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Post-Graduate Certificate

Program Information

Midwifery & Women’s Health Programs
Jefferson – Center City Campus

130 S. Ninth Street
Suite 960
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Curriculum

Post-Graduate Certificate

This program is available as a part or full-time program, starting during the spring or fall semester. A full-time curriculum sequence is shown below. Though the order and workload may change depending on sequence chosen, all courses shown below reflect the requirements of the Post-masters program, regardless of part or full-time commitment or the semester in which a student begins. The clinical portions of the program are full-time.

All courses are three (3) credit hours, unless otherwise indicated.

Note the program of study is the same as the MS in Midwifery without the following four master's related courses:

  • Introduction to Health Policy
  • Theoretical Foundations for Midwifery
  • Evidence-Based Care: Evaluating Research
  • MS Elective

Semester I

  • Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology for Primary Care
  • Professional Issues
  • Advanced Health Assessment

Semester II

  • Healthcare of Women (4 credits)
  • Advanced Pharmacology I (2.5 credits)

On Campus Intensive: Office skills

Semester III

  • Embryology and Genetics (1 credit)
  • Preparation for Office Based Practice (1 credit)
  • Antepartum Care (4 credits)
  • Postpartum/Newborn Care (2.5 credits)
  • Clinical Well Woman and Maternity Care I (2 credits)

Semester IV

  • Intrapartum Care (4 credits)
  • Advanced Pharmacology II (1.5 credits)
  • Clinical Well Woman and Maternity Care II

On Campus Intensive: Birth skills

Semester V

  • Preparation for Full Scope Midwifery Practice (1 credit)
  • Clinical Full Scope Midwifery Care I
    (4 credits)
  • Advanced Perinatal Pathophysiology
    (4 credits)

Semester VI

  • Clinical Full Scope Midwifery Care II
    (5 credits)
  • Midwifery Nexus Project (1.5 credits)