MSc Midwifery

This is for you if...

• You want to enhance your professional credibility and develop personal confidence for career advancement.
• You want to develop a mastery of contemporary midwifery and practice.
• You have the ability to act on your own initiative.

You will be taught by a dynamic multidisciplinary team of academics and clinicians who are recognised experts in their disciplines and who have strong practice links across the northwest. The teaching environments are equipped with state-of-the-art classroom facilities and dedicated midwifery and neonatal clinical skills simulation suites. Creative learning and participation are encouraged through reflection and critical discussion.

Please note that some modules require a clinical placement which must be in place before application. In some circumstances, assessment and practice can be undertaken via simulation.

One-to-one support and preparation are provided for assessments which emulate the real-life environment and allow practitioners to develop their skills and confidence. Although this might seem daunting you have the opportunity to learn at an achievable pace with a group of like-minded peers which students find friendly and supportive.

MSc: 180 credits
PgDip: 120 credits
PgCert: 60 credits

Please be aware that if you are an international student you are welcome to apply for the MSc Midwifery but you will not be able to undertake any modules that require assessment of clinical skills. You will not be able to gain any clinical experience in the UK unless you are registered as a midwife by the UK Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Full-time

Year one, trimester one:

Two 30-credit modules

Year one, trimester two:

Two 30-credit modules

Year one, trimester three:

Dissertation (60 credits)

Part-time (two years)

Year one:

Three 30-credit modules (one 30-credit module per trimester)

Year two:

One 30-credit module (trimester 1) and a dissertation (60 credits) in trimesters 2 and 3

Part-time (three years)

Year one:

Two 30-credit modules. On completion, this equates to a PgCert.

Year two:

Two 30-credit modules. On completion, this equates to a PgDip.

Year three:

Dissertation (60 credits). On completion, this equates to the full MSc.

Trimester one modules

• Critically Exploring Professional Practice
• Research Methods (Online)
• Perinatal Mental Health
• Professional Advocacy Modules
• Newborn and Infant Examination (NIPE)
• Newborn and Infant Examination (NIPE): Theory only
• Independent Learning Midwifery
• Third Trimester Ultrasound
• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Project Management
• Dissertation

Trimester two modules

• Perinatal Mental Health
• Newborn and Infant Examination (NIPE)
• Evidence-based Care for Normal Birth
• Independent Learning Midwifery
• Emergency and Intensive Care of the Newborn
• Care of the Compromised Baby
• Research Methods (Online)
• Newborn and Infant Examination (NIPE): Theory only
• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Critically Exploring Professional Practice
• Project Management
• Dissertation

Trimester three modules

• Professional Advocacy Modules
• Maternal Critical Care
• Independent Learning Midwifery
• Research Methods (Online)

Past students have gone on to take up posts as midwifery managers, educationalists and consultant midwives. Others have continued their studies at the PhD level, for example undertaking the Professional Doctorate offered at this University.