THE ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN MIDWIFERY PROGRAM
- To educate community midwives through a competency-based education program.
- To provide students, faculty, staff and preceptors with valid and reliable tools to measure student competency
- To prepare graduates to take the national credentialing examination for the Certified Professional Midwife (CPM).
- To prepare students for legal recognition in the state of Tennessee as CPM-TNs.
Exciting New Changes At the Farm Midwifery Center: Midwifery Workshops and College of Traditional Midwifery are becoming one.
Midwife Apprentice and Assistant Workshop April 17-23, 2020
Learn how to assist a midwife with prenatal exams, charting, vital signs, fetal heart monitoring, birth and immediate postpartum.
Advanced Midwifery Workshop: August 19-24, 2020
CEUs awarded for Adv. Midwifery Workshop
Evidence-based skills. Hands-on classes in surprise breech, twins, shoulder dystocia, pelvimetry, IV therapy, suturing, breast and belly casting, legal issues and more.
College of Traditional Midwifery
320 Evergreen Drive, Summertown, TN 38483
applications@collegeoftraditionalmidwifery.org
www.collegeoftraditionalmidwifery.org
(931) 964-4892
The College of Traditional Midwifery admits students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin, to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Competency-Based Education
The CTM Midwifery Program is a competency- based education program developed from the core competencies for entry into the practice of midwives. Competency is measured through multiple assessment tools to ensure proficiency of knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes by the student.
In-Residence Week
Each term, students must attend an In-Resident Week at the CTM Campus located in Summertown, TN, where they will participate in standardization workshops, face-to-face meetings with their Student Liaison, take the Term Written Examination and receive a general assessment of their progress.
Associate of Applied Science in Midwifery
The CTM Midwifery Program is a 36 month or three-year Midwifery Program equaling at least 2010 hours of knowledge, skills, abilities and attitudes (equivalent to 92 credit hours), plus the required Prerequisites. Upon completion, students will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science of Midwifery.
