Midwifery
Title on graduation:
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
Entrace Requirements:
free of admission
Scope:
240 ECTS in
8
Semesters
Semester Fee:
246,03
€ (+ 15 € einmalig für Thoska)
Language of instruction:
German
Unique selling points:
- The University of Applied Sciences Jena has already established the model course "Obstetrics/Midwifery" (enrolment no longer possible) since 2014. This makes the university one of the few in Germany that already has several years of experience in academic midwifery education.
- Within the theoretical courses, interdisciplinary modules take place to promote inter-professional communication and teamwork with students of other health professions and human medicine, which includes training in the skills lab.
- The students complete the practical phases in a clinic cooperating with the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena. A rotation principle and the externship enable the students to get to know a broad spectrum of different care levels, care models and care environments and thus to gain comprehensive qualifications.
- The elective modules offered in the 7th semester serve to set content-related focal points with a focus on personal interests and development.
As a midwife, you are responsible for providing comprehensive health care for people during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and breastfeeding. In doing so, midwives work closely with members of other health care professions and medicine. Midwifery-specific health care is provided in different care settings: in midwifery practices and birth centres, in clinics of different levels of care, in gynaecological practices and also home settings.
In inpatient primary care during pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding, you can work, for example, in the antenatal clinic, on the prepartum ward, in the (midwife-led) delivery room, on the maternity ward (mother-child unit), in the breastfeeding outpatient clinic, in the parenting school and also as a study midwife.
In outpatient care, for example, you can provide out-of-hospital or clinical midwife-led obstetric care and work as a course instructor.
You can further qualify for psychosocial or educational activities and work as a family midwife or practice supervisor.
In addition, you can be active in professional politics in professional associations or work as academic staff at universities and participate in midwifery research and teaching.
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In the degree programme in midwifery science, the competences formulated in the Midwives Act (HebG) are acquired, which enable graduates to act in a science-based manner in complex obstetric situations, to understand and evaluate obstetric knowledge and to implement decisions on care and support in pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period in a needs- and resource-oriented manner in the interest of promoting the health of women and families while respecting self-determination. In addition to this acquisition of competences, the content focus of the study programme is on enabling graduates to develop and implement innovative care models that take into account current and future developments in health care. In addition to midwife-led delivery rooms, these care models include, in particular, outpatient midwifery care and interprofessional care networks that also function with digital support, as well as cross-setting and diversity-sensitive care offers. In addition to bioscientific, legal, economic, ethical, social and cultural scientific theories, concepts and methods are taught.
The programme is structured dynamically over 8 semesters. Modules from theory and practice alternately intertwine and thereby sharpen and deepen the acquired competences.
Module overview
- Propaedeutic
- Scientific and medical basics - Part 1
- Midwifery I: Physiology of pregnancy and birth
- Practical Phase I
- Natural science and medical basics - Part 2
- Social science basics
- Midwifery I: Physiology of the postpartum period, breastfeeding phase, newborn physiology
- Practical phase II
- Economics and Law
- Midwifery II: Pregnant women and women giving birth in special situations
- Midwifery III: Women in childbed and newborns in special situations
- Practical phase III
- Midwifery IV: Women's Health and Gynaecology
- Midwifery V: Midwifery Science and Health Promotion
- Practice Phase IV
- Forschung in Pflege und Hebammenkunde
- HK VI: Versorgung, Vernetzung und Kooperation
- Praxisphase V
- Midwifery VII: Complex case understanding
- Practice Phase VI
- Midwifery VIII: Encounter and Transculturality
- Midwifery IX: Psychpsocial Challenges
- Developing midwifery science
- Compulsory elective module I
- Compulsory elective module II
- Bachelor thesis
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"A wide variety of subjects are offered and thus perfectly prepared for the many practical assignments. Prospective midwives are also prudently trained in practice, but also faced with personal and emotional new experiences."
"Super study programme, great content, super organisation and qualified lecturers and professors. Absolutely recommendable."
"The study programme is very versatile, challenging and brings a lot of fun with it."
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BEFORE enrolment, the conclusion of a training contract with a cooperating hospital of the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena is REQUIRED. The application is made at the corresponding hospital, taking into account the application deadlines and the application documents to be submitted.
- University Hospital Jena
- Hufeland Clinic Mühlhausen site
- Thuringia Clinics "Georgius Agricola", Saalfeld
- Eichsfeld Hospital gGmbH, Eichsfeld
- Robert Koch Hospital, Apolda
- Catholic Hospital Erfurt
- SRH Wald-Klinikum Gera GmbH
- Bayreuth Hospital
- Südharzklinikum Nordhausen
- Pleißental - Clinic GmbH Werdau
- KMG Hospital Sömmerda
- Rudolf Virchow Clinic Glauchau
- Eichsfeld Clinic gGmbH Heiligenstadt
- SRH Clinic Naumburg
- Sophien- and Hufeland Hospital Weimar
- Obergöltzsch Hospital Rodewisch
An extended certificate of good conduct and a medical certificate of professional aptitude are generally required for the conclusion of the training contract.
The following requirements apply to applications for the open-admission course of study in Midwifery at the University of Applied Sciences Jena:
- Valid higher education entrance qualification (HZB) proven by general higher education entrance qualification, subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or advanced technical college entrance qualification.
- You do not have a higher education entrance qualification, but you have professional experience? Then find out more here.
Or
- If you have successfully completed vocational training in accordance with the requirements of the German Midwifery Act (HebG §10) (e.g. health and nursing officer, health and paediatric nurse, nursing specialist, nurse) AND have 3 years of professional experience, you can study on a probationary basis. You can find more information here.
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