Midwifery

University College Cork

Overview

The Midwifery programme at University College Cork   is a part-time taught programme for midwives running over two years from the date of first registration for the programme. This programme is for Registered Midwives only.  Registered General Nurses who wish to become Registered Midwives should apply for the Higher Diploma in Midwifery

Career

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Practise with greater insight of the research-base, ethical, socio-political and professional underpinnings of midwifery and health care in Ireland;

• Exercise enhanced personal and professional competence through accountability and autonomy in midwifery practice;

• Demonstrate higher levels of judgement in the practice of midwifery through the generation of midwifery knowledge for innovative, research based midwifery practice;

• Act as innovators and leaders and contribute to practice development in midwifery;

• Teach others from a broad and in-depth knowledge base, derived from critical reflection on midwifery practice and the development of critical inquiry in midwifery

• Exercise accountability and autonomy within the clinical and professional boundaries of midwifery;

• Promote excellence in assessment and implementation of research-based practice, within agreed inter-disciplinary protocols in midwifery practice;

• Demonstrate high levels of judgment in the practice of nursing/midwifery through the generation of knowledge for innovative midwifery practice.