As a Midwife, you will need to master following:

• accept own accountability
• advise on childbirth
• advise on family planning
• advise on pregnancies at risk
• advise on pregnancy
• anaesthetics
• analgesics
• apply context specific clinical competences
• assess the course of breast-feeding period
• assist on pregnancy abnormality
• care for the new-born infant
• carry out treatment prescribed by doctors
• collect biological samples from patients
• comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
• conduct spontaneous child deliveries
• contribute to continuity of health care
• dietetics
• embryology
• ensure safety of healthcare users
• examine the new-born infant
• lactation
• microbiology-bacteriology
• monitor pregnancy
• neonatology
• obstetric ultrasonography
• postpartum legal protection
• postpartum period
• pregnancy
• preparation for child delivery
• preparation for parenthood
• prescribe medication
• promote inclusion
• provide care for the mother during labour
• provide education on family life
• provide information on the effects of childbirth on sexuality
• provide postnatal care
• provide pre-natal care
• provide pregnancy termination care
• provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
• radiological procedures
• support informed consent
• take emergency measures in pregnancy
• use e-health and mobile health technologies
• work in multidisciplinary health teams

More generally, a midwife is also versed in:

• address problems critically
• adhere to organisational guidelines
• apply organisational techniques
• childbirth
• comply with legislation related to health care
• deal with emergency care situations
• develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
• educate on the prevention of illness
• empathise with the woman's family during and after pregnancy
• epidemiology
• female reproductive system pathology
• follow clinical guidelines
• health care legislation
• health care occupation-specific ethics
• health education
• human anatomy
• hygiene in a health care setting
• inform policy makers on health-related challenges
• listen actively
• manage healthcare users' data
• pathology
• pharmacology
• provide health education
• psychology
• relaxation techniques
• respond to changing situations in health care
• resuscitation
• sex education
• work in a multicultural environment in health care

It also helps to know the following:

• apply acupuncture
• company policies
• phytotherapy
• surgery
• yoga
• homeopathy
• pedagogy
• sociology
• use different communication channels
• use foreign languages for health-related research
• use foreign languages in patient care