Australian Catholic University (ACU)

Bachelor of Midwifery (Indigenous Cohort)

This midwifery course is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples who want to become registered midwives. As with the Bachelor of Midwifery, this course prepares Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to work as entry-level midwives in any maternity setting focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families. Students will enrol in this midwifery course in an away-from-base capacity. The away-from-base mode enables students to live and work in their local community while studying and attending four residentials of one week each in Brisbane throughout the year. The students will also engage with a minimum of ten women to follow their pregnancy, labour, birth and postnatal care journey called their Continuity of Care Experiences (CCE). This experience involves the student recruiting the woman in early pregnancy and attending appointments throughout. If possible, the student attends the labour and birth and follows the woman after discharge home up to six weeks following birth.