Floreat-based identical twin Anette Kirchhoff is one of the first to graduate from Curtin University\u2019s undergraduate midwifery degree and is determined to help women have a healthy pregnancy and natural birth experience.<\/p>\n
Having worked as a nanny and babysitter in Perth since she was young, 21-year-old Anette took her passion a step further to literally help bring more babies into the world.<\/p>\n
Fresh from a clinical placement at Bunbury Regional Hospital as part of the course, Anette will officially graduate in February, at the same time as her twin sister Kristina, who took a different path studying mass communications at Curtin.<\/p>\n
The three-year full-time Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) course includes 1500 hours of clinical practice, which has trained Anette in a variety of community settings such as clinics, hospitals, birthing centres and in the mother’s home to make her job-ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreviously some hospitals did not consider employing midwives without being registered nurses first, but extensive \u2018on-the-job\u2019 practical training ensures graduates have the right skills and experience to start practising straight away,\u201d Anette said.<\/p>\n
Anette is currently completing a 12-month developmental midwifery graduate program at St John of God in Subiaco.<\/p>\n
\u201cI decided to grab the opportunity to work at the world-class healthcare facility, as I get to work with a dedicated program coordinator for the whole year, which is going to be really helpful,\u201d she said<\/p>\n
Jennifer Wood, Curtin University\u2019s Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) course coordinator said the degree combined evidence-based theory and clinical practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cStudents start their clinical experience in the first semester and receive training in a wide range of community and hospital settings,\u201d Jennifer said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe midwife’s work may be clinical, research or policy-based and can involve other aspects of women’s health, sexual or reproductive health, lactation consultancy and childcare \u2013 those who have a highly developed knowledge base and many clinical skills, are in demand both nationally and internationally.\u201d
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\nThe course is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).<\/p>\n
Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Denise Cahill, Public Relations, Curtin University Floreat-based identical twin Anette Kirchhoff is one of the first to graduate from Curtin University\u2019s undergraduate midwifery degree and is determined to help women have a healthy pregnancy and natural birth experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-17700","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":null,"photographer":null,"media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Curtin","last_name":"University","display_name":"Curtin University"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/17700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17700"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=17700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Tel: 08 9266 1931, Mobile: 0401 103 683, Email: d.cahill@curtin.edu.au<\/a>
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