UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH & ALLIED SCIENCES: Nursing and Midwifery

The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM), a constituent school of the University of Health and Allied Sciences since its inception in 2012, remains one of the leading avenues for the promotion of Nursing and Midwifery education. Coupled with this mandate of fostering Nursing and Midwifery education is the focus on the development of competent practical based and research-oriented nurses and midwives for the overall advancement of the noble professions of Nursing and Midwifery.

Poised to deliver on its mandate of providing higher education in the Nursing and Midwifery Sciences through teaching and research for candidates aptly qualified and capable of benefiting from such education, SONAM currently offers three Bachelor’s degrees from the school’s three departments of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health Nursing. These degrees are offered through the regular programme, sandwich and diploma-to-degree (top-up) programmes. In the near future, the school hopes to develop graduate and post graduate programmes to better advance Nursing and Midwifery education.

SONAM has ongoing collaborations with York University, Canada (for capacity building in PhD & preceptor training); Yonsei University, South Korea (for Curriculum development in Public Health Nursing & Clinical / Vocational Training); University of Basel, Switzerland; and EU-HITA (Healthcare Information Technology for Africa) Project, Germany (for m-learning and e-learning innovations in Nursing).

Programmes Offered

Bachelor of Nursing

The Bachelor of Nursing programme is intended to produce competent professional nurses who will give quality health care and services in the community, clinics and hospitals; nurses that will give emotional support to clients and their relatives by collaborating with other health workers. The goal of the programme, therefore, is to produce a professional nurse who will provide nursing care and services under the supervision of senior professional nurses, both in the clinical and community settings, with emphasis on nursing operational research, which will help to provide information for quality of nursing education and practice (care).

The UHAS Nursing programme is an upgrade on the Diploma in Nursing curriculum being used by the Nursing Training Institutions in the country.

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Bachelor of Midwifery

The Bachelor of Midwifery programme is intended to produce competent professional midwives who will give quality health care and services in the community, clinics and hospitals. The Midwife would give emotional support to clients and their relatives by collaborating with other health workers. The goal of the programme, therefore, is to educate a professional midwife who will provide midwifery care and services under the supervision of senior professional midwives, both in the clinical and community settings, with emphasis on midwifery operational research, which will help to provide information for quality of midwifery education and practice (care).

The UHAS Midwifery programme is an upgrade on the Diploma in Midwifery curriculum being used by the Nursing Training Institutions in the country.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:

University of Health and Allied Sciences
PMB 31, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana.
Tel: +233 (0) 362 196122 || +233 (0) 245 125359 
Email: info@uhas.edu.gh