Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry)

The University of Newcastle's Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) is for registered nurses wishing to gain a midwifery qualification and will see you graduate as a registered midwife with specialised theoretical knowledge and technical skills for high-quality midwifery practice. As a midwife, you will work in partnership with women, their babies and families through pregnancy, labour and birth, and the early parenting period. Midwives make a difference to women's lives and are key to improving maternal health outcomes globally.

Our Midwifery programs have been co-designed with industry partners, consumers, past and present midwifery students to ensure midwifery at the University of Newcastle reflects contemporary midwifery knowledge and practice. Our programs have strong research inspired theoretical bases as well as midwifery professional experience placement to help prepare outstanding midwifery graduates. This program is accredited with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) as an approved program of study.

The Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) will provide you with an advanced knowledge base to start your career in midwifery practice. Key areas of study include:

• Midwife: 'with woman'
• Women in Pregnancy
• Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childbearing Women
• Midwifery Professional Experience
• Women in Labour
• Women and their babies in the postnatal time
• Perinatal Mental Health
• Woman with complex pregnancies
• Woman with complex labours
• Women with postnatal complexities and/or unwell babies
• Social and ecosystem health

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The Master of Midwifery (Graduate Entry) will open your career pathway up to include roles such as:

• Registered Midwife (areas of work include hospitals, community, private practice, home birth)
• Clinical Midwife Educator
• Midwifery Manager
• Research or policy work