C07070v4 Graduate Diploma in Midwifery

Note(s)

Limited Commonwealth-supported places are available.

This course is not offered to international students.

Overview

This course is designed to meet the graduate needs of registered nurses wishing to gain registration to practice in the area of midwifery. It provides a broad theoretical and clinical study of the area of midwifery, and includes a discussion of professional, sociopolitical and ethico-legal issues related to the family, and research skills that enhance midwifery practice and interpersonal processes. Students undertake concurrent employment in an accredited midwifery unit.

Midwives are in high demand at present, in both the public and private health systems, and the current shortage is expected to continue for some time.

Articulation

Additional admission requirements

Applicants are required to secure concurrent midwifery employment at a participating accredited midwifery unit. Applicants need to submit a separate application to participating hospitals in addition to the UTS postgraduate course application. Contact the Faculty for details.

Course duration and attendance

The Graduate Diploma in Midwifery is offered over a 14-month, full-time period.

Course structure

Students must complete a total of 48 credit points. The course also requires one year, four days per week, of concurrent employment in an accredited midwifery unit in order for students to meet the requirements to gain midwifery certification with the NSW Nurses and Midwives Board.

Industrial training/professional practice

Concurrent midwifery practice is a component of this course.

Course completion requirements

Course program

A typical program is shown below.

Professional recognition

Nurses and Midwives Board New South Wales

Other information

Further information is available from the Faculty Student Office on: