Midwifery (Hons) City St George's, University of London

Overview

This Midwifery (Hons) degree from City St George's, University of London prepares you to support women through diverse experiences of pregnancy and childbirth. You’ll learn about more straightforward births, as well as complicated and emergency situations many women experience.

Quick Facts:

• Alongside practical midwifery skills, you’ll develop your critical thinking and abilities to assess other factors affecting pregnant women and new mothers, such as their psychological wellbeing, social environment and culture.
• Develop practical professional skills through simulated practice in our specialist Clinical Skills Centre, before moving on to clinical placements

• Learn with specialist equipment that simulates birthing situations from normal to emergency, developing the skills you need no-matter the birthing situation you are supporting

• Study with experienced practitioners and research-active academics, providing you with skills and knowledge from the forefront of the discipline

• Spend approximately 60% of your degree on clinical placement in London's leading hospitals and community settings such as Barts Health NHS Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Learn in diverse settings including midwifery-led units, home births, birthing centres, delivery suites, maternal and fetal assessment, and special care baby units.
• On successful completion of this degree, you will gain registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, an internationally recognised professional qualification allowing you to practice in the UK and overseas. Some countries require additional registration.

Almost 90% of our graduates go on to employment or further study within 15 months of graduation (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2017/18). Career options include working in:

• midwifery-led birth centres

• acute units

• consultant and specialist roles

• self-employment / independent practice.

Accreditation

Successful graduates are eligible to apply for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), which provides an internationally recognised professional qualification enabling you to practice in the UK and overseas.