MMid Master of Midwifery /

MMedSci Maternity Care

ONLINE, INTERACTIVE AND INTERNATIONAL

This course is delivered completely over the Internet, with no travel or attendance requirements. It is therefore appropriate for any suitably qualified applicant who wishes to undertake postgraduate studies in midwifery or maternity care, wherever they might be located. The University of Sheffield has had a longstanding interest in midwifery practice around the world and has fostered many international links and contacts. This programme provides opportunities for midwives and other practitioners working with women during childbirth to compare their own experiences with those in different cultural settings and reflect on the implications for perceived best practice. The course aims to be both international and multiprofessional. It has been developed in partnership with service users, lay groups and other organisations involved in childbirth. Most students on the course are practising midwives who register for the degree of MMid but non-midwives who register for the MMedSci degree are equally welcome.

This course does not give a professional qualification or entitle an individual to practice midwifery.

Course Aims

To provide a flexible programme tailored to suit individual student needs
To build on participants' existing experience, knowledge and domain speciality
To develop each individual's critical faculties, analytical abilities and intellectual curiosity
To locate an international perspective amongst contemporary midwifery and childbearing issues and provide a forum for debate

Entry requirements

The course is suitable for UK and overseas applicants. who have experience working in midwifery/ maternity care. You must have experience in midwifery/maternity care, with a good bachelors degree or the equivalent. Professional experience and accrediation for other forms of learning may be considered. If you are an overseas candidate you must have an IELTs 6.5. For more details about the entry requirements and how to apply click here.

Online learning

Online learning enables you to study what you want, whenever you want and from wherever you happen to be. As there are no attendance or travel requirements you don´t need to give up your job, find reputable childcare or any of the other issues traditionally associated with postgraduate study.

Effective communication is central to the success of the course as not only is discussion a key component in the learning process but we also need to counteract the potential for distance learners to feel they are working in isolation. Extensive use will therefore be made of email, on-line chat rooms and discussion groups to include participants within a virtual yet vibrant learning community. Our previous student cohorts have developed firm and supportive friendships whilst studying together, even without meeting face to face.

Flexibility is key to the online learning environment and also the way each unit can be used to explore topics relevant to your own professional interests. This approach fosters student-centred learning, with students supplementing set learning materials with the products of their own investigations.

Contact Us

Programme Lead: Dr Tony Blackett

Email: t.blackett@sheffield.ac.uk

Admissions Officer: Heather Kelly

Tel: 0114 222 2048

Email: h.m.kelly@sheffield.ac.uk

Fees and funding

The fees for this course 2012-13 entry are £1873 and they may change for 2013-14 entry.

If you are currently employed by the NHS in Yorkshire and the Humber or East Midlands you may be eligible for LBR funding to cover the cost of your course fees. For more information about this please speak to your Line Manager and LBR Lead, to find out who this is please click here or call 0114 222 2030.