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Diplôme de formation générale en sciences maïeutiques (DFGSMa) - Sage-femme at Nantes Université

Nantes Université, France

Programme overview

The DFGSMa is the first part of the studies leading to the State diploma of midwife, at licence level. Midwives practise a medical profession with diagnostic power and prescription rights, working with women and healthy newborns.

Faculty: UFR Médecine et Techniques Médicales  |  Duration: 6 semesters (180 ECTS, licence level)  |  Study mode: full-time; compulsory placements; language of instruction: French  |  Intake: September  |  Location: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

What you will study

A base of scientific knowledge (biology, exact sciences, human and social sciences), a fundamental approach to the human being in health and illness through public health and clinical and paraclinical semiology, and physiopathology and pharmacology, completed by clinical reasoning and practical learning in clinical settings.

Career pathways

Access to the second cycle (DFASMa) and the State diploma of midwife.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The first two semesters correspond to the common first year of health studies (PASS or L.AS); entry to the second year follows the health-studies selection.

Intake: September

Duration: 6 semesters (180 ECTS, licence level)

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