📖Program Curriculum
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type Credit Points Specific requirements
Core Units
(21 units) 230cp Compulsory Core units totalling 230 credit points as detailed below.
MID110 Foundations of Midwifery
MID111 Midwifery Practice 1: Preparation for Midwifery Practice
SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1
MID120 Supporting Physiological Pregnancy and Birth
MID121 Midwifery Practice 2: Being with Women
NUR135 Primary Health Care
SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2
MID210 Complex Pregnancy
MID211 Midwifery Practice 3: Complex pregnancy
MID212 Pharmacology for Midwives
MID213 First Nations Australian Women's Health
MID223 Transition to Parenthood and Breastfeeding
MID222 Complex Labour, Birth, Postpartum and the Compromised Newborn
NUR256 Research and Evidence Based Practice
MID221 Midwifery Practice 4: Complex Labour, Birth, Postpartum and the Compromised Newborn
MID311 Midwifery Practice 5: Managing Emergencies (20cp) (available from 2024)
MID312 Midwifery in the Global Context (available from 2024)
MID313 Managing Emergencies for Women and Babies (available from 2024)
MID320 Perinatal Psychosocial Health (available from 2024)
MID421 Midwifery Practice 6: Becoming a Midwife (20cp) (available from 2024)
MID422 Transition to Professional Practice (available from 2024)
Specialist Elective
(1 unit) 10cp Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below.
NUR132 Communication for Person-centred Practice (Completed by Bachelor of Midwifery students - excluding those entering under the RN Credit Pathway)
OR
MID112 Midwifery Practice for Registered Nurses (only Registered Nurses complete this unit as part of the RN credit pathway)
240cp Total Credit Points
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