Midwifery

Field of studies
Health sciences
Qualification
Bachelor of Health Sciences, Midwifery Qualification
Form and duration
Full-time day program (3.5 years)
Language
english
Annual tuition fee
2782 Eur
Programme code
6531GX053

Why study this programme?

If you have a calling to help women and babies, to care for their well-being and health, we invite you to take this vocational path. Enrolled in midwifery, you will acquire special knowledge and skills vital in taking care of women, girls, and women in labour. People with qualifications in midwifery can work as obstetricians individually or in a team of healthcare specialists, providing services at licensed personal healthcare institutions, and the community. Applied scientific research and advanced innovations, conducted at KVK will ensure professional growth and improvement. The increasing demand for professional obstetricians guarantees long-term employment and excellent career perspectives.

The program’s uniqueness

Midwifery study programme stands out by its innovative approach to student education, ensuring excellent results both in terms of midwifery practice and compliance with applicable standards. What makes the programme unique is the innovative Simulation centre, offering real-world practice opportunities. This modern centre is equipped with advanced technologies, enabling students to examine various clinical situations and thus develop their practical skills with no risk to patients. The simulated situations are developed to imitate real-life midwifery practice and not only help to develop skills, but also emotional resilience and the ability to take action in stressful situations.

The Midwifery study programme is compiled according to international and national legislation, midwifery standards, directives, and documents to prepare the graduates for most challenging situations they could encounter while working in the healthcare setting. This programme highlights not only the technological progress, but also human aspects, developing student abilities of efficient communication with patients and other healthcare team members.

Study environment

  • Nursing and midwifery simulation centre
  • General practice nursing and midwifery training laboratory
  • Nursing training laboratory
  • Obstetric care and surgical nursing training laboratory
  • Therapeutic nursing and emergency medical aid training laboratory
  • Intensive care training laboratory
  • Paediatric nursing training laboratory
  • Primary healthcare laboratory
  • Maternity ward

Career

You will work as midwives capable of making independent decisions and collaborating within a healthcare team. You will organize and provide health care, prevention, counseling, and support for girls and women at all stages of life, as well as ensure continuous health care for pregnant women, mothers in labor, postpartum women, their newborns, and infants across various levels of healthcare services.

Contact person

Dr. Akvilė Virbalienė Head of the Nursing and Social Welfare Department

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Goal of the program

To train midwives that can work individually and in a team of healthcare specialists, demonstrating their practical abilities of organising and performing healthcare, prevention, consulting, and assistance to girls/women in all periods of life, as well as continuous healthcare of perinatal women and their babies in various healthcare settings.

Subjects

Subject ECTS Credits
I Semester
Professional Foreign Language 3
Anthropology 3
Professional Ethics and Medical Law 3
Anatomy and Physiology 6
Microbiology and Hygiene 3
General Psychology 3
Midwifery Care and General Nursing 9
II Semester
Advanced Health Education Technologies and e-Health 3
Pathophysiology 4
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Radiology 4
General and Clinical Pharmacology 4
Normal Pregnancy, Labor, and Postpartum Period 9
III Semestrer
Newborn Care 3
Family Health 3
Reproductive Health and Family Planning 3
Therapeutic Nursing 3
Pregnancy, Labor Pathology, and Comorbidities I 6
Prenatal Diagnostics and Basics of Ultrasound Training 3
IV Semester
Child Nursing and Care 4
Gynecological Diseases 3
Pregnancy, Labor Pathology, and Comorbidities II 3
Surgery in Gynecology and Midwifery 5
V Semester
Perinatal Psychology 3
Applied Research in Midwifery and Statistics 3
Emergency Medical Aid and Intensive Nursing 3
VI Semester
Critical Conditions and Care in Midwifery 3
Organization of Midwifery Practice and Entrepreneurship 3
Final Thesis 5

Study results

Admissions

40%

Biology

20%

Chemistry or mathematics, or information technology, or physics

20%

Any subject not overlapping with other competitive score subjects

20%

Lithuanian language and literature

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