Bachelor of Midwifery

Description

Registered midwives may practise midwifery in various capacities in public and private hospital and community maternity and neonatal health care settings in urban, rural and remote areas, as group practice midwives, clinical midwifery consultants, midwifery educators, midwifery unit managers, community midwives, and researchers.

The aim of this degree is to produce graduates who possess the knowledge, competencies and clinical experience required to meet the Nurses and Midwives Board of New South Wales (NSW) registration requirements to practice as midwives in NSW, and apply for mutual recognition for other states and territories until national registration commences. The School of Health and Human Sciences is currently pursuing accreditation for this new course via the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW.

Students will be required to undertake supervised placements that will enable them to focus on woman-centred care and provide continuity of care with women across their pregnancies; attend antenatal and postnatal assessments/visits with women; provide direct care to women during labour, assist women during birth; support women and their babies with complex needs across pregnancy, labour and birth, and the postnatal period, and experience the full scope of midwifery practice.

Study areas include:

Midwifery practice
Anatomy and Physiology
Women's Health
Psycho-social Science
Primary Health Care

Requirements

Pre-Requisites: It is recommended that applicants have a background in Chemistry or Biology and have achieved a high level in English studies (band 4 HSC English or IELTS of 7.0). A sound background in Mathematics is also desirable.

Applications through UAC or QTAC: Applications to study on-campus should be lodged with the NSW Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) or Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC). Application information is also available from high school or college career advisors. UAC and QTAC publications may also be purchased from newsagents and university campuses throughout NSW and Queensland. Applications may also be made via the web - for more information please visit either UAC or QTAC websites: www.uac.edu.au* or www.qtac.edu.au*. A late fee applies for UAC and QTAC applications received after 30 September.

Notes

This is a new course subject to approval by University Council and the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW. For further information please contact the School of Health and Human Sciences, Student Liaison Team on (02) 6626 9585.