Graduate Diploma in Midwifery
La Trobe University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00115M
If youre a registered nurse with a passion for helping new parents safely navigate pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, fast-track your entry to midwifery practice with La Trobes Graduate Diploma in Midwifery. Our flexible 12-month course focuses on contemporary issues in Australian midwifery practice by combining lectures, workshops, labs and simulations with hands-on clinical placements in some of Melbourne and regional Victorias most respected maternity services.
Structure
Total of 120 Credit Points
Subjects
- LTU0AIM Academic Integrity Module
- MID4004 Context Of WomenS Lives And Comprehensive Maternity Care
- NSM4IPH First Nations Perinatal Health
- MID4001 Foundations Of Midwifery Care
- NSM4REM Research And Evidence In Midwifery
- MID4003 Complex Maternal And Neonatal Care
- MID4002 Labour, Birth And Postnatal Care
Standard entry requirements
- Postgraduate: Prerequisites - Course specific requirements - A place in this program is dependent upon the applicant having a clinical place at an approved clinical midwifery agency in either the metropolitan or regional areas.
- Postgraduate: Prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Applicants must have current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Postgraduate: Prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Specialisation - compulsory: Nursing
- Postgraduate: Prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent). (Applicants who have become registered nurses via a hospital education pathway may have this requirement waived.)
- Note: This course may be subject to alternative or extra entry requirements depending on your life circumstances and/or work experience. For the complete entry requirements, please search for your course on the La Trobe website: latrobe.edu.au/courses
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Bendigo | Domestic: $29,400 | No |
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| Melbourne (Bundoora) | Domestic: $29,400 | No |
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