Faculty of Health Sciences
Diploma
Faculty of Health Sciences
The Department of Midwifery trains its graduates with a set of skills and competencies essential for providing comprehensive care throughout the childbirth continuum.
These competencies encompass clinical expertise, communication prowess, and ethical standards, ensuring optimal outcomes for both the birthing individual and their newborn.
The department equips students with a blend of clinical expertise, technical proficiency, effective communication, critical thinking, and unwavering professionalism, all of which collectively enable graduates to deliver high-quality, compassionate care throughout the childbirth process.
Graduates from midwifery programs have a range of career options available to them, depending on their interests, further education, and certifications.
Upon completing their studies, they will have developed a comprehensive set of competencies that enable them to provide thorough prenatal, labor, and postnatal care.
This includes managing normal deliveries, offering advanced care and support for complex cases, providing family planning and gynecological care, and working in various settings such as hospitals, birthing centers, or private practices.
These graduates are well-equipped with skills that are highly transferable and valuable across different environments, from direct patient care to educational and administrative roles.
Their training prepares them to make significant contributions to maternal and newborn health in a variety of ways.
A prospective student to enroll in the first year of Advanced Diploma in Midwifery must have successfully completed secondary school level with at least 2 principal passes with at least grade D in Biology and Chemistry, and having majored in at least one of the following cluster combinations:
Alternatively, a Grade 2 with at least satisfaction and at least 2 years of work experience.
Required documents:
Name: Mukamusana Clarisse
Email: cmukamusana@uck.ac.rw
Phone: 0788866124
