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MMidWif
120 credit points
Duration:
1.5
years full-time or equivalent part-time
Available at: Ballarat
Campus VIC (Aquinas)
Brisbane
Campus QLD (McAuley at Banyo)
Melbourne
Campus VIC (St Patrick's)
The course provides the opportunity to develop and enhance midwifery knowledge,
skills, and expertise, and leadership potential. This course provides
the opportunity to conceptualise new and creative approaches to midwifery
care, congruent with societal and professional trends.
The course provides for multiple entry points, and allows for completion
at Master’s level, or exit at Graduate Diploma level. Opportunity
is provided for registered nurses to gain a midwifery qualification, and
for midwives holding a midwifery certificate to gain a postgraduate qualification.
Admission
Application should be made on the Direct Entry Application Form available
on the ACU National website www.acu.edu.au/forms.cfm
or from the Student Centre. Direct Entry Application Forms, together with
any supporting documentation, should be submitted to the ACU National
Admissions Section.
Entry Point 1
Applicants will be registered nurses with a degree in nursing or equivalent,
and licensed to practice within the state where the course is undertaken.
Entry Point 2
Applicants will be midwives with a degree or equivalent, and endorsed
to practice midwifery by the State registering authority where the course
is undertaken.
Entry Point 3
Applicants will be midwives with a Graduate Diploma in Midwifery or equivalent,
who are endorsed to practise midwifery.
Special
Admission
Entry Point 1
Applicants will be registered nurses with a diploma or certificate in
nursing and who are able to demonstrate the capacity for studies at postgraduate
level.
Entry Point 2
Applicants will be midwives with a graduate certificate or diploma who
are endorsed to practise midwifery by the State registering authority
where the course is undertaken.
Entry Point 3
Not applicable.
Requirements
for Completion of Award
Completion of 120 credit points of academic study.
Credit
Certificated Midwives: in recognition of previous studies at certificate
level and clinical practice experience, credit of up to 40 credit points
may be given after consultation with the applicant. Any application for
credit must be made at the time of enrolment.
Students who have completed a Graduate Diploma in Midwifery will be required
to undertake a further study of 40 credit points to receive the award
of Master of Midwifery.
Course
Structure
Unit Offerings
Unit Offerings will vary subject to student demand and lecturer availability.
Elective units will vary between campuses and from year to year.
MASTER
OF MIDWIFERY
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Entry
Point 1 (80 Credit Points)
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NRSG500
Foundations of Midwifery
NRSG501 Collaborative
Partnerships
NRSG502 Childbearing
Partnerships
NRSG503 Practice Foundations
NRSG504 Professional
Midwifery Contexts
NRSG505 Partnerships
in Practice
NRSG506 Practice Variations
NRSG507 Practice Options
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Entry
Point 2 (40 Credit Points)
NRSG504
Professional Midwifery Contexts
NRSG507 Practice
Options
NRSG508 Advancing
Midwifery Practice
Elective*
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Exit
Point 1
Graduate
Diploma In Midwifery
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Entry
Point 3 (40 Credit Points)
NRSG605
Global Contexts of Midwifery
NRSG610 Interpreting
Health Research
Elective*
Elective*
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Articulation
with Master of Midwifery (Research) |
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Exit
Point 2
Master
of Midwifery
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The
elective units in the Master of Midwifery will be selected at the Master’s
level in consultation with the Course Coordinator.
Professional
Recognition
Graduates who are not already Registered/Certified Midwives will be eligible
to seek registration/endorsement as midwives from the State nurse registration
authority.
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