MIDWIFERY BACKGROUND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

updated July 2008

 

Option B: Registration and Clinical Experience

If you have a lot of experience working as a midwife, you will likely use this option.

 

What kind of clinical experience and midwifery registration do I need?

• You must have registered with a regulatory organization or government department that: has authority to govern the profession;  keeps a register of midwives; and regulates the standards and practice of midwifery.

• You have actively practised midwifery for at least 5 out of the last 10 years while registered with a midwifery regulatory organization.

• You have had good professional conduct during your career which can be proven by a certificate of good conduct or equivalent from a regulatory organization or government department.

• You have been the primary* midwife for at least 200 births.

• You can prove your education or experience in antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum and newborn care from the perspective of a midwife providing evidence-based care on her own responsibility.  (Postpartum care must have been provided beyond the first 24 hours after birth up to a minimum of 2 weeks postpartum.)

* The primary (principal) midwife is a midwife with complete, non-delegated, responsibility for the care of a woman and her newborn. The primary midwife is normally responsible for managing the labour and delivery and for the immediate care of the newborn. In cases where complications arise, the primary midwife makes the decision to transfer care, coordinates the transfer, collaborates with the health professional to whom she has referred her client, and provides supportive care after the transfer occurs. Supervised student midwives who act in the role of primary midwife are also included in this definition.

For a Flow Chart of the MMBP Eligibility and English Language Requirements, click here.

For a printable version of MMBP Eligiblity Requirements, click here.