Midwifery (BMid) 36 months Undergraduate Programme By Cardiff University |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

When you study midwifery with us at Cardiff University, you join our midwifery team who are all dedicated and passionate about providing the very best quality midwifery education. You will be guided to learn at a Russell Group University by motivated and knowledgeable midwifery lecturers who are influencing healthcare across Wales, UK and globally through engagement and research.


We strive to deliver an exceptional programme that will equip you to graduate with an Honours degree and to be eligible to enter the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Register as knowledgeable, safe, proficient and compassionate midwives who take responsibility as lead professionals in the care of women, pregnant people, newborns and families, across all contexts, by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.


We encourage intellectual curiosity and creativity amongst our students and support you to consider your personal and professional ethical and social responsibilities.


We value partnership and co-production with practice partners in the NHS and 50% of the midwifery programme is spent working alongside midwives and the multi-professional and multi-agency teams, both in community and midwifery-led settings and in hospital maternity settings.


A varied placement experience undertaken across the three years of the programme will allow you to integrate academic theory with practice learning. We actively promote opportunities for interprofessional learning throughout the programme and support you to become effective members of interdisciplinary teams. We integrate global awareness and citizenship throughout the programme, respecting human rights, equality and diversity and the importance of compassionate leadership.


Our midwifery graduates develop positive personal leadership by commitment to reflection, lifelong learning and self-care; demonstrating professional courage, advocacy and the promotion of excellence in themselves and services through quality improvement. We welcome you to join our midwifery programme.


Programme Aims


The aim of this combined academic and professional qualification is for the graduate midwife to confidently demonstrate safe, proficient, and respectful midwifery practice as mandated by NMC and International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) global definition of the midwife. As a graduate midwife, you will:


  1. Take responsibility as the lead professional for the care of women, babies, partners and families in all contexts by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.
  2. Use effective, authentic and meaningful communication skills and strategies, acknowledging and respecting human rights and pertinent legal and ethical frameworks.
  3. Promote and deliver continuity of care and carer across all maternity settings facilitating safe and effective practice.
  4. Demonstrate proficiency as a skilled practitioner in the full range of practical and interpersonal skills required to give effective, safe and compassionate care.
  5. Organise and deliver inclusive holistic care that includes physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors within an ever-changing health and social care environment.
  6. Appraise the impact of diversity, adversity and marginalisation within the UK and globally on the needs of women and their families recognising the benefits of public health measures.
  7. Optimise the normal physiological processes across the childbearing and breastfeeding continuum, working to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.
  8. Recognise and collaboratively manage pre-existing, current and emerging complexities that may affect women, newborn infants and their families.
  9. Value partnership and work effectively in collaboration with women, families and colleagues providing care that is safe, promotes excellence and positive experiences.
  10. Deliver Evidence Based Practice which includes the ability to critically review the best available evidence to inform care in combination with professional expertise and the woman’s preference.
  11. Emulate positive personal leadership by commitment to reflection, lifelong learning and self-care; demonstrating professional courage, advocacy for women and the promotion of excellence in themselves and services through quality improvement.


These Programme Aims are the foundation stones that are threaded through the programme Learning Outcomes, which are expressed as knowledge and understanding, intellectual skills, professional practice and transferable skills.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Nursing

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

When you study midwifery with us at Cardiff University, you join our midwifery team who are all dedicated and passionate about providing the very best quality midwifery education. You will be guided to learn at a Russell Group University by motivated and knowledgeable midwifery lecturers who are influencing healthcare across Wales, UK and globally through engagement and research.


We strive to deliver an exceptional programme that will equip you to graduate with an Honours degree and to be eligible to enter the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Register as knowledgeable, safe, proficient and compassionate midwives who take responsibility as lead professionals in the care of women, pregnant people, newborns and families, across all contexts, by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.


We encourage intellectual curiosity and creativity amongst our students and support you to consider your personal and professional ethical and social responsibilities.


We value partnership and co-production with practice partners in the NHS and 50% of the midwifery programme is spent working alongside midwives and the multi-professional and multi-agency teams, both in community and midwifery-led settings and in hospital maternity settings.


A varied placement experience undertaken across the three years of the programme will allow you to integrate academic theory with practice learning. We actively promote opportunities for interprofessional learning throughout the programme and support you to become effective members of interdisciplinary teams. We integrate global awareness and citizenship throughout the programme, respecting human rights, equality and diversity and the importance of compassionate leadership.


Our midwifery graduates develop positive personal leadership by commitment to reflection, lifelong learning and self-care; demonstrating professional courage, advocacy and the promotion of excellence in themselves and services through quality improvement. We welcome you to join our midwifery programme.


Programme Aims


The aim of this combined academic and professional qualification is for the graduate midwife to confidently demonstrate safe, proficient, and respectful midwifery practice as mandated by NMC and International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) global definition of the midwife. As a graduate midwife, you will:


  1. Take responsibility as the lead professional for the care of women, babies, partners and families in all contexts by optimising principles of autonomy and accountability.
  2. Use effective, authentic and meaningful communication skills and strategies, acknowledging and respecting human rights and pertinent legal and ethical frameworks.
  3. Promote and deliver continuity of care and carer across all maternity settings facilitating safe and effective practice.
  4. Demonstrate proficiency as a skilled practitioner in the full range of practical and interpersonal skills required to give effective, safe and compassionate care.
  5. Organise and deliver inclusive holistic care that includes physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual factors within an ever-changing health and social care environment.
  6. Appraise the impact of diversity, adversity and marginalisation within the UK and globally on the needs of women and their families recognising the benefits of public health measures.
  7. Optimise the normal physiological processes across the childbearing and breastfeeding continuum, working to promote positive outcomes and prevent complications.
  8. Recognise and collaboratively manage pre-existing, current and emerging complexities that may affect women, newborn infants and their families.
  9. Value partnership and work effectively in collaboration with women, families and colleagues providing care that is safe, promotes excellence and positive experiences.
  10. Deliver Evidence Based Practice which includes the ability to critically review the best available evidence to inform care in combination with professional expertise and the woman’s preference.
  11. Emulate positive personal leadership by commitment to reflection, lifelong learning and self-care; demonstrating professional courage, advocacy for women and the promotion of excellence in themselves and services through quality improvement.


These Programme Aims are the foundation stones that are threaded through the programme Learning Outcomes, which are expressed as knowledge and understanding, intellectual skills, professional practice and transferable skills.

Admission Requirements

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GCSE and other essential requirements

You must have or be working towards:
- English language or Welsh language at GCSE grade B/6 or an equivalent (such as A-levels). English Language GCSE C/4 will be accepted where you are taking qualifications at a higher level which are taught through the medium of English such as A-levels.
- four GCSEs at grade C/4 including Maths, and one science (from Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), or equivalent qualifications (subject and grade).

You must also supply a personal statement that is relevant to the profession. If you are applying to more than one professional programme, you should email a bespoke personal statement for each programme to [email protected] at the same time as submitting your application via UCAS. In your personal statement, you should demonstrate that you understand the profession, have an insight into the course itself, and describe any relevant work experience. Only one personal statement may be submitted for each programme.

You must meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) good health and character, and fitness to practice requirements.

We do not accept Critical Thinking, General Studies, Citizenship Studies, or other similar equivalent subjects.
We will accept a combination of BTEC subjects, A-levels, and other qualifications, subject to the course specific grade and subject requirements.

ENROLMENT CONDITIONS
Before starting your course, you will also need to complete an occupational health questionnaire, attend any subsequent appointments and receive all of the necessary vaccinations to undertake clinical placements safely. You must have a validated negative sample for HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. This is arranged by the Occupational Health Department following commencement of the programme.

3 Years
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

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