Midwifery BMid (Hons)

Staffordshire University

United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent

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Staffordshire University

United Kingdom , Stoke-on-Trent

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

B720

Campuses

Main Site

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake Deadlines25-Sep-2023

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Duration 4 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 19,000 / year

Next Intake 25-Sep-2023

Midwifery BMid (Hons)

About

Midwifery will develop you to ensure you are able to register and practice as a midwife upon graduation and provide safe, effective holistic woman and family centred midwifery care. Our Midwifery Skills Lab is equipped with Hi and Low Fidelity equipment including birthing and baby models and resuscitaire. Abdominal and PROMPT (PRactical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) obstetric emergency skill equipment.

Midwifery is a career that requires lifelong learning in a dynamic healthcare system and this course will provide a foundation for your professional midwifery practice, and for your further personal development. This course fosters a learning environment that prepares you to deliver high quality compassionate midwifery care committed to professional and personal values and responsibility.

Your award has a set of written learning outcomes that describe what you should be able to do by the end of the course.

The design of your course has been guided by the national subject benchmark for Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards of proficiency for midwives (NMC 2019), Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education (NMC 2018), Standards for student supervision and assessment (NMC 2018) and Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes (NMC 2019).

Our aim is to provide quality higher education that will enable you, as a graduate, to be successful throughout a challenging and rewarding career. Midwifery is a career requiring life-long learning in a dynamic health care system, and your course will provide an academic and practice based foundation for midwifery care, and for ongoing personal development. This curriculum fosters a learning environment that prepares caring and compassionate midwives committed to professional and personal values and responsibility. Your course reflects the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) proficiencies for entry to the Professional Register.

The purpose of this course is to both prepare you for entry to the appropriate part of the professional Midwifery Register and to award you an academic qualification commensurate with your learning outcomes. Your chosen course meets the statutory requirements for midwifery education (NMC 2019) and comprises both midwifery specific and shared modules. Successful completion of your course allows you to apply for professional registration with the NMC as a Registered Midwife.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BMid (Hons) Midwifery

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During your first year, your placement learning will be focused on fundamentals of Safe and Effective midwifery practice. Placements are planned across the range of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care provision to women, their families and broader communities in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Shropshire, West Midlands and Derbyshire. You will develop your midwifery skills in one of our Centres of Excellence in Healthcare Education.

The second year develops knowledge and skills in coordinating complex care. With a strong first year foundation and understanding of normal anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, you will be able to recognise deviations from normal. You will experience a variety of placements, supported by lectures from visiting professionals. You will also continue to participate in our creative portfolio of interprofessional education events.

In the third year, you will continue to develop skills through research, leadership, management and critical thinking. You will also be encouraged to critically evaluate existing maternity provision and identify ways to enhance care of women and their wider support networks.

The course maximises opportunities for students to learn from various health professions and to learn together in a multi-professional environment. The benefits of this approach include:

The development of mutual understanding and respect
Understanding of differing theoretical perspectives and conceptual models of care
The reduction of misunderstanding through shared terminology
Inter-professional awareness and empathy
An awareness of client needs in a complex system of care

This is fostered in theoretical components of the programme via several modules which are shared with childrens nursing, mental health nursing and adult nursing.

Professional body accreditation

Recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for the purpose of registration as a qualified midwife.

Midwifery stories - Jessica

Video

Midwifery student Jessica shares a heart-warming story of the trust that can formed between mother and midwife.

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Disciplines

School of Health

Science and Wellbeing

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Undergraduate

Undergraduate (bachelors) degrees

To apply for an undergraduate (bachelors) degree you need one of the following qualifications:

Community College Diploma / Associate Degree with a minimum grade GPA of 2.5

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 28 points overall
Successful completion of a relevant International Foundation Year from a recognised UK Institution
For A-Level requirements, please see the ‘entry requirements’ section on the relevant course page

Integrated masters and two-year accelerated degrees

To apply for an integrated masters or two-year accelerated degree you need one of the following qualifications:

Community College Diploma / Associate Degree with a minimum grade of 2.8

International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with 30 points overall
Successful completion of a relevant International Foundation Year from a recognised UK Institution
For A-Level requirements, please see the ‘entry requirements’ section on the relevant course page

English Program Requirements

The majority of our undergraduate bachelor degree courses require a minimum overall IELTS score of 6.0, with 5.5 in reading, writing, speaking and listening. However, we also accept a wide range of qualifications from around the world. The following qualifications are acceptable for most of our Bachelor degree courses.

Career

Careers

Successful completion of our Midwifery Practice degree will enable you to register as a midwife. You will then have the opportunity to follow a career in midwifery practice, research or education. Many graduates from this course work within NHS Trusts, HM Armed Forces, the private healthcare sector, or practice independently. Some graduates secure employments abroad.

All students have access to Career Connect, our dedicated careers team.

Midwifery stories - Eliza

Video

On placement, our Midwifery students deal with mothers and families at their happiest but also most challenging times. Eliza shares her story.

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Fee Information

Tuition Fee

GBP 19,000

How to Apply

Contact one of our approved overseas education representatives in your country
Use the ‘apply now’ button on the undergraduate course pages to apply through UCAS. (Visit the UCAS website for more information). To do this, you'll need:
- UCAS course code - you’ll find the four-digit code (e.g. P500) in our prospectus, on the course page or on the UCAS website.
- An institution code for the university – it's S72 for Staffordshire University.