Midwifery

This blended learning course equips you with the knowledge, skills, interpersonal and cultural competence needed to positively contribute to the health of childbearing women and their families, through individualised midwifery care, promoting continuity of care, personalisation and choice. This blended learning degree is suited to those who are self-motivated and able to study independently online, with regular support from tutors in local areas.

• Blended learning course.

• Become a 'Registered Midwife' with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as soon as you successfully complete the course.

• Weekly midwifery placement experience.

• Regular online tutorials.

• Campus-based clinical skills teaching.

• Blended learning offers a flexible approach to your study, however please note it is still a full-time course.

• Train and practice your professional healthcare skills in an inspiring purpose-built environment, InterCity Place.

• Opportunity for peer learning.

• Variation in learning approaches such as online lectures, case studies, and IT-based activities.

• Holistic approach and experiences in professional practice.

• 50% of online academic study/tutorials and 50% in clinical practice.

• You will explore the normality and complexities of pregnancy and birthing.

• Develop skills to be a critical thinker and be a reflective learner.

• Learn and be a part of interprofessional team working.

• Develop the professional knowledge, skills and attributes to enable you to work as an autonomous practitioner fit for the future.

• By the end of the course you will be able to promote health and wellbeing and provide autonomous care for birthing people, be an effective team member and support other midwifery students.

Course Modules

The first year of the course includes initial modules that will focus on the midwife as a professional and practitioner, clinical skills, factors influencing health and wellbeing, medication calculation and an introduction to research.

The second year will build on essential midwifery knowledge and skills, and extend students’ understanding and application of theory and research to all areas of midwifery practice.

The final year will include a research or practice development project, and enable students to develop the ability to support women with more complex needs through pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period (including the newborn and infant physical examination – NIPE).

The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry and up to date information can be found on our website

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• Nursing and Midwifery Council