1240 - Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | GradDipMid |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 021268J |
| Managing faculty | Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Intake restrictions | Students undertaking this course must be employed part-time in a clinical setting that provides midwifery care to women. |
| Study location and mode | On-campus (Gippsland) |
| Total credit points required | 48 |
| Duration (years) | 2 years PT Part-time study only. |
| Contact details | Administrative officer (postgraduate): telephone +61 3 9902 6936; fax +61 3 9902 6527 or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/postgraduate. |
| Course coordinator | Ms Maureen Miles |
Description
This course, offered by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, is designed to prepare students with the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills necessary to practise midwifery in a multidisciplinary context. Skills for evaluating evidence for best midwifery practice, as well as for development of self, others and the profession, are also features of this preparation. Students are exposed to a wide variety of perspectives and environments in order to help them develop the ability to think critically about the role of the midwife in the maternity care setting.
The course is provided in four (3-5 days) on-campus study schools per annum, held at the Gippsland campus, together with online and self directed learning modules. Students are required to be employed part-time in a clinical setting that provides midwifery care to women and their families across regional, rural and metropolitan Victoria.
Assessment
Assessment includes examinations, case-studies, class presentations and written assignments.
Objectives
On completion of the course students will be expected to be able to:
- be educated, meet the Competency Standards for Midwives as described by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC)
- prepare future midwives for the role of 'being with women' (ACMI 1998), with the flexibility to care for women experiencing varied outcomes
- prepare midwives to work in partnership with women, family, medical and allied health personnel to ensure culturally appropriate and safe maternity care that is affordable, acceptable and accessible.
Through strategic midwifery clinical placement students will have the opportunity to feel confident and nurtured in maternity care environment and to prepared to abide by the Midwives Code of Ethics (ACMI, 1995) and Midwives Code of Practice (Nurses Board of Victoria, 2000).
Structure
Requirements
Students complete:
Professional recognition
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.