Midwifery - 2013 entry

As courses are reviewed regularly, the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here. Most modules in both courses are focused around midwifery practice and provide the knowledge and skills to become a midwife.

Though there is some scope for flexibility in module choice, it is restricted in pre-qualification courses.  This is owing to the demands of the professional requirements for registration.

A diverse range of subjects relevant to midwifery practice is studied on this course.

Three-year BSc (Hons) course only

• Development of the Human Body and Mind
• Essentials of Midwifery Practice
• Life Science for Health Care Professionals
• Partnerships I: Using Evidence in Professional Practice
• Partnerships II: Developing Effective Working Practices
• Partnerships III: Managing Collaboration
• Professional Midwifery Practice
• The Neonate

Three-year and 21-month post-experience BSc (Hons) courses

The following modules are available on both courses:

• Birth in Context
• Complexity and Emergency
• Complications in Childbearing
• Preparation for Registration
• Promoting Health in Midwifery Practice
• Research Awareness and Critical Appraisal
• Variations in Midwifery Practice
• Dissertation (double).

21-month post-experience BSc (Hons) course only:

• The Neonate for Nurses
• Transition to Midwifery Practice.

Placements cover the whole of Oxfordshire and enable students to practise midwifery in a variety of settings. All students will work in the Women's Centre based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Half of your placements will be in the community, including a placement in one of three midwife-led units.

You might be working in:

• hospital maternity wards, including the delivery suite (John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, or Horton Maternity Unit, Banbury)
• the integrated midwifery-led Birth Centre within the John Radcliffe Hospital
• health centres
• stand-alone, midwife-led community units
• clients' homes
• children's centres.

We offer a range of support mechanisms, both within the university and the placement area, throughout your programme of study. Whilst on placement, you will be supported by a named midwife known as a mentor, as well as a link lecturer from the university.

We have a dedicated Practice Education Unit that provides administrative and academic support for placement learning/practice education for all its pre-qualifying courses.

All students have the option to undertake an elective placement at home or abroad at the end of their penultimate year.

Free language courses are available to all full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students who are studying any course on our Headington (including Marston Road), Harcourt Hill or Wheatley Campuses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.

GCSE: 5 passes at grade C or above, including Mathematics, English Language and a science subject (ie Biology or Chemistry)

Additionally, for BSc (Hons), one of:

• A-level (minimum grades BBB) including at least one science subject (ie Biology or Human Biology)
• BTEC Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care (DDM)
• 14-19 Health and Social Care Advanced Diploma at grade B, including A-level Biology/Human Biology at grade C
• Access Course - a minimum of 45 credits at Level 3, plus 15 credits at Level 2 (please note the Level 3 credits must include a minimum of 12 in Biology/Human Biology), Level 3 grades must be 15 Merits and 30 Distinctions.

If GCSE Maths and English Language is below grade C, you will need to include 12 credits at Level 2 in Maths and English. 

For post-experience BSc (Hons):

• 120 CATS credits at level 2, and registration on parts 1 or 12 of the NMC register, and
•  the equivalent of six months' full-time relevant nursing practice in the past 18 months.

Please also see the university's general entry requirements.

An IELTS score of 7.0 is required in addition to any of the above for ALL applicants whose first language is not English.

Please also see the university's standard English language requirements.

Full-time students should apply for this course through UCAS.

Post-experience full-time: apply direct to the university.

This course is not available to non-EEA students unless you have an immigration status which allows you to study part-time in the UK.

When you accept our offer you agree to the conditions of acceptance. You should therefore read those conditions before accepting the offer.

Oxford Brookes operates the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). All undergraduate single modules are equivalent to 7.5 ECTS credits and double modules to 15 ECTS credits. More about ECTS credits.

We have excellent teaching facilities including classrooms, a 280-seat lecture theatre, fully-networked computer rooms and dedicated clinical skills suites. Our simulation resources include a very well-equipped movement laboratory, a family of computerised simulation manikins, including a sim-man, sim-babies (newborn and an older baby under six months old) and birthing mother, plus an extensive range of anatomy models .

We also have excellent library resources, accessible through both the web and a range of locally-based facilities on university and NHS sites.

There is a good range of support mechanisms for students.  There are academic advisers, who will facilitate your academic development, and student support co-ordinators, who provide a drop-in service for queries about any aspect of student life, whether th academic or personal.

The university’s support services include Upgrade, which provides advice on study skills such as planning and writing essays, assignments and dissertations, research, or preparing for an exam. They also give advice on statistics and maths.

There is a dedicated Student Disability and Dyslexia Service, which provides support for students with disabilities including sensory and mobility impairments, dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties, mental health problems and medical conditions. Here, staff offer advice and support on a range of issues, including physical access, funding, alternative assessment arrangements and liaison with teaching staff to ensure that they are aware of your requirements.

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