The mission of the MS-Midwifery Program is to educate and empower a diverse cadre of Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) to provide safe, evidence-based, full-scope midwifery care with clinical excellence and social consciousness. The program fulfills this mission by:
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About the Midwifery Program
Championing the Midwifery Model of Care
Integrating the principles of informed choice, human presence, and support for the normalcy of reproductive and physiologic life processes to optimize health outcomes.
Advancing Health Equity and Reducing Disparities
Strategically engaging in community partnerships, policy advocacy, and scholarship to dismantle systemic barriers and close maternal-infant health disparity gaps.
Cultivating Interprofessional Synergy
Preparing graduates to lead collaborative, respectful care teams that maximize positive health outcomes for women, gender-diverse individuals, and their newborns.
Promoting Leadership, Scholarship, and Policy Engagement
Fostering a culture of inquiry, evidence-based practice, and civic engagement that positions graduates to shape the future of midwifery through scholarship, and policy influence.
Empower, Engage, and Prepare All Graduates
Preparing graduates to be transformative professionals and socially conscious leaders who embrace lifelong learning, social responsibility, and professional accountability as the cornerstones of transformative, person-centered midwifery practice through education, reflection, scholarship, and service.
What makes Pacific's midwifery program different?
We prepare advanced practice midwives to deliver safe, evidence-based, full-scope care that centers the client's autonomy, employs cultural humility and significantly improves the perinatal and reproductive health outcomes of diverse populations.
We empower midwives with the tools to drive policy and systems change and implement innovative solutions that reduce healthcare inequities in the communities they serve.
We foster the capacity for mindfulness, reflective practice and professional stewardship to ensure personal well-being, lifelong learning and the sustainability of a robust midwifery workforce.
Cost
The cost of the program is $1,149 per unit. The program will be 59-65 units total. Clinical lab fees will be $700 per year.
Student Handbook
Download the midwifery program student handbook.
Tuition Refund Policy
The midwifery program follows the refund policy and timeline associated with Pacific's other Health Sciences programs. View the refund schedule.
Transfer Credit Policy
View the university's transfer credit policy.
Accreditation
The midwifery program is preaccredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, 2000 Duke St, Suite 300, Alexandria VA, 22314, www.theacme.org.
