Midwifery (MS or Certificate) / Doctor of Midwifery Dual Degree

College

College of Health Professions

Degree

Master of Science

Format

Online

Credits

91 - 99

Duration

4 - 7 Years

Starting Term

Fall, Pre-Fall

Contact Information

Program

Position: Assistant Professor, Program Director
Name: Midwifery & Women’s Health Programs
Organization: Jefferson – Center City Campus

130 S. Ninth Street
Suite 960
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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The curriculum outlined below is the Master of Science / Doctor of Midwifery Dual Degree curriculum. Post-Graduate Certificate students have an independent plan of study that gives credit and/or allows challenges of equivalent courses taken in a prior health studies master’s degree program.

Pre-Fall (Certified Midwife pathway only):

  • Basic Health Skills
  • Environments of Health care

Fall:

  • Orientation (4 day On-Campus Residency)
  • Theoretical Foundations of Midwifery

Spring:

  • Evidence Based Care: Eval Research
  • Advanced Health Assessment
  • Current Issues

Summer:

  • Reproductive & Sexual Healthcare
  • Advanced Pharmacology I
  • Midwifery Business Case Studies
  • Clinical Basic Skills for Midwifery Practice (CM pathway students only)

Fall:

  • 610 Antepartum Care
  • Postpartum/Newborn Care
  • Epidemiology for Midwifery

Spring

  • Intrapartum Care
  • Advanced Pharmacology II
  • Health Policy

Summer

  • Preparation for Office-based Practice (4 day on-campus intensive)
  • Embryology and Genetics
  • Midwifery Care in Ambulatory Settings (clinical) 

Fall

  • Advanced Perinatal Pathophysiology
  • Midwifery Care in Ambulatory Settings II
  • Organizational change

Spring

  • Preparation for Full-Scope Practice (5 day on campus intensive)
  • Professional Issues
  • MIDW-633 Full Scope Midwifery Care I

Summer

  • MIDW-634 Full Scope Midwifery Care II
  • MIDW.807 Data Driven Midwifery

**MS conferred. Must pass American Midwifery Certification Board (AMCB) Boards**

Fall:

  • AIM project Design & Methods
  • Leadership

Spring:

  • AIM Operations
  • Professional Communications

Summer:

  • Grant writing
  • Writing Workshop (elective)

Fall:

  • AIM Implementation

Spring:

  • AIM Analysis Workshop

Summer

  • AIM Dissemination Workshop
  • Presentation of final AIM project at Midwifery Thinks! symposium