Course Level

Graduate Diploma

Graduate Diploma of Midwifery

Are you a registered nurse looking to become a midwife? By studying a postgraduate midwifery degree with UniSQ, you will receive broad experience in all care contexts, including First Nations health and human rights. Gain over 1000 hours of professional midwifery practice experience within a range of settings such as hospitals, family planning clinics, community health, and home visiting. You will experience professional midwifery practice in birth suites, antenatal clinics, postnatal and neonatal units. Under the supervision of a registered midwife, you will experience the continuity of care of a minimum of 10 women throughout their pregnancy. Learn to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate the management of a range of situations throughout a woman’s pregnancy, birth and early weeks of parenthood.

Campus
Duration
Fees
ATAR

Online

Online/Off-campus - 1 years

Full-time - 1 years

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Structure

8 units of study

Entry requirements

  • Be a registered nurse (Division 1) with a bachelor degree in nursing, or equivalent qualification*, with current Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) registration. Applicants will need to provide evidence of current registration as a nurse with an Ahpra certificate. Attend an interview with a midwifery program representative and/or a service provider representative to demonstrate your ability to commit to the requirements of this degree. Please note: Meeting entry requirements does not guarantee admission. Places within this degree are limited by quota. Quota size is determined by the availability of hospital placements. Where the quota is filled, no further places will be offered.

Recognition

The Graduate Diploma of Midwifery (GMID) is a new program, aiming for accreditation with Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) and Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). To gain registration as a midwife, graduates of this program will have to satisfy the registration criteria of the NMBA.