C110\/08<\/p>\n
Curtin University of Technology introduces the first undergraduate midwifery degree
\nin Western Australia.<\/p>\n
Wednesday 16 April 2008
\n5.00pm \u2013 7.00pm
\n(Refreshments to follow)
\nBankwest Theatre
\nBuilding 200
\nCurtin University of Technology
\nBentley<\/p>\n
Parking available at P31 visitors parking
\n(Enter via Kent Street and follow the signs)<\/p>\n
Curtin University of Technology is the leading provider of midwifery education in Western Australian. The University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has a well established Postgraduate Diploma of Midwifery which it offers to metropolitan and rural students.<\/p>\n
In 2008 Curtin started to enrol students into WA’s first undergraduate midwifery degree, the Bachelor of Science (Midwifery).<\/p>\n
The degree offers students a direct entry route to studying midwifery and gives graduates the necessary skills to work in the community or provide acute care.<\/p>\n
According to Professor Phillip Della, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Curtin, the launch of this new degree in WA is very timely.<\/p>\n
“The number of babies born in Western Australia is increasing and King Edward Memorial Hospital recently confirmed the number of births last year was up by 1,000,” Professor Della said.<\/p>\n
“With the increase in births, there is a recognised shortage of midwives in the community and practicing WA midwives are part of an aging workforce as well.<\/p>\n
“The Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) will encourage a younger cohort of students into the profession which in turn will provide a long term remedy to the current shortages.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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