Program Overview
The Midwifery BM program at Edinburgh Napier University provides students with the knowledge and skills to become registered midwives. The program emphasizes a woman-centered approach to care, and students gain practical experience through placements in various healthcare settings. The program offers opportunities for study abroad and includes a research component in the final year.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Midwifery BM program at Edinburgh Napier University aims to provide students with the necessary academic and practical knowledge and skills to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a midwife. The program emphasizes a woman-centered approach to care, prioritizing compassion and professionalism. Students will develop expertise in supporting, advising, and advocating for women and their families during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care. The program offers opportunities to develop clinical midwifery practice in various healthcare settings, with placements organized in collaboration with local healthcare providers. Students will benefit from state-of-the-art simulated clinical environments and a team of experienced midwife lecturers with expertise in clinical practice and current research.
Outline:
Program Structure:
- Full-time program
- Duration: 3 years
- Start date: September
- UCAS code: B720
- Placement: Yes
- Study Abroad: Yes
Course Content:
The program utilizes a blended learning approach, combining lectures, tutorials, online self-directed learning, and workshops. Students will prepare for placements in simulated clinical environments before engaging in practical placements across South-East Scotland.
Modules:
Year 1:
- Introduction to professional midwifery practice
- Ante-natal and post-natal midwifery care
- The science of midwifery
- The evidence base for normal labour and birth
- Midwifery care of the new-born and family
- Midwifery practice
Year 2:
- Integrated health and social care and midwifery
- Midwifery practice 2
- Medical disorders and the midwife
- Midwifery practice 3
- Midwifery care and emergencies around childbirth
- Midwifery practice 4
Year 3:
- Research skills for professional midwifery practice
- Midwifery practice 5
- Women-centred care in midwifery practice
- Midwifery practice 6
- Midwifery practice 7
Placement Experiences:
- Reflect the current and emerging model of continuity of carer with implementation of The Best Start: A five-year forward plan for maternity and neonatal care in Scotland (Scottish Government, 2017).
- Involve caring for women through all stages of pregnancy, birth, and postnatal periods.
- Students will shadow their midwifery mentors working a variety of shift patterns to meet the needs of their case load.
Study Abroad:
- Students have the opportunity to arrange an elective midwifery placement in Year 3.
- Placements can be arranged outwith NHS Lothian and Borders or with international partners or organizations.
- Students have previously undertaken placements in Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium, Zambia, and various other countries.
Assessment:
- Academic writing, including essays and reports
- Exams
- Assessment in clinical placements
Teaching:
- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Group work
- Skills simulation classes
- Work placements
Careers:
- Graduates are qualified to apply for roles within both clinical and social care settings.
- As a midwife, you will be the expert in supporting women during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period.
- The program develops advanced communication, decision-making, and leadership skills, enabling graduates to provide compassionate and proactive support to women.
- Graduates will be able to apply practical and theoretical knowledge learned through the most current research, understanding that midwifery is both an art and a science.
- The program helps develop abilities to provide midwifery care and emotional support to women and their families.
Other:
- The program is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Students are expected to pay for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council in Year 3 (£120).
- The program has a 96% satisfaction rate (National Student Survey, 2023).
- The program is not open to international students.
- The program includes a computer-based Confident Caring Assessment (CCA) as part of the selection process.
- The University offers a range of tuition fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries.
For the 2024/25 academic year: | Category | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | |---|---|---| | Scotland | £1,820 | £tba | | England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland | £9,250 | £tba | | Overseas and EU | £16,680 | £tba |
