The postgraduate midwifery program provides you with the opportunity to advance the discipline of midwifery, promote excellence in midwifery practice, and plan, implement and disseminate midwifery research. The College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University has a strong commitment to excellence in midwifery education, practice and research, with the expertise and educational background to support this commitment. This includes developing strong links with the profession in metropolitan, rural and remote areas locally, nationally and internationally. Our program reflects the philosophies of woman-centred midwifery, midwifery continuity of care and is underpinned by primary health care principles. The philosophy of the Australian College of Midwives has been considered and embraced in developing all midwifery teaching programs. The midwifery teaching team has a commitment to, and expertise in, research. It collaborates with service providers to establish joint research projects, actively seeks grants to support research projects, and has a well-established publication profile. As a student of the program it is anticipated that you will become an active scholar and/or researcher, collaboratively or independently, and further add to midwifery knowledge. The course aims to provide students with opportunities to contribute to research and the development of the profession of midwifery. Learning outcomes Graduates of this course are expected to be able to: critically review the theory and practice of contemporary midwifery care within dynamic professional and political contexts advance the discipline of midwifery by developing new conceptual frameworks and promoting excellence in midwifery practice apply advanced critical analysis and reflection skills to cotemporary midwifery professional practice in order to enhance its quality advance midwifery knowledge and practice research develop interdisciplinary and inter-organisational relationships in midwifery practice demonstrate advanced evidence-based knowledge, professional autonomy, accountability and leadership skills in their midwifery practice. Program of study To qualify for the Master of Midwifery, a student must complete 54 units with a grade of Pass, NGP or better in each topic. Pathway 1 - Coursework Pathway 2 - Coursework & Research