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Midwifery Education Program

The Midwifery Education Program is based on the following beliefs and values:

• Midwifery has the potential to be one of the most important components of health care for pregnant and birthing people in Ontario.
• Midwives' expertise in the care of normal pregnancy and childbirth arises from their understanding of childbearing as a social, cultural, and biological process and from their ability to competently exercise clinical skills and decision-making.
• Midwifery education must provide the base for sound professional practice.
• Midwives are the best persons to teach the professional practice of midwifery.
• The educational program has a special responsibility to foster partnerships between midwives and other health care providers for the benefit of students and people who seek midwifery care.
• The educational program is an integral part of the evolution of the profession of midwifery in Ontario and Canada.
• The program must help create future leaders and teachers.
• The program must establish practice and teaching as a continuum so that learning environments become available across Ontario.
• The educational program will best assure the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values, and foster critical thinking if the academic setting is respectful of students, is committed to scholarly enquiry, and emphasizes the lifelong ability to learn and change.
• Accessible education, which is both flexible and culturally sensitive, requires high-quality distance education.
• The collaborative model of program development and management provides both a reflection of and a model for professional practice in the field of midwifery.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is a midwife? A midwife is a primary health care provider who is legally licensed to give supervision, care, and advice to clients during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries on their own, and to care for the newborn child.
2. How do midwives in Ontario work? Midwives usually work in community-based group practices. They attend births in hospitals, at clients' homes, and in birth centres. They provide care throughout pregnancy, labour, birth, and up to six weeks postpartum to the client and their baby.
3. Do I need to be a nurse before I can become a Midwife? No. Midwifery is an autonomous profession separate and distinct from nursing and medicine. While there are basic skills that are common to all three professions, midwifery has a unique scope of practice and model of care.
4. What type of educational background do students who are accepted to the Program typically have? Midwifery students come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. Many of them have received previous university undergraduate degrees, while others have graduate degrees, college diplomas, or are mature students. Prospective students are strongly recommended to have completed a minimum of one year of university education.
5. What are my chances of acceptance into the Program with little or no experience in the health field? Past experience may be taken into account during the selection process, but it is by no means a necessary requirement for acceptance into the Program. Applicants are assessed for those qualities that will enable the individual to become a good midwife. Places in the program have been offered to applicants from many different walks of life.
6. What is the earning potential for a Midwife in Ontario? Please consult the Association of Ontario Midwives for more information.
7. What is the employment outlook for students on completing the Program? With demand for midwives exceeding supply, there are many opportunities for graduates to fill positions in Ontario and other provinces in Canada. Once students complete the Program, they must write the Canadian Midwifery Registration Exam (CMRE) and then they are eligible to apply to the College of Midwives of Ontario for registration and are required to work in an established midwifery practice for one year. Toronto Metropolitan University graduates have successfully found positions in midwifery practices across Ontario and other parts of Canada.
8. What's the philosophy of the program? The educational program is based on the beliefs and values outlined above.
9. What is the Midwifery Supplementary Information Form? In addition to meeting the competitive academic requirements for the program, MEP applicants are required to submit the Midwifery Supplementary Information Form.
10. Where can I find the Midwifery Supplementary Information Form? The form is accessed through an applicant's ChooseTMU Applicant Portal.

Midwifery Supplementary Information Form

The Midwifery Supplementary Information Form is due by February 1st and is accessed through an applicant's ChooseTMU Applicant Portal. The form includes:

• The Racial Equity Admissions Self ID, used to promote equitable representations of Indigenous, Black, Persons of Colour (IBPOC) and/or racialized people in the interviews for admission.
• The Indigenous Admissions Process, designed to counter some of the systemic disadvantages that may affect Indigenous applicants' access to the program. Applicants who choose to self-identify as Indigenous, First Nations, Métis, or Inuit can indicate that they wish to participate in the IAP by completing this section of the Midwifery Supplementary Information form.