
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Additional care: the neonate
Learn about more complex care for the neonate, how to identify, monitor and refer where appropriate. Gain the understanding and skills to carry out a full physical examination of the newborn.
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Practice 2: contribution to care
Contribute to antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal and neonatal care under supervision. Undertake caring and midwifery specific skills and bring theory and practice together.
All modules are subject to availability and this list may change at any time.
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Promoting excellence: the midwife as colleague, scholar and leader
Learn about the professional context of the midwife in practice, and how to summarise evidence and implement it into practice.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 5
Learn advanced essential midwifery skills, including communication, for caring for critically ill women and dealing with emergency situations.
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Essential skills for midwifery: 6
Learn advanced essential skills for midwifery practice in areas around postnatal care, perinatal mental health and breast feeding.
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Supportive cultures and education
Learn how to work autonomously and explore what it means to practice as a registered midwife. Become prepared for teaching in others in practice.
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Practice 3: the proficient midwifery practitioner
Consolidate your practice and demonstrate your proficiency in all areas of midwifery practice. Undertake caring and midwifery specific skills and bring theory and practice together.