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CQ48 - Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
CQ48 - Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
At a GlanceInformation on where the program is available, duration, units of credit as well as contacts for further information.
Aims - StructureAn outline of the programs aims, objectives and outcomes, as well as information on the structure of the program.
Course PlansA detailed list of courses and electives required to complete the program.
Career Opportunities
This program is for registered nurses looking to diversify into midwifery. Midwives are currently in demand nationally and overseas, both in the public and private health systems and in midwifery related areas such as family planning clinics, sexually transmitted disease clinics and women's health centres.
Midwifery
The aim of the Midwifery program is to prepare competent and innovative midwives to function in a rapidly changing health care system. Students need a clear understanding of the social and philisophical context of health care and of contemporary thinking to conceptualise practices and trends in health care accurately and to initiate positive change on these concepts. Graduates will be midwives who are aware of the epistemological, multicultural, socio psychological, technological and researchable issues, which affect their discipline. This awareness will be directed to continual evaluation and creative innovation to achieve ongoing development of effective health care services and management.