Domain 6: The midwife as skilled practitioner
Completion requirements
Midwives are skilled, autonomous practitioners who apply knowledge safely and effectively, to optimise
outcomes for all women and newborn infants. They combine clinical knowledge, understanding, skills, and
interpersonal and cultural competence, to provide quality care that is tailored to individual circumstances.
They assess, plan, provide, and evaluate care in partnership with women, referring to and collaborating
with other health and social care professionals as needed. They continue to enhance their midwifery
practice for the benefit of women, newborn infants, partners, and families.
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Sunday, 8 February 2026, 11:36 AM
Suíomh: Royal College of Midwives
Cúrsa: Royal College of Midwives (Royal College of Midwives)
Glossary: Domain 6: The midwife as skilled practitioner
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Active BirthActive birth (full course) |
Anti-D administration |
Antibiotic awareness |
Asylum seekers and refugees |
Atypical genitalia |
Autism awareness |
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Baby skin care |
Bereavement care |
C
Calculating expected date of delivery |
Cancer in pregnancy and beyond (2021 update) |
Child trafficking |
Communication in labour: a personal perspective |
Compassionate care |
COVID-19 in pregnancy |
COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy |
COVID-19: a guide for maternity staff |
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) updated 2019 |
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Diabetes in pregnancy (2022) |
Disposal of pregnancy remains |
Domestic abuseDomestic abuse (NEW VERSION NOVEMBER 2022) |
Down syndrome: breastfeeding |
Down syndrome: Care and considerationsDown syndrome: Care and considerations (20 minutes) |
Dwarfism and maternity care |
Dyslexia |
E
Epidurals in labour |
Epilepsy |
Ethical practice for maternity care |
Examination of the newbornEON1: Preparation and principles (2020 update) EON2: Newborn history and assessment (2020 update) EON3: Physical examination (2021 update) EON4: Clinical skills and equipment (2021 update) |
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Female genital mutilation |
FGM: Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation |
Flu vaccination in pregnant women |
Forced marriage |
G
Genetics and genomics for midwifery practice |
Global midwifery: considering the practical issues |
Global midwifery: considering the theoretical issues |
Group B strep |
H
Hand hygiene |
Health inequalities: the power of maternity care |
Home birth midwife: is it for you? |
Home birth: past to present |
Home birth: setting up the basics |
Homelessness |
How to measure a baby's heart-rate |
Human factors: reducing errors in maternity care |
Human rights in maternity care: advocating for women |
Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome and other disorders |
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Infant mental health |
Inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy |
Involving fathers in maternity care |
J
JaundiceThe physiology of neonatal jaundice (study time: 30 minutes) This module will take you through the physiology of neonatal jaundice, which we recommend is followed by the module 'Neonatal jaundice: practice points', which will help with application of learning to clinical practice. Neonatal jaundice: practice points (study time: 40 minutes) This module will take you through the application of learning about jaundice to your practice. We recommend that you also complete the module 'The physiology of neonatal jaundice' for a fuller understanding of the condition itself. |
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Maternal high dependency care |
Maternity PEARLS - perineal repair and suturing (revised 2016) |
Medicines management in maternity: an overview |
Mental health |
Midwifery continuity of carer: an introduction |
Midwifery continuity of carer: implementation |
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Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy |
Neonatal infection |
Neonatal jaundice: practice points |
Newborn bloodspot screening |
Nutrition in pregnancy |
O
Obesity: supporting women |
Ockenden ReportOckenden Report - Maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust |
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Peri-partum pelvic floor muscle exercises (updated 2020) |
Peripartum hyponatraemia |
Personalised Care |
Pregnancy and maternity rights at work |
Pressure ulcers |
Preterm birthPreterm birth (35 minutes) |
Promoting midwife led care |
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Recognising the deteriorating postpartum woman |
Reflection |
Relationship support - an early intervention |
Revalidation: all you need to know |
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Sepsis |
Standing up for higher standards |
Stillbirth |
Stillbirth registration |
Surrogacy |
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Talking to babies: improving literacy and reducing inequalities |
Thermoregulation - keeping the baby at the right temperature |
Tongue-tie |
Tuberculosis: prevention and care in pregnancy |
U
Understanding asylum seekers and refugees |
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Very brief advice (VBA) on smoking for pregnant women |
VTE prevention in midwifery practice |
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Women affected by the criminal justice system |
Women and society |
Women in prison: birth charter for care |