universiteit antwerpen - Course detail 2010 - 2011

Important notice on language

This programme is only taught in Dutch.

Qualification awarded

In order to obtain the degree of Master of Nursing and Obstetrics the student

should be enrolled for the programme in question under a diploma contract or under an exam contract to obtain a diploma
should have taken all the exams that the programme encompasses
should previously have registered for the programme with the examination board.
should have acquired at least 60 ECTS-credits

The programme consists of 60 ECTS-credits.
In a model academic year, the student takes between 54 and 66 ECTS-credits.

Admission requirements

Direct: diploma of professional bachelor of obstetrics or professional bachelor of nursing and having successfully completed the bridging programme N&O.

Objectives and learning outcomes

General competences
1. Command of general managerial tasks in the social service sector in order to optimize care.
2. The capacity for scientific, innovative and creative functioning in a multidisciplinary complex and uncertain context of nursing and obstetric care.

General scientific competences
3. The ability to apply general research methods and techniques to systematically evaluate the professional situation.
4. The ability to use statistical techniques and software for systematically and efficiently collecting and processing health care data.
5. The ability to consult and interpret scientific literature on health care and the ability to report about it.
6. The ability to set up and carry out small-scale applied scientific research in nursing and obstetric care.

Competences related to scientific disciplines
7. From a profound knowledge of physiopathological processes give adequate nursing and obstetric care.
8. Knowing and mastering relevant care processes in nursing and obstetrics and the ability to situate them in the current context of nursing and obstetric theory formation.
9. Thorough knowledge of and insight into the organization of health care in Belgium and in the rest of Europe.

Competences for independently performing scientific research and for independent use of scientific knowledge at the level of a junior profesional
10. Integration of clinical and nursing knowledge in view of the autonomous application, development and coordination of nursing and obstetric care processes: Leading and coordinating direct patient care in a multidisciplinary context in view of enhancing quality of care.

Access to further studies

Further studies with direct access
Master of Management and Policy of Health Care
Specific Teacher Training

Further studies with conditional access
Master of Bioethics
Erasmus Mundus: Master of Bioethics

Final examination

A student’s final result is a weighted average of the exam results the student has obtained for all the programme components of his/her training programme. In calculating the final result, the credits corresponding to the various programme components are used for weighting the results obtained for those components.

The final result is expressed as an integer out of 100.

A student whose final result is less than 50 out of 100 can never be declared successful.

A student is successful for the training programme if he/she has obtained credits for all the programme components in his/her training programme.

For more information see the Education and Examination regulation.

ECTS co-ordinator

K. Van Liempt, karel.vanliempt@ua.ac.be

T. De Roeck, tina.deroeck@ua.ac.be (admin)