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ACADEMIC QUALITY TEAM
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Programme Specifications 2024-25
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Programme TitleMaster of Midwifery in Midwifery (MMid Midwifery)
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This document applies to students who commenced the programme(s) in:2024Award type MMid
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What level is this qualification?7Length of programme4 years
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Mode of study (Full / Part Time)Full time
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Will the programme use standard University semester dates? YesFor York Online programmes, will standard dates for such programmes be used?NA
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Awarding institutionUniversity of YorkBoard of Studies for the programmeHealth Sciences.
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Lead departmentHealth SciencesOther contributing departmentsNA
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Language of study and assessmentEnglishLanguage(s) of assessmentEnglish
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Is this a campus-based or online programme?Campus-basedMode of Delivery (day-release or block release; blended or non-blended)On-campus and practice learning (50%/50%)
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Apprenticeship Standard Title and Reference Number
Institute for Apprenticeships: Apprenticeship Standards		NAIs this an Integrated or Non-Integrated Apprenticeship?NA
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End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO)
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For an Integrated Degree Apprenticeship this will be University of York.
For a Non-Integrated Degree Apprenticeship please specify the proposed external EPAO, which must be included on the EPA Register. (Note that the employer has responsibility for choosing the EPAO; however the University can advise on this).
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Employer Involvement
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Please specify the employer(s) involved in the programme, and briefly summarise how they have been involved in the programme design and will continue to be involved in ongoing review of its design and delivery.
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N/A
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Other Partner Organisations
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If there are any other partner organisations (beyond the employers) involved in the delivery of the programme, please outline the nature of their involvement. This should include any other organisations involved in the on-the-job delivery of the programme (e.g. learners employed by an NHS Trust undertaking a placement at a non-NHS organisation; any sub-contracted organisations).
You may wish to refer to the Policy on Collaborative Provision - https://www.york.ac.uk/staff/teaching/quality-assurance/collaboration/
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Students practice learning is delivered in partnership by three local trusts: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Harrogate and District NHS Fooundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Reference points

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Please state relevant reference points consulted in the design of this programme (for example, relevant documentation setting out PSRB requirements; the University's Frameworks for Programme Design (UG or PGT); QAA Subject Benchmark Statements; QAA Qualifications and Credit Frameworks).
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NMC Standards for Midwifery https://www.nmc.org.uk/standards/standards-for-midwives/
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Credit Transfer and Recognition of Prior Learning
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Will this programme involve any exemptions from the University Policy and Procedures on Credit Transfer and the Recognition of Prior Learning? If so, please specify and give a rationale
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Externally regulated professional programme credit transfer and recognition of prior learning are not permitted.
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Exceptions to Regulations
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Please detail any exceptions to University Award Regulations and Frameworks that need to be approved (or are already approved) for this programme. This should include any that have been approved for related programmes and should be extended to this programme.
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NMC standards do not permit compensation between theory and practice. The programme has to explicitly meet the NMC requirements for Standards for Midwifery Education 2019. Students are required to pass both academic and practice experience components by the University and NMC. The programme is a 50/50 split between academic assessment and practice based assessment. For registration the NMC require students to complete a total of 4600 hours evenly split between theory and practice. Students must be of sound character and ‘fit to practice’. This is signed off by the named Lead Midwife for Education (LME). Students registering in midwifery also have additional European Union requirements to meet. There is an agreed programme exemption fo year-long practice modules of 40 credits for stages 1-3 and concurrent theory modules which span over more than one semester. Practice learning modules are non-reassable.
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Internal Transfers
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Please use the boxes below to specify if transfers into / out of the programme from / to other programmes within the University are possible by indicating yes or no and listing any restrictions. These boxes can also be used to highlight any common transfer routes which it would be useful for students to know.
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Transfers in:It will be possible for candidates to transfer into the programme, subject to them meeting NMC standards and university guidelines Transfers out:Yes, no restrictions
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Statement of Purpose
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Please briefly outline the overall aims of the programme. This should clarify to a prospective student why they should choose this programme, what it will provide to them and what benefits they will gain from completing it.
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Master of Midwifery (MMid)
Note: This document and our programme learning outcomes use the words 'woman' or 'mother' throughout. These should be taken to include people who do not identify as women but are pregnant or who have given birth.
The Master of Midwifery (MMid) (Hons) at the University of York is a unique programme, designed to accelerate your career and enable you to positively impact midwifery and maternity care. You will become a skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate midwife, providing comprehensive care for women, newborn infants and families. Your practice will be characterised by advanced scholarship, critical thinking skills and your quest for excellence. You will display an autonomous professional identity, underpinned by comprehensive interpersonal skills and fluency in building and sustaining relationships with women, families and colleagues in interdisciplinary and multiagency care teams.
This fully integrated masters level programme provides an equal balance of theory and practice learning across each year. Well established partnerships with our valued NHS Trusts will facilitate practice learning, supervision and assessment throughout your programme. Placements encompass hospital, midwifery led unit and community settings, and include continuity of care and carer models and caseload holding. Your practice will be informed by learning in our extensive clinical simulation unit, as you develop and demonstrate increasingly complex clinical skills. Two clinical electives will further strengthen your practice learning; a second year national and/or international opportunity which recognises midwifery as part of a global profession, and a fourth year UK based placement which advances your interests and engagement in advanced midwifery leadership.
Learning through research and enquiry is at the heart of the programme, and you will seamlessly integrate theory and practice through a range of stimulating academic and clinical modules. Interactive teaching, learning and assessment methods are used throughout, engaging and challenging you as a unique learner. You will initially gain the knowledge, skills and experience to provide safe, universal midwifery care. As you progress, your learning and practice will expand and deepen, enabling you to provide care which anticipates, prevents and responds to additional care needs and complications. In your third year you will be fully equipped to identify, critically analyse, interpret and use the best available evidence and data to inform your professional learning and actions. You will have developed contemporary knowledge, critical understanding and effective skills to work across the continuum of midwifery and hold a midwifery caseload, providing safe, respectful, empowering and equitable care, irrespective of social context and setting. Learning in your final masters year will occur in a smaller cohort, exploring content at the forefront of the midwifery discipline which will enable you to demonstrate fluent masters level clinical practice. You will critically explore contemporary midwifery practice and advanced midwifery leadership, and lead a service improvement project.
The University of York’s pre-registration midwifery education is fully accredited by the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI), and you will achieve these exacting standards to facilitate effective parent-baby relationships and choices regarding infant feeding.
The MMid programme will engage, inspire and challenge you. As an approved Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) programme, on successful completion you will be able to apply to practise as an NMC registered midwife, embarking on your career in the challenging but highly rewarding midwifery profession.
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If there are additional awards associated with the programme upon which students can register, please specify the Statement of Purpose for that programme. This will be most relevant for PGT programmes with exit awards that are also available as entry points. Use additional rows to include more than one additional award. Do not include years in industry / abroad (for which there are separate boxes).
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Exit Award TitleIs the exit award also available as an entry point?Outcomes: what will the student be able to do on exit with this award?Specify the module diet that the student will need to complete to obtain this exit award
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Certificate in higher education in health and social careExit Award OnlyAll C level modules-120 credits
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Diploma in higher education in health and social careExit Award OnlyAll I level modules-240 credits
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Ordinary Degree

BMid (Hons) Midwifery

Exit Award Only60 credits H level modules-300 credits

All H level modules-360 credits
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Programme Learning Outcomes
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What are the programme learning outcomes (PLOs) for the programme? (Normally a minimum of 6, maximum of 8). Taken together, these outcomes should capture the distinctive features of the programme and represent the outcomes that students progressively develop in the programme and achieve at graduation. PLOs should be worded to follow the stem 'Graduates will be able to...'
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1Advance and critique safe, respectful, empowering and equitable midwifery care for women, their families and newborn infants, using knowledge at the forefront of your discipline to meet universal and additional needs.
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2Demonstrate self direction when leading universal and additional care, supporting individualised physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual safety.
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3Exercise initiative when providing safe and effective universal and additional care which promotes continuity of care and carer.
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4Respond to complex issues and situations in midwifery care systematically and creatively, making sound judgments where good quality evidence may be lacking.
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5Demonstrate mastery as an accountable, autonomous, skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate midwife.
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6Role model excellence and vision when communicating with others, including professional peers and specialist/non specialist audiences.
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7Excel in leadership, acting as a confident role model when building and sustaining relationships with women and families, and interdisciplinary/multiagency teams.
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8Demonstrate originality and independent scholarship when undertaking professional development, to promote continuous improvement in midwifery practice and maternity care.
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Mapping of PLOs to Apprenticeship Standard
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Please confirm by ticking the box to the right that the PLOs align with the knowledge, skills and behaviours as articulated in the relevant Apprenticeship Standard.
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Diverse entry routes
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Detail how you would support students from diverse entry routes to transition into the programme. For example, in respect of disciplinary knowledge and conventions of the discipline, language skills, academic and writing skills, lab skills, academic integrity.
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The programme development team work with the Equality and Diversity team to ensure these aspects are considered and embedded in the programme design and delivery. On commencing the course, students will be supported through direction to University resources focused on helping them to identify their current skills and develop academically. During the programme they will be supported through formative assessments to practice, reflect on and develop skills. Within this programme they will have opportunity to work in a variety of practice health care settings that, with support, will help them gain an understanding of the role of the reigstered midwife, the different health care cultures and become capable of working in these settings. The purpose of this will be to provide an experience for the students that supports their learning and participation in the university community that is accessible and recognises their indivduality, ensuring they are treated equitably in a way that helps them develop and become registered midwives, capable of work in a range of health care settings. The department also provides opportunity for students to participate in its governance functions through attendance at departmental meetings and opportunities to make their voice heard in influencing the development and delivery of programmes and support services.
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Detail how the programme supports students in the development of the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to pass the end-point assessment.
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The programme has to explicitly meet the NMC requirements for Standards for Education (2018) Students are required to pass both academic and practice experience components by the University and NMC. The programme is a 50/50 split between academic assessment and practice based assessment (this relates to hours completed in practice and credit weighting). For registration the NMC require students to complete a total of 4600 hours evenly split between theory and practice. Students must be of sound character and ‘fit to practice’. This is signed off by a named NMC signatory in the department. The programme team work closely with the academic skills community to weave requisite skill development into the programme. It is of relevance to note that some practice hours can be achieved through simulated activity. The program has now adopted the The NMC (2023) definitions of Simulation, simulation in theory and simulated practice learning (SPL). SPL enables students to practice skills in a safe environment, prior to going into practice.
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Inclusion
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Please confirm by ticking the box on the right that the design, content and delivery of the programme will support students from all backgrounds to succeed. This refers to the University's duties under
the Equality Act 2010. You may wish to refer to the optional Inclusive Learning self-assessment tools to support reflection on this issue.		Yes
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