Course description
Entry requirements
Candidates will be registered on the Midwifery part of the professional register maintained by the NMC;
and
Normally candidates would possess an honours degree in midwifery or a relevant health discipline. (Normally a 2:1 classification from a recognised Higher Education institution)
or
Midwives will be expected to provide evidence that they are capable of working at Masters level by producing a portfolio of evidence or having studied and achieved credits on a recognised module of study.
or
Consideration will be given to midwives who do not have the necessary entry requirements.
Fees
Normal University of Leeds postgraduate fees apply. However, this programme may be funded for some NHS employees working in the area covered by the Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority (see separate fees information). You should discuss your proposed study with your manager as you need your employer?s agreement to undertake the course and they maintain interest in your educational and professional development.
Modes of study and duration of the course
1 Year Part Time
Why study?
The programme will give you the knowledge and skills to positively effect the provision of midwifery care for women and their family. In particularly you will become reflexive in a continuously changing environment; be able to synthesise knowledge and utilise knowledge in the midwifery area; be able to internalise knowledge derived from research to re-define practice and re-frame existing boundaries; be able to adopt transformational leadership skills; manage complex issues from a variety of viewpoints; be a facilitator of learning.
This programme provides you with professional specific preparation in the development of midwifery within a multidisciplinary team and will enable the development of specialist expertise within the midwifery discipline.
On completion of these certificates students can progress to diploma and masters level by joining the multidisciplinary MSc in Advanced Practice Programme.
What you study
At the end of the programme students should: have been enabled to develop mastery and specialist expertise within the midwifery discipline by way of increasing their knowledge base through a professional focus to a high level of sophistication. To positively effect the provision of midwifery care for women and their families, students will increase their knowledge and develop skills and attitudes in order to:
Be reflexive in a continuously changing environment; be able to synthesise knowledge and utilise knowledge in the midwifery area; be able to internalise knowledge derived from research to re-define practice and re-frame existing boundaries; be able to adopt transformational leadership skills; manage complex issues from a variety of viewpoints; be a facilitator of learning.
Learning and assessment
Teaching is by lectures, practical classes, tutorials, seminars and supervised research projects. Extensive use is made of IT and a wide range of materials is available to enable students to study at their own pace and in their own time to enhance and extend the material taught formally.
Assessment is by course work and written exams which take place at the end of the semester in which the module is taught. Results obtained in the second and final years contribute to the final degree classification.
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