A new bachelor's program will start at the Department of Social and Health Services in the winter semester 2021/2022: The dual bachelor's program "Midwifery Science" under the direction of Professor Dr. Nina Knape is the only midwifery program in Rhineland-Palatinate so far within the framework of the academization of midwifery training, which has been in effect since 2020. An application for the accredited program is possible from May via the university's application portal. Prospective students can inform themselves about the new study program and the new requirements of midwifery education in an online info event on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 15.00-17.00h. Registration for the info event via: https://www.veranstaltungen.hwg-lu.de/event/online-infotag-hebammenwissenschaft-studieren
Midwives care for women and their families from the beginning of pregnancy until the end of breastfeeding. They accompany and support women in this special phase of life, independently conduct physiological births and are responsible for the examination and care of newborns and infants. With their work, they make a significant contribution to the health care of women and their families in both the medical and psychosocial fields. Up to now, midwifery training has been an apprenticeship profession. Since the Midwifery Reform Act came into force in 2020, the bachelor's degree program has been mandatory for midwives-to-be, with a transitional period until the end of 2022.
From the coming winter semester, therefore, the new dual course of study "Midwifery Science" will start, which the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences offers in cooperation with practical institutions (clinics), freelance midwives and birth centers as the only location in Rhineland-Palatinate so far. Cooperating practice mechanisms are at present the Westpfalz clinical center Kaiserslautern, the Diakonissen donation hospital Speyer, the clinical center Worms, the university clinical center Mannheim, the university clinical center Heidelberg, the pc. Marienkrankenhaus Ludwigshafen as well as the clinical center mother house of the Borromäerinnen Trier.
Prospective students can apply to the university from the beginning of May 2021. After successful examination of the documents, the applicants will receive a provisional admission certificate from the university with which they can then apply for a practical placement at a cooperating clinic. Remuneration is paid throughout the entire course of study.
The full-time course lasts 7 semesters and ends with the state professional qualification as a midwife and the Bachelor of Science. High school diploma, advanced technical college entrance qualification or a completed training in nursing are prerequisites for taking up the study program.
With the dual study program "Midwifery", which has already existed for 10 years, the Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences has many years of experience in the academic training of midwives. In contrast to the previous study program, however, which is only aimed at midwives who are already certified and trainees at the midwifery schools in Heidelberg, Lahr, Speyer and Saarbrücken, the new dual study program "Midwifery Science" is a primary qualifying study program and will replace the "Midwifery" study program in the medium term.
For all those interested in studying, the Department of Social and Health Services is offering an online information event on this new course of study on Friday, 29.01.21, from 15:00 to 17:00. More information and registration for the online info event at: https://www.veranstaltungen.hwg-lu.de/event/online-infotag-hebammenwissenschaft-studieren
More information about the study program at: https://www.hwg-lu.de/studium/bachelor/hebammenwissenschaft-dual
Specialist contact
University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen
Department of Social and Health Services
Claudia Hobbie
Course organizer Dual Bachelor's Degree in Midwifery
Tel.: 0621/5203-524
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