Postgraduate Taught Degrees

PG Diploma Midwifery

Duration:: 1.5 years
Attendance:: Full Time
Award:: Postgraduate Diploma
School of Study:: Nursing Sciences

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The role of the midwife is to work in partnership with woman and their families to deliver an excellent standard of care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. As a midwife you will be the lead professional when care is uncomplicated but you will also be a core member of the multidisciplinary team. This course provides a robust approach to learning due to its close links to developing the application of theory and practice and assimilating your existing experience, knowledge and skills into midwifery practice.

The development of the programme at postgraduate level is a positive response to the recent government reports Maternity matters (DH 2007) and a High Quality Workforce (DH 2008) which outline the need for the provision of high quality midwifery education that is focused on quality care, is patient centred, clinically driven, flexible and locally led.

Information about the next (Short) Pre-Registration Midwifery Course for Registered Adult Nurses will be posted on this site in the New Year.

We will be running a series of information sessions for anyone who is interested in this course. To register your interest please email nsc.pgt.admiss@uea.ac.uk. Information sessions will take place in the Edith Cavell Building on the following dates -

Monday 11 February 2013 from 12pm – 1.30pm
Monday 11 March 2013 from 3pm – 4.30pm
Friday 19 April 2013 from 12pm – 1.30pm
Monday 13 May 2013 from 2pm – 3.30pm
Tuesday 11 June 2013 from 10am – 11.30am

Course Organiser:Mrs. Anna Harris

The School of Nursing and Midwifery is consistently commended for its teaching. This year our independent Annual Monitoring Review graded the school ‘outstanding’ in for Practice Learning, Resources and Quality Assurance. We take great pride in our learning environment and helping students meet their potential. We also aim to encourage your appetite for life-long learning and career development. And we also use our expertise to offer a host of continual professional development (CPD) courses if you are already qualified or working in health provision.

We are very proud of our research record - in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, overall, 40% of research in nursing and midwifery at UEA was rated as internationally excellent or above. This means that our team is at the forefront of new thinking and new teaching in the fast-paced and challenging delivery of health services.

We do not just offer a great academic environment, being part of our School is a great opportunity to experience university life. We have some of the best facilities and opportunities that you could wish for.

Course Length: 84 weeks

Placement places: Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Foundation Hospital Trust (Norwich), Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (King's Lynn), or James Paget University Hospital (Gorleston).

Theory: Taught at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich

Next Intake: October 2013
Closing date for applications: Friday 21 June, 2013

Course Organiser: Mrs Anna Harris
For an informal chat please contact the Course Director, Anna Harris on 01603 597095 or emailanna.harris@uea.ac.uk

Year 1

Compulsory Study (120 credits)

Students must study the following modules for 120 credits:

Name	Code	Credits
COMPLEX CARE	NSC-M52X	30
Expectations of the Midwife as a Professional 1. Develop a critical understanding of the evidence and development of guidelines to support decisions made in midwifery care, recognising the limits of professional knowledge and expertise. 2. Develop the in-depth knowledge and skills required for contemporary practice and the commitment to update in response to changing circumstances and scope of practice in particular in relation to recognition of ill health. 3. Identify and initiate appropriate actions to work effectively as a reflective practitioner to enhance and update their own practice. 4. Develop an in depth understanding of working as part of an effective team in the delivery of care to women with complex needs. The Application of Practice in Midwifery 1. Develop an in depth understanding of managing priorities of care in a range of maternity settings recognising the different working environments and management structures and how they influence the range of maternity services, meeting women's needs, and the nature of midwifery practice. 2. Gain an in depth understanding to enable demonstration of the ability to assess and implement the appropriate care management to meet women’s needs and monitor progress prior to conception and throughout the antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal periods. 3. Critically examine the use of pharmacological methods and complimentary therapies within midwifery practice. 4. Develop a conceptual understanding of the rights of individuals taking into account social, cultural and spiritual needs and the effect this has on the child bearing process.
HOLISTIC PRACTICE	NSC-M53Y	30
Expectations of the midwife as a professional 1. Develop further understanding of statutory supervision in midwives and the relationship of this with clinical governance in particular risk management. 2. To be able to start to confidently apply the in depth knowledge base acquired to provide appropriate levels of guidance and supervision of others. 3. To enable the student to develop the clinical skills and the ability to make decisions in complex and unpredictable situations particularly emergency situations. 4. To continue to develop the critical skills necessary to evaluate research and apply this in practice, where appropriate, to support a mother’s wishes or challenge care management because of this or in light of mothers wishes. 5. To enable the student to synthesise a range of knowledge that enables them to evaluate critically current research, evaluate methodologies, develop critiques of them and if appropriate propose new hypotheses. 6. To develop a conceptual understanding of leadership processes, the process of commissioning and provision of maternity services to meet local needs and consider responses to national drivers. The Application of Practice in Midwifery 1. Reflect upon the interpersonal skills required to meet the individual needs of mothers in different situations throughout their maternity care. 2. Can articulate knowledge and skills required in carrying out tests and examinations necessary to monitor and promote the health and well being of childbearing women the fetus and neonate.
NORMALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH	NSC-M51Y	30
Expectations of the midwife as a professional 1. To critically explore the role and practice of the midwife in both hospital and community environments in order to establish core practice skills in the provision of midwifery care preconception, antenatally intranatally and postnatally. 2. Orientate to a range of different service models for midwifery practice which reflect woman centred care approaches in achieving partnership-care and meeting individualised needs of women and their families. 3. To be able to critically evaluate the public health role of the midwife, including reference to sexual health, preconception care, lifestyle, diet, family planning and infant feeding. 4. To enable the student to critically evaluate the application of research in a midwifery context in order to understand how this may improve care delivery and client experience.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ONE	NSCZ331Y	10
The practice experience will be in two placements (Labour Ward and Community). The module practice outcomes will enable the student to attain the first progression point for NMC Skills Clusters. Students will be expected to seek out additional learning opportunities which will expand their ability to apply theory to practice within the placement areas.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE THREE	NSCZ333Y	10
The Holistic Practice module continues to explore further complexities of midwifery care and the challenges in practice that a midwife may encounter recognising that professional competence is complex and multifaceted. Professional Practice III will allow the student to apply all the theory they have learnt into meaningful midwifery practice.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE TWO	NSCZ332X	10
There are four placements in this module, each of four weeks. Practice experience covers the hospital-based spectrum of ante, intra and postnatal care, and also care of the neonate.

Disclaimer

Whilst the University will make every effort to offer the modules listed, changes may sometimes be made arising from the annual monitoring, review and update of modules and regular (five-yearly) review of course programmes. Where this activity leads to significant (but not minor) changes to programmes and their constituent modules, there will normally be prior consultation of students and others. It is also possible that the University may not be able to offer a module for reasons outside of its control, such as the illness of a member of staff or sabbatical leave. Where this is the case, the University will endeavour to inform students.

Entry Requirements

Degree Subject:: Registered Nurse (Adult)
Degree Classification:: 2:2 or above, or overseas equivalent

Entry Requirement

Registered Nurse (Adult)
Current Registration with NMC
BSc (Hons) degree in a relevant subject/discipline. it is usually expected that applicants will have a degree with a classification of 2.2 or above (or overseas equivalent)
If you have not been engaged with formal study within the preceding five years you may be required to take the Faculty Masters Level Learning short course or similar.
You must be able to provide both a professional and an academic reference in support of your application.Your professional reference must be from your immediate manager.
Places are subject to police CRB and occupational health checks.

If you do not hold a degree but have strong recent evidence of your academic ability to undertake masters level study please contact the Course Director Anna Harris to discuss this matter and include such evidence in any application you may submit. In such a case you would normally be required to undertake the Faculty’s Masters study preparation short course.

Where it is apparent the MSc study preparation short course run by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences is relevant to your application we would encourage you to book your place swiftly so you are certain of attending prior to the programme in 2012. These details can also be found via our Short Course and Study Days pages.

Students for whom English is a Foreign language

We welcome applications from students whose first language is not English or those whose degree was not taught in English. To ensure such students benefit fully from postgraduate study, we require evidence of proficiency in English. We also will require a certain standard to be achieved on the written element of the test. Our usual entry requirements are as follows:

IELTS: 7.0 (minimum 7.0 in all component)
TOEFL: Internet-based score of 98 (minimum 22 in all components and 23 in speaking)
PTE: 70 (minimum 70 in all components)

All scores must be less than two years old.

Interviews

Applicant interviews will take place in July 2013, dates to be confirmed.

Intakes

The next intake for this course is October 2013.

The closing date for applications is 21st June 2013.

Course Open To

Please note this course is only open to UK or EU students with settled status in the UK. We cannot accept applications from overseas applicants who require a work permit to work in the UK.

Fees and Funding

Students are paid a training salary via their host Trust. Course fees are paid by the Strategic Health Authority.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust may offer the return to a Band 5 nursing post to any current NNUH nursing staff in substantive positions applying successfully to the course, in the event they either did not secure a midwifery post with us at the end of the midwifery training or if they did not successfully complete the course for some acceptable reason. There can be no guarantees of particular posts other than what can be found available at Band 5 at the time and not to previous positions.

Applications for Postgraduate Taught programmes at the University of East Anglia should be made directly to the University.

You can apply online, or by downloading the application form.

Further Information

To request further information & to be kept up to date with news & events please use our online enquiry form.

If you would like to discuss your individual circumstances prior to applying please do contact us:

Postgraduate Admissions Office
Tel: +44 (0)1603 591515
Email: admissions@uea.ac.uk

International candidates are also encouraged to access the International Students section of our website.