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I80 Master of Midwifery Practice

The Master of Midwifery Practice prepares Registered Nurses to become competent, confident beginning Midwives.  The course is offered over two years to support students to meet the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council's Competency Standards and the requirements for registration as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

 

Students will be required to meet the employment requirements of the relevant healthcare facility.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

A Bachelor of Nursing or its equivalent is required for admission.
Applicants must be a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. 

 
Future Admission Requirements applying from 1/01/2016 will be:

1. Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent.

2. Applicants must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia to nurse adults.

3. An offer of concurrent employment in an approved midwifery setting. Positions are advertised in September - October each year. Please contact the course coordinator for further information.
 
COURSE LOCATION
This course is available on Joondalup Campus.
 
MODE OF STUDY
This course is available by Full-time, or Part-time mode.
 
MODE OF DELIVERY
This course is available in the following mode of delivery - On-campus.

The course is offered part-time only for the first year and is offered full-time only for the second year. Units will include compulsory on-campus workshops and online learning supports.
 
COURSE STRUCTURE

The Master of Midwifery Practice requires students to complete 180 credit points (nine units) over a two year period. Students complete their first year in part time mode to enable them to commence their 'continuity of care' clinical experience.  The second year of the course is to be undertaken in full time mode. 

 

The clinical requirement for this course requires that students undertake a series of 'continuity of care experiences' where they meet regularly with women during their pregnancy and peri natal period. In their second year, students are also required to be employed in a midwifery setting in order to meet the requirements of this course.
 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 1
MID6103 Contemporary Midwifery Issues 20 
MIT6102 Foundations of Midwifery 20 
 
YEAR ONE - SEMESTER 2
MIP6202 Beginning Midwifery Practice 20 
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 1
MIT6202 Complex Care in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Puerperium 20 
MID6102 Evidence Based Practice applied to Midwifery 20 
MIT6203 Midwifery Therapeutics 20 
 
YEAR TWO - SEMESTER 2
MIP6203 Continuing Midwifery Practice 20 
MIT6204 Women's Health and Diagnostic Reasoning 20 
MID6201 Midwifery Project 20 
 
 
 
 
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website:
http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity

Last Updated - Higher Education: 15/03/2014 VET: 14/05/2014