Online Course Brochure
For enrolment in 2009

Admission requirements

Applicants are required to be Registered Nurses, currently registered with the NMB NSW.

Applicants must apply through a partnership hospital. Once this application has been processed and the student is accepted by the hospital, students then apply for enrolment with CSU.

It is the responsibility of any student wishing to undertake this course to first seek employment as a student midwife in a hospital with an accredited maternity unit.

Students wishing to register as a midwife

Students entering this course must be Registered Nurses to gain registration as a midwife in NSW. The majority of students who enter this course have had more than 12 months' clinical midwifery experience.

Each student will receive a credit package of 16 points (two subjects) prior to commencement of their studies.

Students who wish to apply to the Nurses and Midwives Board of NSW for registration as a midwife upon completion of their Postgraduate Diploma must study all other subjects while undertaking a 12 month clinical midwifery placement to be eligible.

Registered midwives

Registered midwives who wish to complete the Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery will be eligible for a minimum of two subjects credit, with further credit being judged on previous studies and experience.

 

 

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