New midwifery training opportunity at York
Posted on 29 March 2007
Previously the Department of Health Sciences offered a 78 week course for qualified nurses to become midwives. The new three year full-time course, which leads to a professional qualification as a midwife, will be open to applicants with A level or equivalent qualifications.
Students will have no tuition fees to pay as these are paid by the NHS. They will also receive a means-tested bursary to support their living costs.
Programme Leader Helen Baston said: "Our philosophy is that women are central to the planning and provision of their maternity care, which takes into account their culture, hopes, expectations and clinical circumstances. We know that effective communication is central to the provision of safe and appropriate care and this will play an important role in the course."
Students will spend time in university and on placement in their ‘home’ trust, where they will experience community and hospital midwifery and nursing placements.
The new programme aims to develop midwives who are safe, clinically competent, autonomous practitioners, able to undertake the role of the lead professional for women accessing maternity care.
For more information contact Student Services on 01904 321321.
Notes to editors:
- The University of York’s Department of Health Sciences is a large multi-disciplinary department, offering a broad range of taught and research programmes in the health care field, including nursing. It aims to develop the role of scientific evidence in health and health care through high quality research, teaching and other forms of dissemination.