Master of Primary Maternity Care

Upon successful completion of this program, graduates will be prepared to design and deliver primary maternity care and women's health services within a wellness model.

Graduates will be recognised for their expertise and ability to apply professional knowledge and skills in maternity care. They will possess high levels of skills and knowledge in the following areas:

• Legal, professional and ethical issues in practice
• Synergy in practice to meet current and future maternity reform agenda
• Interactions of cultural diversity and their implications for practice
• Principles of partnership working
• Effective midwifery care and service provision.

Higher education

All applicants seeking to undertake the Master of Primary Maternity Care must hold:

• a Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a suitable professional health practice discipline such as midwifery, medicine, nursing or social work from a recognised tertiary institution with a GPA of 4.0 or above
• OR a Graduate Certificate in Primary Maternity Care from Griffith University (students will be eligible for 40 credit points of advanced standing and will be required to complete 80 credit points in the program).

Note: Applicants are not permitted to defer an offer. Should you be unable to accept an offer, you must re-apply for entry in the following year.

English Proficiency Requirements

English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:

• A minimum overall band score of 7.0 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 7.0
• OR a minimum score of 580 on TOEFL
• OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 92 (no score less than 22)
• OR no score less than 4 in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
• OR a minimum overall score of 185 (no score less than 176) on C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
• OR an overall score of 65 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 58.

English test results must be no more than two years old.

The Direct Entry Program (DEP) pathway is not accepted for this program.

Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website:

• Credit transfer

The Master of Primary Maternity Care will involve the development of high levels of research knowledge and skills to enable graduates to analyse the evidence, determine the applicability of evidence to practice, generate critical questions and conduct research. Graduates will contribute to the development of best practice through the acquisition and generation of research that supports evidenced based maternity care.

Award Requirements

To be eligible for the award of the Master of Primary Maternity Care (MPrimaryMaternityCare), a student must acquire 120 credit points as prescribed below:

• Standard pathway:
  • gain 70 credit points for core courses;
  • gain 10 credit points for a research elective course;
  • gain 40 credit points for listed elective courses.
• Dissertation pathway:
  • gain 60 credit points for core courses;
  • gain 10 credit points for a research elective course;
  • gain 10 credit points for a listed elective course;
  • gain 40 credit points for dissertation courses.

Degree structure:
https://www.griffith.edu.au/study/degrees/master-of-primary-maternity-care-5655#degree-details