C07070v4 Graduate Diploma in Midwifery
Award(s): Graduate Diploma in Midwifery (GradDipMid)UAC code: 942805 (CSP) (Autumn semester)
Load credit points: 48
Course EFTSL: 1
Location: City campus
Note(s)
Limited Commonwealth-supported places are available.
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Further study at UTS
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is designed to meet the graduate needs of registered nurses wishing to gain registration to practise 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 as a student midwife 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.
Admission requirements
Applicants should be registered nurses with an Australian bachelor's degree in nursing or an equivalent tertiary qualification. Registered nurses who do not have an undergraduate diploma or degree but who do have recent relevant work experience and can demonstrate the capacity to undertake tertiary study may also be considered eligible.
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 course application submitted to the Universities Admission Centre (UAC).
Applicants who do not have their name on the online register of the relevant state nursing registration board (e.g. the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW: www.nmb.nsw.gov.au) must provide a correctly verified copy of their registration to UAC with a covering letter stating their full name, daytime telephone number and UAC application number.
Applicants also need to be available to attend classes from early February, before the usual start of Autumn semester.
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 comprising eight compulsory subjects.
Industrial training/professional practice
The course also requires one year, four days a week, of concurrent employment in an accredited midwifery unit in order for students to meet the requirements to gain midwifery certification with the Nurses and Midwives Board NSW.
Course completion requirements
| 92924 Becoming a Reflective Practitioner | 6cp | |
| 92781 An Introduction to Midwifery Practice | 6cp | |
| 92785 Midwifery in Complex Situations | 6cp | |
| 92893 Midwifery Practice 2 | 6cp | |
| 92873 Midwifery Practice 1 | 6cp | |
| 92923 Continuity of Midwifery Care | 6cp | |
| 92927 Evidence-Based Practice (Midwifery) | 6cp | |
| 92922 The Meaning of Birth | 6cp | |
| Total | 48cp |
Course program
A typical program is shown below.
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn semester | ||
| 92781 An Introduction to Midwifery Practice | 6cp | |
| 92873 Midwifery Practice 1 | 6cp | |
| 92923 Continuity of Midwifery Care | 6cp | |
| 92927 Evidence-Based Practice (Midwifery) | 6cp | |
| Spring semester | ||
| 92785 Midwifery in Complex Situations | 6cp | |
| 92893 Midwifery Practice 2 | 6cp | |
| 92922 The Meaning of Birth | 6cp | |
| 92924 Becoming a Reflective Practitioner | 6cp | |
Further study at UTS
Students who hold the Graduate Diploma in Midwifery are eligible to apply for 24 credit points (four specified subjects) of exemptions in the Master of Midwifery (C04132).
Professional recognition
Nurses and Midwives Board, New South Wales
Other information
Further information is available from:
telephone +61 2 9514 1222 or +61 2 9514 5021
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
www.nmh.uts.edu.au
