Midwifery
Sheffield Hallam University
UCAS Code: B720 | Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Entry requirements
Access to HE Diploma
Approved Access to HE Diploma in health studies, health science, nursing or another science-based course. Normally we require 15 of the level 3 credits to be graded at distinction level with 12 of these distinctions from science or social science units.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
English Language or Literature at grade C or 4 or equivalents* Maths at grade C or 4 or equivalents* Science at grade C or 4 or equivalents* *GCSE Maths equivalents • maths equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk *GCSE English equivalents • english equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk *GCSE Science equivalents • OCR Science Level 2 • science units gained on a Level 3 BTEC or OCR National Diploma or Extended Diploma Qualification • science credits gained on Access to Higher Education Diplomas (at least 12 credits gained at level 2 or 6 credits gained at level 3) • science equivalency test from www.equivalencytesting.co.uk
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From A levels including at least 40 points from a biological science or BTEC National qualifications with biology modules. We do not accept AS Levels or general studies. For example: ABB at A Level including biology or human biology. DDM in BTEC Extended Diploma from a relevant subject(s).
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About this course
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**Course Summary**
- Learn the skills that will help you to be a knowledgeable, respectful and compassionate midwife
- Care for women, newborn infants and their families
- Respond to increasing complexity in antenatal care
This is an exciting and innovative course covering all aspects of 21st-century midwifery. You’ll learn to practise as the lead professional for the care of women and newborn infants, partners and families, as well as working in integrated care teams.
**How you learn**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.
The course is designed to promote independent lifelong learning, with half of the programme spent in study and half spent on a clinical placement You’ll learn with, from and about students from other health and social care courses. This ensures you have a sound basis in midwifery and an understanding of how other professionals contribute to health and social care services.
You learn through:
- practice placements
- lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials
- practical sessions
- independent learning
- technology-enhanced learning
- Oxford Medical Simulation virtual reality software for remote or on-campus learning.
**Applied learning**
**Work placements**
On this course you’ll be given opportunities across a range of clinical settings, rotating to a different Trust every year. You’ll work both in hospitals and out in the community, with our placement partners there to support you at every step.
As part of your clinical practice, you’ll be allocated a small group of expectant mothers as part of your caseload. This means you get to experience the long-term challenge of providing quality care to a mother and her newborn, including being on call for the birth.
In your second year, you’ll also have the option to take an elective module that allows you to work nationally or internationally.
**Networking opportunities**
You will also be able to take part in a range of activities with students from other health and social care courses designed to improve your employability skills, such as the Hallam Leadership Award, which helps you prepare to become a future midwifery leader.
Modules
Year 1
Compulsory modules
Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing 20
Establishing Midwifery Practice 40
Personal And Professional Development 20
Sciences For Professional Midwifery Practice 40
Year 2
Compulsory modules
Assessing And Addressing Complexity 40
Complex Challenges In Midwifery And Neonatal Care 20
Enhancing Midwifery Practice 40
Evidence And Enquiry For Practice 20
Final year
Compulsory modules
Professional Leadership 20
Strengthening Professional Midwifery Practice 40
The Advancing Professional 40
Working With Complexity In Practice 20
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Sheffield Hallam University
College of Health Wellbeing and Life Sciences
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