📖Program Curriculum
Year 1
Core Modules
Credits
Introduction to Universal Care for Women Newborns and Families
20.00
This module helps you gain the knowledge required to understand pregnancy labour birth and postnatal processes. It offers the opportunity to optimise and promote positive outcomes for all women newborns and families through the application of knowledge and understanding related to physiological processes of pregnancy birth and the puerperium.
Becoming an Accountable Autonomous Professional Midwife
20.00
On this module you will gain an understanding of the role of the midwife. You will explore communication informed consent and listening skills exploring reflection self-care and professional curiosity. As part of this module you will consider the physical psychological social spiritual cultural needs of the women newborns and families.
Fundamentals of the Midwife’s Role in Public Health
20.00
This module will help you to recognise the role of the midwife in the public health of the women newborn and family as well as the wider public and long-term health of society. It focuses on health promotion health protection and the use of evidence-based information to enable women and their families to make informed decisions about their care....
Introduction to the Additional Needs of Women Newborns and Families
20.00
On this module we’ll begin to introduce the additional pathways women newborns and families may experience in their maternity journey. You’ll begin to explore the additional needs of women from a physical psychological social spiritual and cultural perspective understanding the role of the midwife to ensure a seamless maternity care journey.
Midwifery Practice 1
20.00
On your placement you’ll develop the skills set by the NMC standards of proficiencies for midwives (NMC 2019) working alongside practice supervisors and assessors. Your progress will be recorded in the midwifery ongoing record of achievement (MORA). There is also a requirement to complete theoretical content for e-learning and mandatory training...
Consolidating the Midwives’ Role in Universal Care for Women Newborns and Families
20.00
Following your first clinical placement this module helps consolidate your knowledge of pregnancy labour birth and postnatal processes. Core subjects of anatomy physiology epigenetics and pharmacology will be studied alongside the physical psychological social spiritual and cultural aspects required to offer holistic individualised care.
Opportunity Modules
You can choose 2 x 10 credit Level 4 Opportunity modules from the Opportunity module catalogue.
Year 2
Core Modules
Credits
Promoting Inclusive Midwifery Care for Women Newborns and Families
20.00
On this module you’ll strengthen your knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of medical conditions and illness and the impact on the woman newborn and family. The role of pharmacology in the management of illness and medical conditions will be considered to support holistic individualised care planning for women with additional needs.
Developing the Midwife to Meet the Additional Needs of Women Newborns and Families
20.00
This module will help you recognise anticipate and manage neonatal emergencies. We’ll explore additional needs of newborns and their families and help you gain the skills to provide first line management of neonatal emergencies. We place an emphasis on the importance of human factors and interprofessional working to uphold safe maternity services....
Systematic Examination of the Newborn
20.00
We’ll help you gain the theoretical knowledge you need to undertake a systematic examination of the newborn. Expanding your knowledge related to the advanced skill of the systematic examination of the newborn will promote continuity of care for women their newborns and families. We work to the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination standards.
Midwifery Practice 2
20.00
On placement you’ll develop the skills determined by the NMC standards of proficiencies for midwives (NMC 2019) and gain the practice learning expected for your second year. You’ll work alongside practice supervisors and assessors who’ll perform assessments in line with the NMC standards for learner supervision and assessment (NMC 2018).
Developing the Midwife to Meet the Additional Needs of Newborns and Families
20.00
This module prepares you to recognise anticipate and manage obstetric and emergencies. You’ll explore additional needs of women and their families gaining essential skills to provide first line management of obstetric emergencies. We place emphasis on the importance of human factors and interprofessional working to uphold safe maternity services.
Holistic Midwifery Care for Women Newborns and Families
20.00
This module promotes inclusivity in midwifery care through the development of knowledge related to pre-existing and emerging medical conditions and illness. You’ll explore the impact of medical conditions and illness on the physical psychological spiritual social and cultural aspects of pregnancy labour and the puerperium.
Opportunity Modules
You can choose 2 x 10 credit Level 5 Opportunity modules from the Opportunity module catalogue.
Year 3
Core Modules
Credits
The Midwife as a Colleague and Lead Professional
20.00
On this module you’ll further develop the vital role of a midwife as a colleague and lead professional. You’ll deepen your understanding of the leadership role and explore alternative pathways available such as management. You’ll also strengthen your knowledge of the wider interprofessional team how to support and become a role model to others.
Preparing the Midwife as Scholar
20.00
On this module we will help prepare you for your service improvement project or a research proposal. You’ll revisit your knowledge and understanding of research methods critique research methodologies and justify potential topics/questions for your scholarly project. This will enable you to choose your topic and explore appropriate methodologies.
The Midwife as Scholar: Service Improvement Project or Research Proposal
40.00
This module is mostly independent learning as you develop a service improvement project or research proposal on a topic of your choice. We’ll support you with academic writing choice of literature and methodology. You’ll have access to seminars resources online and in the library to help you produce a project that you can apply to practice.
The Compassionate Midwife as the Coordinator of Care
20.00
This module prepares you for registration as a midwife and ensures that holistic individualised care is at the forefront of your practice. You’ll begin to ensure your skills of working as part of the interprofessional team and the coordinator of care are ready for registration as a midwife.
Midwifery Practice 3
20.00
