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Midwifery

Blended Delivery

Our Bachelor of Midwifery is delivered via blended learning; a combination of practical experience, online learning and traditional classroom teaching. We have six satellite areas in which you can be located.

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What is blended delivery?

Blended delivery means that you learn through a combination of practical experience, online learning and traditional classroom teaching. The Bachelor of Midwifery is delivered this way in all of our satellite areas, including Dunedin.

What your learning looks like

  1. Weekly hui ākonga
    Weekly face-to-face tutorials in small groups with your lecturer.
  2. Online learning
    A mix of online tutorials and lecturers, both with your class and self-directed.
  3. Practical experience
    Hospital shifts and community-based midwifery experiences.
  4. Block courses
    Intensive wānanga held on campus either in Dunedin or Porirua.

Programme structure by year

Year one

Practice experience starts early in year one where you will follow up to five whānau through their childbirth experiences. You will also complete 21 shifts in a maternity facility/ies across the year. The shifts will be a mixture of day, afternoon, and night shifts. Shifts may be in the antenatal and post-natal ward/s and/or birthing units depending on the hospital. There are five, one-week seminar blocks/wānanga in year one.

Year two

Second year students/ākonga follow a community-based case loading midwife for two weeks, then follow six women in the midwife’s caseload They also complete 24 shifts in antenatal and post-natal wards and birthing units. Additional shifts may be undertaken in NICU, SCBU, Family Planning, breastfeeding support, and other women and child health areas. Placements will depend on the availability of services in each area. There are five, one-week seminar blocks/wānanga in year two.

Year three (final year)

Third year students/ākonga complete 33 weeks of placements with midwives in both community and hospital environments. Up to three of these practise placements will be away from student/ākonga home areas. There are three, one-week seminar blocks/wānanga in year three.

Wānanga

In total, there are five, one-week intensive course blocks/wānanga in year one and year two, and three one-week, intensive course blocks/wānanga in year three. These are held at Whitireia Porirua campus in the North Island or on the Otago Polytechnic Dunedin campus in the South Island.

 

Where can I study?

Choose one of our six satellite areas around New Zealand. Each area has a designated Midwifery lecturer (kaiako) who provides support and runs the face-to-face ākonga.

South Island
North Island

Southland

Whanganui

Dunedin

Palmerston North

Central Otago

Greater Wellington (Kapiti, Porirua, Wellington City, Hutt Valley, Wairarapa)

Please note: In some years not all satellite areas will be available. Please enquire. 

 

Want to find out more?

The information above is focused on where you can learn and how you study. We also have further details about the programme itself here.

Contact us

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