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Dec 03, 2024
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Undergraduate Calendar 2024-2025
Midwifery Program (B.H.Sc.)
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The four-year program spans nine terms and includes courses from basic sciences, social sciences, health sciences, Indigenous studies and electives, in addition to clinical courses. A variety of course formats include both in-person and online learning. Teaching methods include lecture format, small group tutorials, self-directed activities and practical learning experiences in both laboratory and clinical practice settings.
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Intensives
An Intensives course is 4-7 days in duration and consists of workshop-style presentations focusing on clinical skills. Attendance (100%) is mandatory.
Clinical Courses
Clinical courses consist of a practical and theoretical components and concurrent problem-based weekly tutorials. Students are assigned to a midwifery practice as well as to interprofessional placements including nursing, neonatal intensive care nursery, and obstetrical practices. Throughout the program, students will be placed in more than one midwifery practice within the McMaster MEP catchment area and will gain clinical experience in a hospital setting and with an obstetrician. Students should expect to relocate for clinical placements. Travel and living expenses are the responsibility of the student.
As described above, the MEP reserves the right, at any point during the term, to remove a student from a clinical placement or laboratory setting if the student exhibits unsafe clinical practice or behaviour that places clients or others at risk and/or violates the Midwifery Act of Ontario. Such removal will result in the student receiving a grade of F and may result in dismissal from the program.
Requirements for Students who Enter the Midwifery Program in 2023 or Later
135 units total (Levels I to IV)
Note
An asterisk (*) following a course code indicates that transfer credit may be available.
3 units
- One Humanities or Social Sciences elective from the Faculties of Health Sciences, Humanities, or Social Sciences*
3 units
- One Humanities or Social Sciences elective from the Faculties of Health Sciences, Humanities, or Social Sciences
Requirements (for students who entered in 2023 or prior)
Please note - The requirements outlined below are for students who entered the MEP before 2023. However, any student returning from a leave or withdrawal in 2023-24 and onwards will be asked to enter the new curriculum stream detailed above.
135 units total (Levels I to IV)
Note
An asterisk (*) following a course code indicates that transfer credit may be available.
6 units
- HTHSCI 1C06 A/B - Social Justice and Healthcare
3 units
- One Humanities or Social Sciences elective from the Faculties of Health Sciences, Humanities, or Social Sciences*
3 units
- One Humanities or Social Sciences elective from the Faculties of Health Sciences, Humanities, or Social Sciences*
3 units
- MIDWIF 3I03 - Advanced Clinical Skills I (Term 1)
6 units
- MIDWIF 3J06 - Preparation for Primary Maternity Care (Term 1 or Term 2)
6 units
- MIDWIF 3K06 - Interprofessional Practice II (Term 1 or Term 2)
9 units
- MIDWIF 3A09 - Interprofessional Practice I (Term 1 or Term 2)
3 units
- MIDWIF 3L03 - Advanced Clinical Skills II (Term 2)
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