Trinity College Dublin - Midwifery
Qualification Type : Postgraduate Diploma
Qualification Letters : H.Dip.
Attendance Options : 18 Months Full-Time
Course Overview/Contact:
This course is taught by the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin in partnership with The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin and The Coombe Womens’ Hospital, Dublin. The course is designed to develop midwives with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to become competent, analytical and reflective practitioners, thus enabling them to provide care in a manner that benefits women and their families.
The course will consist of the following modules: Foundation Skills for Midwifery Practice, Sharing the Woman's Experience - Social Theory and Birth, Core Midwifery Practice and Adaptation in Pregnancy, Midwifery Practice: Pathophysiology and Unexpected Outcomes of Pregnancy and Childbirth, Midwifery Research - Evidence for Midwifery Practice, Lactation and Infant Feeding, Being a Midwife - Personal and Professional Development, and Bringing it all together. The programme also comprises a considerable amount of Midwifery Practice.
Career Opportunities:
18 months full time
Course Url
www.nursing-midwifery.tcd.ie/postgraduate/higher-diploma/midwifery/index.php
Course Director
Denise Lawler
Course Coordinator
Kathryn Muldoon
Course Email
Next Intake
September 2017
Closing Date
31 March 2017
Entry Requirements:
Students applying for this programme must be on the General Nurse Division of the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. Thereafter, selection and recruitment is on the basis of performance at interview.
The Rotunda Hospital and the Coombe Women and Infants Hospital advertise separately for midwifery students.
The programme runs back to back, therefore the next intake will be in September annually
Please contact the hospitals directly:
- Rotunda - Mags Campion, Secretary, T: +353 1 873 0700 Extension 1495
- The Coombe Women and Infants Hospital, Secretary to Patricia Hughes, Director of Midwifery and Nursing, T: (01) 4085490
You will be required to submit the following documents with your application:
- NMBI Pin Number
- Certified copies of your educational awards (Parchments).
- Certified copies of your educational transcripts.
- Curriculum vitae
- Confirmation of a place with linked Maternity hospital
- 1 Academic reference
- 1 Professional reference
Note: You will be requested to submit two referee contact details (one academic and one professional). These referees will be contacted automatically by email and will be asked to submit their reference directly to TCDs electronic system. It is, therefore, very important that all email addresses are entered correctly and that your referee is willing and available to provide a reference.
