Hi Rachel, I'm a Bachelor of Midwifery student @ Victoria Uni, in Melbourne.
My understanding is that if your do nursing first, after that you can do a graduate dipolma in midwifery. You could do the Bachelor of Midwifery instead of the grad dip, but the bmid is 3 years (though you'd probably get some subject exemptions from doing nursing) & the grad dip is 18 months. Also, to my knowledge, the BMid is not being offered outside of SA or VIC at present. You might want to clarify w/ the uni. I'm not sure about pathways to get in to uni in terms of bridging courses & stuff, I would think that the uni would have some answers for you or atleast be able to point you in the right direction. The Australian College of Midwives has some info about the BMid on their site, I think. They're @ www.acmi.org.au Please correct me if anyone has any different info! Hope this helps, Rachel. Kind regards, Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "S & R Tempest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:22 am Subject: [ozmidwifery] New to the group with lots of questions! > Hi Everyone! > > > > My name is Rachael and I am new to the group. I have recently > decided to > become a midwife but I need some help because I am not 100% sure > how to go > about it. > > > > I am in Queensland. I read on the Queensland University of > Technology site > that you have to become a registered nurse, work as a nurse for a > minimum of > one year and then you can do your bachelor of midwifery. I > understand that > bit but I am not quite sure how to get into uni. I did not do > year 11 or 12 > I think I have a choice out of doing a bridging course or the Adult > Tertiary Prep. course at TAFE. Does any one know anything about > bridgingcourses? What kind of grade do I need to get into > nursing? I am leaning > towards the ATP course but I am not sure which electives to > choose, which 4 > would you recommend out of - Literature, Legal Studies, > Mathematics, Biology > Physics, Pure Mathematics and Computing for academic purposes? > Also, I am > a mum of two so I was wondering if it is much harder to do a uni > courseexternally rather than internally? Any other advise would > be greatly > appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > Rachael -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
