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Western Sydney University

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Graduate Diploma in Midwifery

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Midwifery is a 14 month program for registered nurses who wish to pursue a career in midwifery.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
14 months full-time
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Jan

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Midwifery is a 14 month program for registered nurses who wish to pursue a career in midwifery.

Study locations

Parramatta South

Career pathways

Graduates of this program can look forward to career opportunities in:

  • Hospitals in metropolitan, rural, and remote areas

  • Community settings (including homes)

  • Self-employed (privately practising)

  • Antenatal, postnatal and birthing care

  • Research and Education

  • Management and policy development

Midwife

Midwifery is the art and science of providing holistic care to women and their families throughout pregnancy and birth. Midwives provide family planning and preconception care, perform prenatal exams, and care for the health of mothers-to-be.

Midwife Educators

Midwifery teaching careers usually involve gaining an academic post in a university, but practising midwives also commonly teach as part of their work. You may be involved in the education of midwifery students, the training of new graduate midwives or midwives new to the workplace.

Academia

University Lecturers and Tutors prepare and deliver lectures and conduct tutorials in one or more subjects within a prescribed program of study at a university and conduct research in a particular field of knowledge.

Policy Development

Policy development involves researching, compiling and analysing a range of facts that relate to the benefit of society. It involves working with a range of government agencies and community groups to pinpoint relevant solutions.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Nursing courses at Western Sydney University.
76.1%
Overall satisfaction
78.4%
Skill scale
63.3%
Teaching scale
94.4%
Employed full-time
$90k
Average salary