获得对怀孕的客户进行护理决策时所需的知识和技能。小班制
Midwives are health professionals who provide expert primary care to pregnant people and their newborns. In this program, you will gain the knowledge and skills needed to provide care throughout pregnancy, labor and birth, and for six weeks after the birth. Your learning begins at Laurentian with a series of courses covering the sciences, social sciences and professional basis for professional practice. You will have many opportunities to learn and practice hands-on skills in simulation situations before you go into placements. Midwifery placements take place in practices throughout the Laurentian region of the province and are allocated to students by lottery. You will work alongside a midwife – if the midwife is in the clinic, you are in the clinic, if the midwife is up at 2 a.m. for a birth, so are you. You will attend births in hospital, birth centre and home settings. You need to have access to a vehicle for all placements. During placements, you will stay connected with midwifery students and faculty using Internet classrooms to continue your theoretical learning. Graduates are eligible for registration as a Midwife in every province and territory where Midwifery is regulated. In Ontario, new graduates complete a ''New Registrant's Year'' with a full caseload of clients and the support and guidance of experienced midwives. As a relatively new profession, midwifery is engaged in many initiatives to develop the profession. Current projects include the expansion of the scope of practice, promotion of homebirth and the restoration and renewal of Indigenous midwifery.