The aims of the Postgraduate Diploma (Advanced Midwifery Practice) programme are to enable experienced registered midwives, who have a related MSc in midwifery/nursing, to develop an expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills, and clinical competencies for an advanced autonomous scope of practice. The finite characteristics are shaped by the: context in which the individual practices; the needs of women/people/clients; and the challenges and developments within the health services. 

 
The programme is designed to prepare the students as advanced autonomous practitioners, who are clinically competent and skilled in the delivery of high quality direct care to a specific women /client group. In particular, the Advanced Midwifery Practitioner will promote wellness, offer healthcare interventions and advocate healthy lifestyle choices for women/people, their families and carers in a wide variety of settings in collaboration with other healthcare professionals, according to agreed scope of practice guidelines.