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Edith Cowan University (ECU)

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Graduate Certificate in Midwifery Diagnostics and Prescribing

  • Graduate Certificate

Provides knowledge and skills to Australian Registered Midwives who wish to extend their scope of practice to include ordering and interpreting investigative tests, as well as the safe and effective prescribing of scheduled medicines.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 year part-time
Course Code
L90
Domestic Fees
$2,250 per year

About this course

Provides knowledge and skills to Australian Registered Midwives who wish to extend their scope of practice to include ordering and interpreting investigative tests, as well as the safe and effective prescribing of scheduled medicines.

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) level

This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 8 Graduate Certificate Award.

Entry requirements

Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.

  • The following course-specific admission requirements are mandatory and must be satisfied by all applicants. These requirements are in addition to or supersede the minimum requirements outlined within the Academic admission requirements band section below.

    All applicants are required to be currently registered as a Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).

    Academic admission requirements (Band 6) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • Bachelor degree; or
    • Equivalent prior learning including at least five years relevant professional experience.
  • English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

    • IELTS Academic with a minimum overall score of 7.0 and a minimum score of 7.0 in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking);
    • Occupational English Test (OET) with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking);
    • Pearson English Test (PTE) Academic with a minimum overall score of 65 and a minimum score of 65 in each of the four communicative skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking);
    • TOEFL iBT with a minimum total score of 94 and the following minimum score in each section of the test:
      * 24 for listening
      * 24 for reading,
      * 27 for writing, and
      * 23 for speaking;
    • Bachelor degree from an approved country;
    • Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent); or
    • Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.

    Note: English tests must be completed within 2 years of the proposed course commencement date and additional requirements may apply in relation to acceptable number of test sittings.

What you will learn

  1. Detail the specialised knowledge and skills required to undertake midwifery diagnostics and prescriber practice essential to have a notion as a midwife with scheduled medicines endorsement with the NMBA.
  2. Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate diagnostic and prescribing methods to review, analyse and synthesise information obtained to solve complex diagnostic problems in midwifery.
  3. Critically evaluate midwifery prescribing ideas by demonstrating creativity, personal autonomy, professional judgement and accountability.
  4. Make independent professional judgments to communicate complex midwifery prescribing and diagnostics information to a variety of audiences.

Career pathways

Graduates of this course will be suited to positions for which an extended scope of midwifery practice is required.

Possible future job titles

Endorsed Midwife

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Nursing courses at Edith Cowan University (ECU).
87.1%
Overall satisfaction
88.1%
Skill scale
76.2%
Teaching scale
90.9%
Employed full-time
$87.2k
Average salary