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Post-Graduate Certificate

Program Information

Name: Midwifery & Women’s Health Programs
Organization: Jefferson – Center City Campus

130 S. Ninth Street
Suite 960
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Curriculum

Post-Graduate Certificate

This program is available as a part-time program, starting during the fall semester. A curriculum sequence is shown below. Though the order and workload may change depending on sequence chosen, all courses shown below reflect the requirements of the post-graduate program. The clinical portions of the program are full-time.

All courses are three (3) credit hours, unless otherwise indicated.

Note the program of study is the same as the MS in Midwifery without the following four master's related courses:

  • Introduction to Health Policy
  • Theoretical Foundations for Midwifery
  • Evidence-Based Care: Evaluating Research
  • MS Elective

Fall Semester

  • Orientation Residency 
  • Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology for Primary Care

Spring Semester

  • Advanced Health Assessment 

Summer Semester

  • Reproductive & Sexual Healthcare 
  • Advanced Pharmacology I 

Fall Semester 

  • Antepartum Care 
  • Postpartum/Newborn Care 

Spring Semester 

  • Intrapartum Care 
  • Advanced Pharmacology II 

Summer Semester

  • Preparation for Office-based Practice 
  • Embryology and Genetics 
  • Professional Issues I 
  • Midwifery Care in Ambulatory Settings I

Fall Semester 

  • Advanced Perinatal Pathophysiology
  • Midwifery Care in Ambulatory Settings II 

Spring Semester 

  • Preparation for Full-Scope Practice 
  • Professional Issues II 
  • Full Scope Midwifery Care I 

Summer Semester 

  • Full Scope Midwifery Care II