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Graduation Requirements
Graduates must demonstrate proficiency in the midwifery program's Core Competencies as shown by:
- Satisfactory completion of all didactic and clinical courses with a grade of 80 percent or better (some non-core courses can be passed with a grade of 75 percent or better.)
- Satisfactory completion and presentation of the Master's Research Project.
- Satisfactory completion of all sections of the comprehensive written and clinical exams in the last year of the program.
- Completion of 40 hours of community service for the University or the profession of midwifery.
- Demonstration of the qualities of a professional midwife as determined by the Student Progress Committee.
Graduates must also meet the following minimum clinical requirements:
Participation in 60 births*, including at least:
- 30 births in which the student functions in role of primary midwife under supervision
- 20 births in which the student is actively involved in the client’s care
- 10 births in which the student is observing
- 30 births in an out of hospital setting
- 25 births in the US or the student’s country of origin
- *an additional 40 observed births (total of 100 births) for Washington State licensure
Participation in 1,500 hours (the equivalent of 50 credits) of clinical work, including at least:
- 400 hours of intrapartum experience
- 800 hours of clinic time in prenatal, postpartum and gynecological care
- Participation in 720 client contacts, including at least:
- 300 prenatal exams
- 100 postpartum visits
- 50 newborn exams
- 50 follow-up newborn exams
- 50 gynecological exams
Clinical training for at least one year at a minimum of two clinical sites in the US or the student’s home country. All clinical training is with adjunct clinical faculty who are practicing legally in their region and will incorporate:
- at least one preceptorship in which the clinical faculty member is a midwife
- one site for at least six months and 15 births (involved and supervised primary) in an out of hospital setting
- one site for at least three months and 10 births
- satisfactory completion of all levels of clinical evaluation
Demonstration of continuity of care by providing these continuous care services to at least 10 women:
- 4 prenatal visits
- 3 postpartum visits
- in 3 of the 10 cases the student must function as primary midwife under supervision