MMid Master of Midwifery

The Master of Midwifery (MMid) course is an innovative and flexible work-based course for qualified adult nurses who want to gain midwifery skills at Master’s level. It will develop your skills and knowledge so that you can become a responsive, confident midwife able to care for women and their babies. Focusing on holistic care, you will gain a sound knowledge of what is normal and healthy in childbearing women, enabling you to recognise and manage problems they might face.

The aim of the MMid Midwifery course is to:

• prepare you for entry to the Midwife’s aspect of the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Professional Register, in accordance with the professional and statutory requirements
• make you a committed midwife that contributes to the enhancement of health and social care through inter-professional collaboration
• develop skills that make you become a responsive, confident midwife who at the point of registration is competent to practice in a variety of settings
• develop transferable communication skills to enhance critical decision making and to use appropriate information technology
• give you the skills to become a midwife that is safe, effective and competent in caring for women experiencing normal childbirth recognising the need for appropriate referral to other health professionals
• enable you to act as an advocate and facilitator of change using an evidence-based approach in theory and practice
• enable you to develop critical awareness and gain insight around current midwifery practice and its evidence base so that they are able to make sound judgments in complex situations.