About this eLearning Library
Our eLearning library is organised using the ICM Essential Competencies for Midwifery Practice, making it easy to find professional development activities that reflects the core pillars of midwifery care. Courses are grouped into:
- Cross-Functional Competencies for Midwifery Practice – covering professional autonomy, accountability, collaboration, and the universal care activities that underpin all areas of midwifery.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights – supporting midwives’ roles in counselling, education, contraception, pre-conception care, care for those experiencing violence, and comprehensive abortion care.
- Antenatal Care – focusing on holistic assessment of the woman and unborn child, promoting wellbeing, detecting complications, and supporting women with unexpected pregnancies.
- Care During Labour and Birth – guiding assessment and care in labour, supporting physiological birth, early newborn care, recognising complications, stabilising emergencies, and referral.
- Ongoing Care of Women and Newborns – addressing continuing assessment, breastfeeding support, health education, detection of complications, emergency management, and family planning.
To help you quickly identify the type of learning experience each course offers, every course is also marked with a learning purpose badge:
- Refresh – Revisit and strengthen your understanding of core concepts and essential practices.
- Consolidate – Build on your existing skills, integrating knowledge into confident, consistent practice.
- Advance – Deepen your expertise, explore advanced concepts, and extend your influence in practice.
These designations reflect how the learning is pitched, not who it is for. Midwives at every stage of practice may benefit from any level, depending on their learning goals, context, and scope.