BMidwif Midwifery

An initial set of uniforms for clinical practice will be supplied by the University.

You will need to purchase a fob-watch and suitable shoes for working in the practice learning environment. Some travel costs to placements may be covered by Health Education England.

You may be required to pay for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) document check at the Post Office prior to commencing the programme.

As per the government announcement, all UK midwifery students will receive a payment of at least £5,000 a year which they will not need to pay back. The funding will be given to all new and continuing degree-level nursing, midwifery and many allied health students from September 2020. More information can be found on the NHS website.

Please note, eligibility criteria for the new funding will be the same as the wider NHS Learning Support Fund payable to students ordinarily resident in the UK and studying at a university in England.

Find out about the financial support available to students starting at Manchester.

This unit will provide you with a foundational knowledge of the normal anatomy and physiology of the non-pregnant and pregnant female body on which to build your understanding of safe and effective midwifery practice. You will develop study skills and techniques to help you to understand and communicate complex scientific concepts. This essential knowledge will underpin the development of your key midwifery skills for assessing and caring for childbearing women and birthing people. 
You will learn through a variety of formats including lectures, small group tutorials, online activities, quizzes, and self-directed learning. 
 

Enable learners to develop essential knowledge of anatomy and physiology in pregnancy and early neonatal life as a foundation for safe and effective midwifery practice.

Intended Learning Outcomes

The intended learning outcomes (ILOs) and aims are all constructively aligned to ensure the teaching and assessment methods support the learners’ achievement of these to the highest standard. The assessment ensures that all aims and ILOs can be demonstrated as met during the assessment task and in order to facilitate learners’ understanding of the ILOs the following teaching methods will be used:

• Lectures – face to face and online (synchronous and asynchronous)
• Small group workshops and seminars
• Guided study
• Quizzes
• Revision workshops
• Mock examinations
• Peer reviewed presentations
• Clinical practice

Clinical practice hours are included in this unit to enable learners to apply theoretical

• Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of normal human anatomy and physiology for key body systems.
• Demonstrate essential knowledge of genomics.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding about the way key body systems adapt during the process of pregnancy, birth and the puerperium.
• Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system and related structures.
• Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the anatomy of the breast and the physiology of lactation.
• Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of key aspects of neonatal anatomy and physiology.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of key physiological changes during potentially life-threatening situations and the assessment of physiological indicators of wellbeing.

• Develop their necessary thinking skills to be able to apply information from one discipline to another, specifically developing their ability to see how best practice in midwifery must take full account of the physiological processes of pregnancy, birth, the puerperium and the neonate.

• Demonstrate accurate use of anatomical and physiological terms.

• Develop effective techniques for understanding and retaining complex scientific information.
• Take responsibility for their own learning and the completion of appropriate learning activities.
• Demonstrate effective team working skills.
• Develop skills for presenting information to small groups in a logical and concise way.

The exam is a mix of Multiple Choice and Open Book questions.

• Small group activities 
• Formative Group presentations 
• Multiple choice quizzes
• Revision workshops 
• Mock exam 

Indicative Reading List

• Rankin J (2024) Physiology of Childbearing 5th Edition Edinburgh, Elsevier.
• Derrickson B & Tortora G (2019) Introduction to the human Body 11th Edition