MMid - Master of Midwifery / MMedSci - Maternity Care

Midwives and relative gathered around a new born baby

ONLINE - INTERACTIVE – INTERNATIONAL

This Masters programme, which has been running successfully since 2004, is conducted entirely over the Internet, with no travel or attendance requirements. It is therefore appropriate for any suitably qualified applicant who wishes to undertake postgraduate studies in midwifery or maternity care, wherever they might be located.

The University of Sheffield has had a longstanding interest in midwifery practice around the world and has fostered many international links and contacts. This programme provides opportunities for midwives and other practitioners working with women during childbirth to compare their own experiences with those in different cultural settings and reflect on the implications for perceived best practice.

The course aims to be both international and multiprofessional. It has been developed in partnership with service users, lay groups and other organisations involved in childbirth. Most students on the course are practising midwives who register for the degree of MMid but non-midwives who register for the MMedSci degree are equally welcome.

This course does not give a professional qualification and holding the MMid does not entitle an individual to practise midwifery.