BSc (Hons) Midwifery Bachelor's degree at Oxford Brookes University

You will focus on developing the core midwifery skills, and the theoretical knowledge underpinning these, which midwives use when providing care for a childbearing woman and her family across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. Half of the learning in this module will take place in practice where you will work alongside your Practice Supervisor to provide direct care to women and their families in a range of settings.

This module will introduce you to the role of the midwife in relation to public health and health promotion. You will explore current public health issues, and associated policy documents, alongside prevention, behaviour change, and health living. You'll investigate and evaluate best practice in relation to particular public health issues, helping you to provide optimal care for women's physical and mental health during pregnancy and beyond. This module will include support in developing your ac

You will broaden your focus to consider different approaches to midwifery care implementation. This will include exploring different models of midwifery care globally, as well as nationally and locally. You'll further develop your midwifery skills and underpinning knowledge, considering topics such as the transition to parenthood and the impact of policy on care provision. You'll also explore effective and compassionate communication. You will undertake a detailed reflection of your practice lea

This module will equip you with the required knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology (A and P) in childbearing. Reproduction, fetal development, maternal responses to the growing fetus, labour, birth and postnatal physiology are perhaps some of the most awe inspiring and magical elements of A and P - and you will learn all about these on this module. You will explore how this knowledge can then be used to support effective midwifery care. Importantly, the learning from this module

Fundamental to effective midwifery care is knowing how to access, read, understand and appraise appropriate evidence - and then communicate this with those in our care. This module will enable you to build your enquiring mind and develop crucial skills in finding, and then understanding, the underpinning evidence base for care provision. The module will provide you with the foundational knowledge you need in order to develop into an effective scholar and future leader of midwifery.

In this module you will deepen your knowledge and skills related to Public Health. In particular, you will explore how to provide effective care to those with additional complexity due to public health issues. This complexity may be due to physical, psychological, social, cultural or spiritual circumstances, and may be one or a number of these. You will learn to apply your knowledge to care for women across the continuum of pregnancy, labour, post-natal care and neonatal care. Via use of specifi

This double practice module will prepare you to care for women and their families when experiencing acute or life-threatening complications during childbirth. You will exercise your critical thinking and problem-solving techniques when faced with childbirth emergencies, developing your own contribution as a member of the multidisciplinary team. You will participate in several rehearsed acute emergency situations which will equip you with the confidence needed to deal with emergency childbirth si

This double module will enable you to investigate the most common, as well as some of the less common, complications affecting the mother, fetus or newborn. You'll build upon your existing knowledge of anatomy and physiology to analyse chronic and acute conditions affecting the mother, fetus or newborn. This new knowledge will give you the foundation to provide holistic care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and neonatal periods.

In this module, you will consider the role of the midwife as a clinical decision-maker in care. You'll explore effective communication with the woman and the wider multidisciplinary team in more complex situations, learning how we work together to provide safe, compassionate and effective care. You will use your developing knowledge and skills to determine best practice approaches to individualised, evidence-based care plans - including when women decline elements of their care. In addition, you