Midwifery Courses in Australia

University of Queensland Bachelor of Midwifery

• The University of Queensland offers a three-year full time degree course leading to a B.Mid qualification. The program includes general nursing courses, taken in the first semester of year one, which prepare students for the specialized midwifery courses that follow. Three general nursing courses are completed with a clinical practice course. The second semester of the first year of the course consists of four dedicated midwifery courses, including Preparing for birth and parenting, preconception and pregnancy planning, and finishes with a second clinical practice course. The remaining two years of the course consists of further midwifery courses including those dealing with high risk pregnancy, promoting normal birth, immediate post-natal care, and caring for vulnerable newborn babies, plus four additional clinical practice courses. Graduates may become eligible for membership of the Australian college of Midwives.

  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Faculty of Health Sciences
  The University of Queensland
  Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
  Herston
  Queensland 4029
  Australia
  +61 07 3381 1165
  uq.edu.au

University of South Australia Bachelor of Midwifery

• The B.Mid program offered by the University of South Australia incorporates courses on human bioscience and social and behavioral sciences into the academic curriculum. The program aims to prepare students for practice in metropolitan and rural areas, respecting that multicultural societies have different birth practices. Courses studied in the first year include normal pregnancy and childbirth, health care for women and families and cultural perspectives on health. In the second year, the program includes courses on physiological adaptations in pregnancy, maternal infant bonding and nutrition and the scientific basis of clinical practice. Year three courses include childbirth and neonatal care. The course includes professional placements where students develop decision making skills while practicing what they have learned in the academic courses.

  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  University of South Australia
  City East Campus
  Corner North Terrace and Frome Road
  Centenary Building, Level 6, Room 54
  Adelaide SA 5000
  +61 8 8302 1832
  unisa.edu.au

University of Western Sydney Graduate Diploma in Midwifery

• Registered nurses in Australia who want to specialize in midwifery, can qualify by taking a one year diploma course. The University of Western Sydney offers a one-year, full-time course which is open to students who are registered nurses, authorised to practice in New South Wales. Overseas students must have equivalent qualifications. The program of study divides the year into four quarters. The first quarter courses focus on physiological and cultural issues concerning pregnancy. The second quarter includes courses that focus on complex issues that occur in some pregnancies, and these areas of study carry through into the third quarter. Fourth quarter programs deal with practical aspects of midwifery clinical practice.

  University of Western Sydney
  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Locked Bag 1797
  Penrith South DC
  NSW 1797
  +61 2 9852 5222
  uws.edu.au