The Midwifery Institute is proud to announce the release of the Diploma in Midwifery! This is a four-year program encompassing both online course work and an extensive clinical apprenticeship. You will find that it is an exceptionally in-depth and rigorous course of study which exceeds the NARM CPM requirements for certification. There are certainly easier programs out there, but few that will compare. To graduate, you must complete the full course including the apprenticeship and meet the skills and experience requirements.
The curriculum has been developed to comply with the ICM (International Confederation of Midwives) and MEAC (Midwifery Education Accreditation Council).
| Term | Class | credits |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 Term 1 | ||
| Writing and Composition | 3 | |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Medical Terminology | 3 | |
| Professionalism | 3 | |
| Term 2 | ||
| Writing Skills for Midwives | 3 | |
| Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives | 3 | |
| The History of Birth & The State | 3 | |
| Community Work | 3 | |
| Term 3 | ||
| Law, Women’s Rights, and the Midwife | 3 | |
| Physical Exam and History Taking | 3 | |
| Family Planning | 3 | |
| Externship | 3 | |
| Year 2 Term 1 | ||
| Embryology and Fetal Development | 3 | |
| Prenatal Care | 3 | |
| Diversity | 3 | |
| clinicals | 3 | |
| Term 2 | ||
| Herbs and Aromatherapy | 3 | |
| Labor and Birth | 3 | |
| Nutrition | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 3 | |
| Term 3 | ||
| Understanding Lab work | 3 | |
| Pharmacology in the Childbearing Year | 3 | |
| Postpartum and Breastfeeding | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 3 | |
| Year 3 Term 1 | ||
| Ethics | 3 | |
| VBAC, Breech and Twins | 3 | |
| Physiology of Labor and Birth | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 3 | |
| Term 2 | ||
| Emergency Skills | 3 | |
| Mental Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum | 3 | |
| Neonatal Physiology and the Transition to Extrauterine Life | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 3 | |
| Term 3 | ||
| Practice Protocols and Client Literature | 6 | |
| Clinicals | 6 | |
| Year 4 Term 1 | ||
| Complementary Therapies | 3 | |
| Educating others | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 6 | |
| Term 2 | ||
| Business of Birth | 3 | |
| Traditional Midwifery Skills | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 6 | |
| Term 3 | ||
| Final Project | 3 | |
| The Trauma Informed Provider | 3 | |
| Clinicals | 6 |
- A minimum of 75 births with an increasing level of responsibility.
- At most 35 as an assistant
- At minimum 40 as the primary under supervision.
- A minimum of 225 prenatal visits.
- At most 75 as an assistant
- At least 150 as the primary under supervision.
- A minimum of 150 postpartum visits
- At most 50 as an assistant
- At least 100 as the primary under supervision.
- 65 Newborn exams
- At most 20 as an assistant
- At least 45 as the primary under supervision.
- Of the 75 births 50 will show continuity of care with the student providing at least 3 prenatal and 2 postpartum visits.
- All the births will be planned out of hospital either at the client’s home or a free-standing birth center.
- No more than 10 may be transports before or during birth.
This list is a combination of both required and recommended for your course of study. Unless you want a particular book for your library, it is recommended that you wait to purchase until you get the class list.
A History of Midwifery in the US: The Midwife Said Fear Not by Helen Varney and Dr. Joyce E. Thompson
A Shot in the Dark by H. Coulter
Active Birth by Janet Balaskas
Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives by Jane Coad, Kevin Pedley
Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent
Baby Maker: A Complete Guide to Holistic Nutrition for Fertility, Conception, and Pregnancy by Barbara Rodgers NC BCHN (Author), Ann Louise Gittleman Ph.D CNS (Foreword)
Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Crisis by Julia Chinyere Oparah and Helen Arega
Bates’ Nursing Guide to Physical Examination by Hogan-Quigley, Beth, Bickley, Lynn S.
Birth by Tina Cassidy
Birth Control Battles by Melissa J. Wilde
Birth Emergency Skills Training by Bonnie U. Gruenberg
Birth Wisdom by Jan Tritten
Birthing from Within by Pam England and Rob Horowitz
Birthing Justice by Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte
Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health by Aviva Romm
Brain Health from Birth by Rebecca Fett
Care of the Well Newborn by BJ Snell and Sandra L Gardner
Childbirth without Fear by Grantly Dick Read
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Midwifery & Women’s Health by
Communication: Making Connections by Joseph P Mazer and Melissa L Beall
Cut it Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America by Theresa Morris
Delivered by Midwives by Jenny M Luke
English Grammar Workbook for Adults by Michael DiGiacomo
Essential Writing skills for College and Beyond by C.M. Gill
Healing Passage by Anne Frye, K Hindall
Hearts & Hands by Elizabeth Davis
Hypnobirthing by Marie F Mongan
Ina May’s Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina Mae Gaskin
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina Mae Gaskin
Infection Control in Clinical Practice by Wilson, Jennie
It Starts With the Egg by Rebecca Fett
It Sucked & Then I Cried by Heather Armstrong
Labor of Love: A Midwife’s Memoir by Cara Muhlhahn
Man-Midwifery Exposed, or the Danger and Immorality of Employing Men in Midwifery Proved… By John Stevens
Motherwit by Onnie Lee Logan
Mothering the New Mother by Sally Placksin
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies by Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Obstetric Myths vs. Research Realities by Henci Goer
Optimal Care in Childbirth by Henci Goer and Amy Romano
Physical Assessment of the Newborn by Ellen P. Tappero and Mary Ellen Honeyfield
Pocket Guide to Clinical Midwifery by Lauren A. Dutton, Jessica E. Densmore
Policing the Womb by Michele Goodwin
Pushed by Jennifer Block
Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization by Khiara Bridges
Skills for Midwifery Practice by Ruth Johnson and Wendy Taylor
Sperm Donor = Dad by Cheryl Shuler
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin
Top 100 Drugs in Midwifery & Women’s Health by Heidi Collins Fantasia
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
A Midwife’s Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology by Keith L. Moore and T. V. N. Persaud
The Labor Progress Handbook by Penny Simkin
The Matron’s Manual of Midwifery and the Diseases of Women during pregnancy and in Childbed by Dr. Frederick Hollick
The Moral Property of Women by Linda Gordon
The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer
The Vaccine Book by Robert W. Sears
The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League
Turabian The Easy Way by Peggy M. Houton and Timothy J Houton
Understanding Diagnostic Tests in the Childbearing Year by Anne Frye and Rhonda Baker
Varney’s Midwifery by Tekoa L. King, Mary C. Brucker
Witches, Midwives & Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich
Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Year by Susun S. Weed
2021-2022 School Year
August 30th, 2021 to December 19th, 2021
January 3rd, 2022 to April 17th, 2022
May 9th, 2022 August 21st, 2022