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The nurse-midwifery core curriculum is designed to prepare safe, entry-level clinician midwives and is
based upon the requirements for nurse-midwifery preparation as defined in the American College of
Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) Core
Competencies for Basic Midwifery Practice. The core graduate nurse-midwifery curriculum is designed
to provide students with the opportunity to master content in the following areas related to
nurse-midwifery practice:
- Physiology and pathophysiology: general, reproductive, pregnancy, fetal and neonatal
- Pharmacology: primary care, women's health and perinatal pharmacology
- Clinical management: women's primary care, reproductive care, care during pregnancy, birth and
the postpartum periods and care of the newborn
- Psychosocial issues around reproduction and parenting
- Cultural literacy (including the option for rural and international clinical experiences)
- Leadership, role and professional issues
- Introduction to research methods and the application of research to clinical practice
The core midwifery curriculum also includes clinical practica, taken in conjunction with clinical
seminars ('NCLIN' courses), which will provide students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience
in the management of women's primary care, reproductive care, prenatal and postpartum care, labor and
birth, and newborn care under the guidance of expert clinicians. The clinical practica are to be completed
in sequential quarters and are designed to provide the student with approximately 1500 hours of clinical
practice experience, both inpatient and outpatient. Students will be expected to demonstrate progressive
mastery of the required clinical skills set each quarter.
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