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Health Sciences
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Bachelor in
midwifery studies
DEGREE AWARDED:
B.M.S.
Application Procedure:
This is not a CAO course, applications are made directly
to the University. This course will not run in 2013, the next
intake will be for September 2014 (if there are sufficient
numbers of suitable applicants).
Please consult the School of Nursing and Midwifery
website for further details.
Note: The Access to degree programme (see below)
WILL run in 2013. See
for application details.
Registered nurses and midwives in the employment of
public health care agencies may apply to their health
service employer for inclusion in the Department of Health
and Children’s part-time fees initiative. Where fees are not
paid by the health service employer, students registered
for the B.M.S. will be required to pay tuition fees.
This course will only run if there are sufficient numbers of
suitable applicants.
Course overview
Contemporary trends and developments in the delivery of health
care present a challenge to the midwifery profession in terms of
reclaiming and expanding the midwife’s role and responsibilities.
This degree programme aims to provide practicing midwives
with an increased level of knowledge, skills and attitudes about
the principles and processes of practice. The programme will:
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develop students’ knowledge of the nature of midwifery
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enable students to analyse the full extent of the midwife’s
role and to consider a range of issues relevant to
contemporary midwifery practice
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challenge students’ thinking and assumptions about the
profession
Who is eligible to apply?
Midwives who hold registration as a midwife with An Bord
Altranais, the Irish nursing board, and who qualified with the
Diploma in Midwifery (or equivalent), may apply for admission
into this one-year programme leading to a Bachelor in midwifery
studies honors degree.
Midwives already holding registration as a midwife with An Bord
Altranais but without the Diploma in Midwifery (or equivalent)
may apply for admission to a one-year part-time Access to
degree programme which, on successful completion, will allow
access to the beginning of the degree year.
Course structure
This course takes place over one academic year on a part-
time basis. You will be required to attend the University for one
study week at the beginning of the course and one day a week
throughout the teaching terms. Although there is no specific
clinical component, students are expected to be practising
midwifery whilst undertaking the course and will undertake an
assignment which has a particular practice-based focus.
Course content
The course comprises five modules:
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Governance in midwifery practice
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Expectant approach to midwifery practice
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Health care quality and informatics
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Communication and the facilitation of learning in midwifery
practice
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Research methods
Assessment
Assessment methods are designed to require both an analytical
approach to reading and reference to the student’s own practice.
A combination of essays, projects and group work is used and a
research proposal forms part of the research methods module.
Further information
Tel: +353 1 896 2692
E-mail:
