Midwifery programmes at Massey UniversityWelcome to the Midwifery programmes website at Massey University. Our undergraduate programme currently offers a 3 year Bachelor of Midwifery (BMid) from the Wellington campus. The Midwifery programme at Massey University had intended to introduce a four-year Bachelor of Midwifery degree from 2010. This proposal was approved by the Committee on University Academic Programmes, the quality assurance body for the university sector. However, the Midwifery Council of New Zealand has declined to accredit our new degree, on the grounds that it would not be delivered (intensively) over three academic years. Massey University has therefore decided to suspend admission to the Bachelor of Midwifery degree in 2010, since we cannot in good faith enrol students in a degree that has not been accredited by the Midwifery Council, and hence would not allow students to apply for registration as a midwife upon degree completion. There will be ongoing discussions with the Committee on University Academic Programmes, the Midwifery Council, and other relevant parties. However, it is extremely unlikely that such discussions will conclude in time to allow an intake to the Bachelor of Midwifery in 2010. We'll place any changed information on this site as it becomes available. |
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Information may be requested by calling 0800 MASSEY (0800 627739) or by contacting the school at Palmerston North, Wellington or Auckland.
Undergraduate degree in Midwifery
If you are currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Midwifery, you should have received a letter providing information regarding your completion of the degree. A copy of the letter is below for your information.
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Postgraduate degrees in Midwifery
Students with a Bachelor of Midwifery or Registered Midwives without an undergraduate degree are eligible to apply for entry into the Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Midwifery.
The Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Midwifery will enable the graduate to enter into the Master of Arts (Midwifery), Master of Philosophy (Midwifery) or PhD (Midwifery). Masters students who achieve grades within the first class honours and second class honours (division 1) range would be eligible to apply for entry into the PhD programme.
Programmes are regularly reviewed to address current issues which impact on the provision of maternity services. The theoretical basis of midwifery is continually evolving in the light of reflective practice, research and scholarship. The midwifery programme at Massey University presently makes it possible for midwives to enter at BA (Hons) level and progress through Masters to PhD in midwifery.
Massey awarded its first PhD in midwifery in 1995 and has a growing candidacy at masters and doctoral levels.
Midwifery Staff
Dr Jeanie DoucheRGON, RM, BSc, MA, PhD
Midwifery programme Director/Senior Lecturer
Ann NoseworthyBSc, BN, RM, MA (Applied), PhD Candidate
Bachelor of Midwifery programme Coordinator/Lecturer
Dr Cheryl Benn RCpN, RM, BSocSc(Hons) Natal, DipNEd, MCur, DCur P. Elizabeth, IBLCE (Certified Lactation Consultant)
Associate Professor
Liz BruntonRGON, RM, BA (Pscy/Nse)
Senior Clinical Tutor
Kass OzturkBMid, RM, MA Candidate
Senior Tutor
Jane StojanovicRGON, RM, MA (Applied), PhD Candidate
Lecturer (part time)
Petra Samland
Clinical Teaching Associate
Programme Philosophy
The focus of midwifery practice in Aotearoa New Zealand is to actively support and promote the health of women / wahine, babies / tamaiti and families / whanau throughout the childbearing experience and support and protect the physiology of childbirth. Childbirth is viewed as a normal part of life that provides opportunities and challenges for women and their whanau throughout and beyond the childbearing years. In order for women / wahine and their whanau to develop and grow through the experience of childbirth, midwifery care is designed to be evidence based, while acknowledging the various ways of knowing, is flexible, creative and enabling.
Midwifery practice is centred on the creation of a partnership between the midwife and the woman and her whanau, where each partner shares their values, beliefs, knowledge and skills. The provision of judicious and effective care is determined by the woman and her whanau to be culturally safe. In working in partnership with women / whine and their family / whanau the bicultural spirit of Aotearoa New Zealand is valued in recognising Maori peoples as the first peoples of this place. As such the midwifery profession is guided by spirit of Turanga Kaupapa alongside its codes of practice.
The School of Health Sciences has a long association with midwifery. The 1987 midwifery workshop held at Massey University acted as a catalyst for the events which led to the 1990 Nurses Amendment Act. The importance of midwifery has been acknowledged by the development of a separate midwifery programme with papers designated by the prefix 177.
Accountability
The midwife is accountable to the Midwifery Council, the woman and her whanau, to the wider community and to the profession for her midwifery practice. The midwife works in a manner that promotes and protects her own health and well being so she can provide care to the woman/wahine, her baby/tamaiti and her family/whanau. Midwifery practitioners recognise the legal and professional boundaries of practice within Aotearoa, New Zealand. They recognise that the means by which healthy outcomes for women/wahine, their babies/tamaiti and family/whanau stem from the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and acknowledge the Treaty of Waitangi as the founding document of the peoples of Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Scope of Practice
The midwife works in partnership with women, on her own professional responsibility, to give women the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period up to six weeks, to facilitate births and to provide care for the newborn. The midwife understands, promotes and facilitates the physiological processes of pregnancy and childbirth, identifies complications that may arise in mother and baby, accesses appropriate medical assistance, and implements emergency measures as necessary. When women require referral midwives provide midwifery care in collaboration with other health professionals. Midwives have an important role in health and wellness promotion and education for the woman, her family and the community. Midwifery practice involves informing and preparing the woman and her family for pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and parenthood and includes certain aspects of women's health, family planning and infant well-being. The midwife may practise in any setting, including the home, the community, hospitals, or in any other maternity service. In all settings, the midwife remains responsible and accountable for the care she provides (Midwifery Council of New Zealand, 2004).
Vision
To ensure a high quality programme that prepares graduates to work alongside women and their whanau, to enable a safe and positive childbearing experience. Quality of services and the physical, emotional and cultural safety of women, their babies, families or whanau are of paramount importance. All women, whatever their situations have a right to free, continuous and consistent maternity care. Primary maternity services are best integrated into a continuum of primary health care. Where necessary and appropriate a seamless transfer of care from home to a hospital setting, and vice versa, can occur within the provisions of a single service provision. An appropriate and adequate maternity service includes access to a lead maternity carer.
Mission
Midwifery education reflects the changing pattern of maternity care. Midwives undertake a baccalaureate programme in which they learn the art and science of midwifery through a course of study that integrates theory with practice. Attention is paid to the physical, psychological, cultural and spiritual safety of women during pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-natal period. Attention is paid to the socio-political context that impacts on the health of women / wahine and their babies / tamaiti with a focus on the ways in which barriers to adequate and appropriate quality maternity and neonatal care can be removed.
Ongoing professional development is acknowledged as an intricate part of the growth of the midwife and the profession. Midwives are encouraged to continue studies within a framework of post-graduate education.
Teaching and Learning
The notion of partnership extends to the teaching and learning encounter. Teaching and learning occurs in an environment that fosters the co-creation of knowledge and understanding within the educator and learner partnership. Knowledge and understanding within this partnership embraces the principles of adult learning that enables learners to emerge as reflexive and competent practitioners.
Related Links
The Midwifery Council of New Zealand
New Zealand College of Midwives
Click here to access other paper numbers taught as part of the Midwifery programme. (i.e.: prefix 214, 209 175, etc)
