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Graduate Diploma in Midwifery (GDM3)	2011

SATAC Course Code	1GD002:1GD502
Course Code	GDM3
Faculty	INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Sector	HE
Standard full-time completion	1 year/s
Standard part-time completion	2 year/s
Total Credit Points Required	80



	About the Course
	Admission Requirements
	Credit Transfer and Pathways
	Course Structure
	Recommended Study Plan
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
	Course Fees

Availability

Open to School Leavers	No
Open to International Students	No
Available for Admission in	Semester 1 , Semester 2

Not Deferrable This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered

Year	Delivery Location	SATAC Code	Mode	Admin Location
2011	Casuarina Campus	1GD002:1GD502	M	Casuarina Campus

This course is available through distance education with residential attendance requirements each semester. Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.

About the Course
This course prepares Registered Nurses to work as professional and contemporary midwives, utilising a framework of woman-centred care and within a variety of models of care. The graduate will be capable of meeting the diverse needs of Australian women at all points along the childbirth journey: in urban, rural and remote environments. Graduates of this course will be eligible to apply for authorisation to practice as a midwife in any state or territory of Australia.

Police check: Each State and Territory in Australia has requirements for students undertaking courses involving clinical placements to provide documented evidence of relevant health and security checks, eg completed immunisation requirements, criminal record checks and/or working with children clearances and/or fitness to practice requirements.

Students must have met the above requirements that are mandatory in their state or territory before they can undertake those units that include clinical placements. Students who have not met these mandatory requirements and not been cleared by the clinical sector to undertake clinical experience will not be able to undertake clinical practice experience and will not therefore be able to complete the requirements of the course.

Admission Requirements

Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Applicants must hold current registration as a Registered Nurse with an Australian nursing and midwifery regulatory authority. Students will require access to clinical experience either by gaining employment as a student in a maternity service or through a supernumerary mode.

Additional Admission Requirements
All intending applicants must contact the Graduate School of Health Practice on (08) 8946 7253 to discuss clinical placement.

Credit Transfer and Pathways

Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education

Course Structure

The course comprises theoretical and practical units with accompanying clinical experience. The units cover contemporary Australian midwifery practice together with biophysical, sociological and cultural perspectives of midwifery care. Professional issues in midwifery and the evidence that underpins practice are included.

The 32 week clinical component of the course is vital in the preparation of midwives and centres on the development of professional competencies, as set out by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (2006). A one week residential school may be required for some units with the remainder of teaching material using on-line delivery.

Students are normally expected to complete clinical practice hours within the semester in which they enrol. It is essential that the chosen clinical venue can support a student both in fulfilling the clinical requirements of the course and in providing appropriate clinical supervision and support. Students who have not met the clinical practice requirements will not be able to complete the requirements of this course.

There is a compulsory one week residential school each semester for all students enrolling in this course with the remainder being an on-line or a print-based education package. There is also a mandatory requirement of 5 days of face to face workshops in association with the unit HEA444 Partnerships in Practice. This unit is based on the Hilton Davis Family Partnerships Training and students may receive some credit if they have completed the training.

There is a compulsory one week residential school each semester for all students enrolling in this course with the remainder being an on-line or a print-based education package.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core Units
(8 units)
80
Compulsory Core units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below.

HEA401 Culture in practice
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
MID401 Legal and Professional Practice*
MID402 Midwifery Knowledge and Practice*
MID403 Midwifery as Primary Health Care*
MID404 Reflective and Ethical Practice*
MID405 Frameworks for Professional Practice
80
Total Credit Points

* Access to clinical placement is necessary for these units

2011 COURSE CHANGES
The Specialist Elective unit HEA444 is a core unit as of 2011. Students who commenced this course prior to 2011 and completed SWK351 are not required to complete HEA444. Students who commence this course mid year 2010 may enrol in either SWK351 or HEA444 in semester 1 2011.
COURSE CHANGES
Students enrolled in this course prior to 2009 will note there has been a minor change.

Summary of the Changes
Students may choose to complete either in SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership or HEA44 Practice in Partnership

Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.

Recommended Study Plan

Students Commencing in Semester 1

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

Full time Students

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load where they have access to a clinical placement throughout the year.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
MID401 Legal and professional issues*
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
MID402 Midwifery knowledge and practice*
CO
MID403 Midwifery as primary health care*
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
MID404 Reflective and ethical practice*
CO
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
or
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
SE
MID405 Contemporary Australian midwifery
CO

* Access to eight (8) weeks clinical placement necessary for each of these units

Part-time Students

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a part time load if they have access to the clinical field throughout the two years.

Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
MID401 Legal and professional issues*
CO
MID403 Midwifery as primary health care*
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
Year 2
MID402 Midwifery knowledge and practice*
CO
MID404 Reflective and ethical practice*
CO
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
or
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
MID405 Contemporary Australian midwifery
CO

* Access to eight (8) weeks clinical placement necessary for each of these units

Recommended Study Plan for Remote Area Nurses who are enrolling as Part-time Students (over two years)

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a part time load over two years. With this study plan students need access to clinical placements during Semester 2 in the first year and Semester 3 in the second year.

Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
or
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
MID403 Midwifery as primary health care*
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
MID404 Reflective and ethical practice*
CO
Year 2
MID402 Midwifery knowledge and practice*
CO
MID405 Contemporary Australian midwifery
CO
MID401 Legal and professional issues*
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO

* Access to eight (8) weeks clinical placement necessary for each of these units

Students Commencing in Semester 2

Full time Students

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full time load where they have access to a clinical placement throughout the year.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective
Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
MID403 Midwifery as primary health care*
CO
MID404 Reflective and ethical practice*
CO
MID405 Contemporary Australian midwifery
CO
Year 2
MID401 Legal and professional issues*
CO
MID402 Midwifery knowledge and practice*
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
or
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
* Access to eight (8) weeks clinical placement necessary for each of these units

Part-time Students
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a part time load if they have access to the clinical field throughout the two years.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

Semester 1
Semester 2
Year 1
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO
MID403 Midwifery as primary health care*
CO
Year 2
MID401 Legal and professional issues*
CO
MID404 Reflective and ethical practice*
CO
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
MID405 Contemporary Australian midwifery
CO
Year 3
MID402 Midwifery knowledge and practice*
CO
SWK351 Engaging individuals and families in partnership
or
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
* Access to eight (8) weeks clinical placement necessary for each of these units

Professional Recognition
Graduates of this course will be eligible to apply to the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia for authorisation/registration to practice as a midwife.

Career Opportunities
Eligible to practice as a midwife in any state or territory in Australia.


Course Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places	Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Non-Commonwealth Supported Places	Full fee paying places are available in this course. Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011 Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.

Contact Details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:


Email:	courses@cdu.edu.au
Phone:	(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963