UTS course code: C07070
Testamur title: Graduate Diploma in Midwifery
Abbreviation: GradDipMid
Course fee: HECS or $141.67 per cp¹ (local)²
Total credit points: 48

Footnotes:
1. Limited HECS places are available.
2. This course is not offered to international students.

Course aims

This course is designed to meet the graduate needs of nurse clinicians wishing to practise in the area of midwifery. The course provides a broad theoretical and clinical study of the area of midwifery. It includes a discussion of professional, sociopolitical and ethico-legal issues related to the family, and research skills that enhance midwifery practice and interpersonal processes.

Course duration

The Graduate Diploma in Midwifery is offered over a 14-month, part-time period (including Summer session).

Course structure

The course requires one year, four days per week, of concurrent employment in an accredited midwifery unit in order for students to meet the requirements to gain midwifery certification with the NSW Nurses Registration Board. The concurrent employment is to be arranged prior to application.

Students must complete a total of 48 credit points:

• Four specified clinical studies subjects
• Two specified clinical practice subjects
• One specified professional studies subject
• One specified research subject.

Course program

Footnote:
1. Certified midwives may apply for advanced standing.