Eligibility Requirements

Not all midwifery education programs will be recognized as meeting the IEMBP eligibility requirements. Individual applications will be assessed on education and experience. 

Midwives with substantial experience but trained in a midwifery school not recognized by the program may still be considered, but will be required to demonstrate their suitability for the course by completing competency testing. This comprises a written exam and Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs). 

If you are permitted by the program to take the competency testing, you will be required to come to Vancouver PRIOR to your acceptance into the program. Dates for competency testing will be set when the demand is known and will happen only once per year. You may also be asked to provide evidence of extra study if your midwifery education is found to be lacking in a certain area.

• Midwifery Registration: You must have registered with a regulatory organization or government department that has authority to govern the profession, keeps a register of midwives, and regulates the standards and practice of midwifery. 

• Good Professional Conduct: You have had good professional conduct during your career, which can be proven by a certificate of good conduct or equivalent from a regulatory organization or government department. 

• Active Practice: You must have actively practiced midwifery for at least 5 out of the past 10 years while registered with a midwifery regulatory organization, OR you must have completed a midwifery education program within the last 5 years. 

Education or experience in antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care from the perspective of a midwife providing evidence-based care on their own responsibility. 

Postpartum care must have been provided beyond the first 24 hours after birth up to a minimum of 2 weeks postpartum as a part of your education and/or experience.