Admission Requirement

Admission Requirements for Regular Students

·         Admissions to all regular undergraduate programs are processed through the Ministry of Education.

·         Have natural science background.

·         Physically fit

Admission Requirement for Advance standing students

To be eligible for admission into the advance standing midwifery program, a candidate should:

·         Fulfill the stated criteria by the Ministry of Education

·         Have graduated from an accredited college/school with diploma (level IV) in midwifery/nurse.

·         Have obtained a minimum of 2 or 60% cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in previous diploma program.

·         Have served in midwifery for a minimum of 2 years

·         Present letter of sponsorship or letter of release from employing institution.

·         Recently certified by center of competency  

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

·         A midwife is responsible and accountable to work in partnership with women to give the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labor and the postpartum period

·         A midwife is responsible and accountable to provide family planning services, immunization and antenatal care.

·         A midwife is responsible and accountable to conduct births on her/his own responsibility, and provide care for the newborn and infant.

·         Provide preventative measures, promote normal birth, and detect complications in mothers and children, and accessing of medical care or other appropriate assistance and the carrying out of emergency measures.

·         Provide health counseling and education, not only for the woman, but also within the family and the community including antenatal education and preparation for parenthood and may extend to women’s health, sexual or reproductive health and child care; certain areas of gynecology.

·         Do problem-solving researches and apply findings according to community situation.

·         Should participate in development of national policies related to adolescents, maternal and child health.

·         Teach, mentor, supervise and guide maternal and child health work force on her/his score in academic and clinical areas

·         May practice midwifery skill in any setting including the home, community, hospitals, clinics or health units.

·         Work in collaboration with different stake holder in matters related to maternal, adolescent and child health

GRADUATE PROFILE

Upon completion of the BSc Midwifery program, the graduates will be able to:-

ü  Identify normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology of human body in general and reproductive system in particular.

ü  Assess, diagnose and manage normal and abnormal pregnancy in women friendly way based on focal ANC, and refer when necessary.

ü  Develop and implement care plan in midwifery practice.

ü  Assess, diagnose and manage normal/abnormal labor and deliveries, and refer when necessary.

ü  Provide comprehensive care for normal and abnormal postnatal women.       

ü  Provide care for the normal and abnormal  new born and infant  

ü  Conduct surveillance, provide preventive care, manage common problems of the mother and children, and refer risk cases.

ü  Identify common drugs and anesthetic agents in obstetrics & Gynecology, and use them as appropriate.        

ü  Give integrated F/P counseling and services, mange related complication of various types of contraceptive methods. 

ü  Assess, diagnose and manage HIV/STIs cases in adolescents and women of reproductive age groups.

ü  Identify, prepare and use obstetrical & gynecologic instruments, functions and related problems.

ü  Assess, diagnose and manage common gynecological problems.

ü  Diagnose and manage abortion effectively and provide  safe post abortion care

ü  Conduct and implement research in midwifery practice to improve the quality of care.

ü  Demonstrate/State the management role of midwifery.

ü  Recognizes and maintains Personal and professional attributes, demonstrating ability to interact with health care team.

ü  Practice and demonstrate standard infection prevention techniques at all levels of health care settings.

ü  Provide HIV counseling and testing.

ü  Provide ARV’ prophylaxis for mother and newborn to prevent mother to child transmission.

ü  Counsel mothers and care takers on infant feeding options.

ü  Perform and evaluate ultrasound results for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose in midwifery practice

ü  Function within legal and ethical framework, accepting responsibility and accountability for his or her own practice

ü  Be involves in a decision making process as a member of the clinical and community health team at different levels.

ü  Participates actively in activities against women violence, reproductive health rights, and child abuse.

ü  Be involved actively in the teaching / learning activities of health professional training.

ü  Maintain and expand continuing learning through self-directing learning.

ü  Provide high quality, culturally sensitive health education and services to all individuals, family or in the community in order to promote  healthy family life, planned pregnancies and  positive parenting

ü  Involve male participation in Reproductive health services

Graduation Requirement

Graduation requirement will be according to each university rule and regulation. Thus, a student enrolled in the BSc midwifery program is eligible for graduation if and only if he/she

·         Has taken all the required courses for the program

·         Has  obtained a minimum ‘C’ in all theoretical courses; competent  in practical courses and CGPA of 2.0

·         Student should be able to pass comprehensive exam of the school (internal examination), both in theory & practice before graduation.

·         The student should pass the comprehensive external examination administered by external examiners (MOH).

·         If not able to pass both internal and/or external exam, she/he will be delayed for a minimum of 3 months and then shall sit for the re exam.

·         Pass successfully and complete internship/professional practice program.

·         Has carried out a student research project on a selected and agreed topic of research problem and scored a minimum of ' C' grade in his/her thesis report.

Degree Nomenclature

Up on successful completion of this program the graduate will be awarded “The Degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Midwifery” in English and “(የባችለር ሳይንስ ዲግሪ በሚድዊይፍሪ)“ in Amharic.