Program Overview

Advanced Maternal Health Management

The Advanced Maternal Health Management course is designed for trainee and experienced Advanced Care Practitioners in maternity care, as well as GP trainees and clinicians working in primary or acute care. This course is mapped to key elements of the newly launched Advanced Clinical Practice in Midwifery Capabilities Framework.

Course Overview

This course will help participants build advanced knowledge and skills in managing complex maternal health presentations. Participants will deepen their understanding of the physiology and pathology behind maternity complications—and learn how to create safe, effective management plans using a systematic, evidence-based approach.

Course Delivery

The course blends lectures, hands-on workshops, seminars, and interactive e-learning—grounded in clinical reality and research. Participants will engage with peers and clinicians, apply their learning directly to practice, and leave with skills they can use immediately.

Learning Objectives

• Systematically identify diverse clinical presentations relevant to the childbearing continuum and demonstrate advanced understanding of their aetiology and treatment.
• Demonstrate the ability to synthesise information from multiple sources to inform advanced clinical reasoning and make appropriate and evidence-based judgements and/or diagnosis.
• Critically evaluate and modify appropriate interventions to enable effective personalised care.
• Propose effective, safe and personalised solutions when managing unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable situations that require clinical expertise across professional service boundaries.

Course Dates

• 12th, 19th, and 26th May 2026
• 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd June 2026

Teaching Staff

• Module lead: Victoria Watson

Assessment

• A clinical case portfolio and written extended case summary - 100 Weighting The practice document will comprise of 2500 words detailing three individual episodes of care relating to advanced maternal health management. It will include:
  • Analysis of 3 complex or unfamiliar case-based presentations focusing on pathology and the diverse nature of each presentation.
  • Synthesis of evidence based clinical reasoning whilst critically evaluating rationale for diagnosis and management.
  • Each case-based presentation must address the module learning outcomes to ensure that, across the 3 cases, all learning outcomes are met.
  • Evidence of a minimum of 45 hours work based learning

Credits

20 credits

Entry Requirements

For information on requirements, please refer to the programme details.

Fees and Scholarships

Fees for 2026 entry

• Microcredential (Home): £1,211 Please note the Microcredential is not open to International students.

Application Process

You can study this course as a microcredential. Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree. They can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level.

Why Choose a Postgraduate Microcredential Short Course?

• Microcredentials offer the perfect opportunity to boost your CV without the commitment of a full degree
• Usually taken from existing modules within a Masters, they can be used as standalone credentials with some also counting as academic credits at postgraduate level
• Add a postgraduate level qualification to your CV
• Develop the specialist skills you need for your career goals
• Alumni status with the University of Birmingham
• Learners will have the same access to our student support and campus facilities as our students on full degree programmes.