Midwifery

Our Midwifery BSc (Hons) degree provides aspiring midwives with a comprehensive curriculum to prepare for the crucial role of supporting women, babies and their families throughout pregnancy and childbirth.

Midwives have an essential role in assisting women, babies and their families during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. This course aims to empower you to become a compassionate, skilled and culturally competent midwife, committed to providing excellent care to women and their families during a transformative time in their lives.

• Our approach supports you to develop a strong sense of professional identity as a midwife from the outset.

• Prepares you to promote optimal maternal and newborn health outcomes, support informed decision-making and advocate for social justice within diverse communities.

• Focus on one academic module at a time, with five weeks of learning followed by one week of assessment per module.

• 50% of your learning will take place in diverse practice-based learning environments. You’ll have the chance to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world practice while being supported by experienced registered professionals including practice supervisors, practice assessors and practice development midwives.

• Successful completion of this course makes you eligible to apply for professional registration as a midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) (please see our website for more information).

• All eligible students on this course can apply for a minimum payment from the government of £5,000 per year. You can apply for additional payments if you incur childcare costs.

Why you should study this course
We aim to develop you into a midwife who improves and impacts the lives of mothers, newborn infants and communities with clinical competence, compassionate care and evidence-informed practice.

• Taught by experienced registered midwives who will support you in developing the knowledge, skills and abilities to deliver professional, impactful, evidence-informed care.

• Learn to collaborate and thrive across and within multidisciplinary teams to coordinate evidenced-based, safe care delivery.

• Develop your leadership skills and critical thinking.

• Supportive learning environment that values diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Engage in simulated practice that closely mirrors the real-world scenarios you will encounter in your future career.

• Focusing on digital fluency, curiosity, critical and reflective thinking, this course instils you with the ability to access, evaluate and apply evidence to inform your practice.

• Access to success coaches and placement supervisors as well as specialist support for mathematics and academic writing.

Studying in the School of Health and Care
Gain the skills and experience to transform lives, communities and the future of healthcare delivery. We aim to empower you to become a stand-out healthcare professional, capable, competent and confident in your field and role within the wider healthcare team.

While continuously developing your sense of professional identity as a midwife from day one, you'll also collaborate with learners from other School of Health and Care fields, learning in an environment that puts inclusivity, diversity and dignity at its heart.

Please visit our website for the most up-to-date information.

Year One

• Introduction to Midwifery Theory and Skills
• Placement 1: First Steps into Midwifery Practice
• Safe Midwifery Care
• Placement 2: Optimising Midwifery Care
• Becoming a Professional Practitioner
• Evidence: Your Profession in a Global Context

Year Two

• Caring for Women and Babies with Complex and Diverse Needs
• Placement 3: Developing Midwifery Skills
• Placement 4: Enhancing Midwifery Skills
• Developing Expertise and Proficiency in Midwifery Practice
• Global Perspectives in Midwifery Practice
• Exploring Knowledge Through Curiosity

Final Year

• Role Modelling and Education in Midwifery Practice
• Service Innovation and Promoting Excellence
• Placement 5: Consolidating Midwifery Skills
• Placement 6: Transition to an Autonomous Midwife
• Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
• The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project

We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated. Before accepting any offers, please check the website for the most up to date course content.

*For further information please check the course page on the Coventry University website content.

This course will be assessed using a variety of methods which will vary depending upon the module.

Assessment methods may include:

• written assignments
• practice placement
• phased tests
• simulations
• Objective Structured Clinical Examinations
• presentations
• vivas
• dyad*
• portfolios of evidence.

*A dyad is an assessment involving the student and an expert where they really take time to assess student learning in the real-life setting.

The Coventry University Group assessment strategy ensures that our courses are fairly assessed and allows us to monitor student progression towards the achieving the intended learning outcomes.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Nursing and Midwifery Council