Master of Primary Maternity Care
offered by Griffith University

Master of Primary Maternity Care
at
Griffith University
Overview

Understand what comprises effective midwifery care. Engage with legal, professional and ethical issues, including the agenda for maternity reform

Skills you will learn

Who should do this course?

What are the course deliverables?

The historical and current socio-political, cultural and economic context of maternity service provision
The scientific and theoretical evidence for the development of women centered models of care
The role of the midwife including knowledge of the legal, social, ethical, organisational and scope of practice implications and considerations for effective and informed specialist practice and professional role development
The contemporary concepts of health leadership and management and project and financial management relevant to health services including standards, policies and legislation associated with primary care
Cultural diversity and its impact on practice
Research outcomes and the evidence-base that informs quality and safe practice in maternity and primary care
Research processes and methods including study design, data collection and analysis as well as scholarly writing and publishing

More about this course

This course will involve the development of high levels of research knowledge and skills to enable graduates to analyse the evidence, determine the applicability of evidence to practice, generate critical questions and conduct research
In this course students will contribute to the development of best practice through the acquisition and generation of research that supports evidenced based maternity care

Primary Maternity Care in Context

Enhancing Critical Skills for Midwives

Changing Childbirth: Service Design and Implementation

Prescribing for Midwives

Eligibility criteria Up Arrow Icon

A minimum overall band score of 7.0 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 7.0
OR a minimum score of 580 on TOEFL
OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 92 (no score less than 22)
OR no score less than 4 in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
OR a minimum overall score of 185 (no score less than 176) on C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
OR an overall score of 65 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 65.

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