MSci Midwifery with Leadership with Foundation Year
Entry requirements
A level: BCC (should include one science from Biology, Human Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Psychology)
About this course
MSci in Midwifery, combining professional midwifery practice with leadership development. Core topics include Research Methods, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Global & Comparative Perspective. The programme spans five years including a foundation year, with leadership modules integrated at each stage and 50% of the degree spent on clinical placements. A final-year dissertation or report completes the programme, which is professionally accredited for registration as a midwife.
Modules
- Biology for healthcare professionals
- Foundations in healthcare
- Key skills for healthcare professionals
- Foundations in Midwifery
- Participating in care: Midwifery practice 1
- Anatomy and Physiology for Midwifery Practice
- Leading the self: Leadership 1
- Professional Development
- Fundamentals of Evidence
- Psycho-social concepts of public health, health promotion and health protection
- Contributing to care: Midwifery practice 2
- Leading the team: Leadership 2
- Promoting safe and effective midwifery care through continuity of care models
- Mental health relating to childbearing
- Full systematic physical examination of the newborn infant
- Additional care requirements for mothers and newborn infants
- Appraising the evidence in maternity and health care practice
- Developing care partnerships: Midwifery practice 3
- Developing Evidence Based Practice
- Pharmacology and medicines prescribing applied to midwifery practice
- Leading in organisations: Leadership 3
- Professional Development: elective/internship in midwifery
- Emergencies in Midwifery
- Demonstrating proficiency: Midwifery practice 4
- Dissertation/report applied to profession
- Leading the management of change: Leadership 4
- Promoting safe motherhood from a global perspective
- Preparation for Professional Practice