Post-Diploma Bachelor of Science in Midwifery (PDip. B.Sc. Mw)

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Degree type:
Post-Diploma Bachelor
Post-Diploma Bachelor

Admission Requirements:

1. High school graduation certificate or equivalent approved by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education with a minimum average of 60%, plus one final year Mathematics, and successful completion of final year of two of three science courses (Biology, Chemistry or Physics); AND

PLUS
Registered Midwife Diploma or Licensed Associate Midwife or Licensed Assistant/Practical Midwife.
1. The required score on the University English Placement Test or a passing score from another approved internationally recognized English language test, as validated by the Admissions & Registration Directorate; OR

2. A valid (within two years) IELTS Academic Test Report Form with an overall band of 5.0 with no individual band score (reading, writing, speaking, and listening) below 5.0; OR

3. Successful completion of Foundation Year in Health Sciences.
1. A minimum of 60% on the University Math Placement Test; OR

2. A valid SAT Report Form with minimum score of 480; OR

3. Successful completion of Foundation Year in Health Sciences.
1. Admission is competitive. Eligible applicants are ranked based on their overall final year (Grade 12 or equivalent) high school percentage, placement tests rankings, and admission priority category.

Program Educational Objectives

Within a few years of graduation from the Post

PEO03. Use midwifery theories, frameworks, and models of care to maximize health of women and newborns, and to promote healthy family life, planned pregnancies, and positive parenting

PEO04. Communicate and collaborate with women, families, and the interprofessional team to promote normal pregnancy and birth and to maximize health outcomes when complications develop

PEO05. Demonstrate commitment to self-reflection and life-long learning

PEO06. Contribute to advancing autonomous midwifery practice and achievement of sustainable development goals through practice, leadership, scholarship, and stewardship

PEO01. Provide context- and culturally relevant evidence informed woman- and person-centered midwifery care to women, newborns, and their families during the preconception, antenatal, intranatal, postnatal, and neonatal periods

PEO02. Demonstrate commitment to professional, legal, and ethical midwifery practice

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Post

SLO02. Practice midwifery within a professional, ethical, and legal framework and in consideration of diverse cultural contexts

SLO03. Demonstrate safe and competent midwifery care in homes, clinics, and hospital settings to women, newborns, and their families

SLO04. Communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals, families, communities, and members of the inter-professional team to promote normal physiological pregnancy and birth and to maximize health outcomes when complications develop

SLO05. Build on prior learning and experience to enhance capacity and contribution to midwifery practice, organizational and systems leadership, quality assurance, health policy, and research

SLO06. Serve as a global citizen and leverage midwifery role to advance sustainable development goals related to women and maternal and newborn health

SLO07. Model a spirit of curiosity and inquiry and pursuit of life-long learning

SLO01. Integrate theoretical, conceptual, critical, clinical thinking, and best evidence to make decisions in the care of women, newborns, and their families during the preconception, antenatal, intranatal, postnatal, and neonatal periods