Certificate of Midwifery (C.M.)

- Completion of 2 academic years (4 semesters).

- Completion of the General Education and Core Midwifery, and Clinical areas of study (listed below)

- Completion of clinical experience:

• Attend 30 births as an active participant.
  
• Attend an additional 20 births in the role of primary midwife.* At least 5 of these births you must provide continuity of care. Continuity of care includes 4 prenatal visits, birth, newborn exam and at least 1 postpartum exam.
  
• Complete 100 prenatal visits (including 20 initial exams)
  
• Complete 25 newborn exams
  
• Complete 40 postpartum exams
  
• Complete 30 well woman exams/family planning consultations

*You provide all aspects of care as if you were the primary midwife, although a supervising midwife has primary responsibility and is present in the room during any care provided.

- Pass all courses with at least a B grade

- 3.0 or above over-all GPA

- Current CPR certification

- Current Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Certification

Core Education and Core Midwifery
Areas of Study

Antepartum (Normal and Complications) –Covers antepartum care including pregnancy signs and symptoms, calculating due dates, reproductive and pelvic anatomy, menstrual cycle, embryology and fetal development, fetal environment, evaluating health, basic nutrition and pregnancy physiology, common complications.

• Basic skills – Include vital signs, early prenatal skills, universal precautions
  
• Risk Screening
  
• Physical Assessment
  
• Provision of care
  
• Complications
  
• Nutrition
  
• Pharmacology
  
• Diagnostic Lab Tests and Procedures
  
• Observational Skills and Charting
  
• Hematology
  
• CPR

Intrapartum Management (Normal and Complications)– Covers fetal evaluation, labor, psychophysiology of birth, facilitation of first, second and third stages, unusual situation, complication, water birth, hospital procedures.

• Basic Skills – Include sterile technique, abdominal skills, basic shock treatment, estimation of blood loss, IM injection
  
• Risk Screening
  
• Physical Assessment
  
• Provision of care
  
• Complications
  
• Pharmacology
  
• Diagnostic Lab Tests and Procedures
  
• Observational skills and Charting
  
• IV Therapy

Postpartum Management (Normal and Complications)– Covers maternal assessment and care, maternal complications, postpartum emotional disorders, bladder catheterization.

• Basic Skills
  
• Risk screening
  
• Physical Assessment
  
• Provision of care
  
• Complications
  
• Pharmacology
  
• Diagnostic Lab Tests and Procedures
  
• Observational Skills and Charting
  
• Suturing

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