Requirements for Entry Level Midwife, training under an IRM registered preceptor are as follows:
Your training must include both clinical training with an IRM registered preceptor AND didactic education through a formal Midwifery education program of your choosing.
The minimum timeframe of your didactic and clinical training, must span 3+ years.
Please keep in mind that 3 years is a bare minimum and in the vast majority of scenarios, your initial training in order to complete the following clinical phases with a preceptor, plus your didactic education, will span 4-5 years before you will qualify to sit for the CIM board exam.
We highly recommend that you train under multiple preceptors and in multiple countries.
The maximum timeframe to complete your training once you have submitted Phase 1 paperwork, is 8 years.
The following requirements are for new student registrations in 2023.
If you registered prior to 2023, you can be grandfathered into the requirements at the time of your registration, if you have been a continuous and active student training under a CIM registered preceptor, since your initial registration.
Phase 1
- Submit IRM initial registration and initial 1/3 total fee to register as a student. This payment is made when registering to start phase 1.
- Download and save the phase 1 packet
- 25 births in assisting role
- 25 prenatal/antenatal exams in assisting role
- 25 newborn exams in assisting role
- 50 postpartum/postnatal exams in assisting role
- Exams do not have to be associated with the same client that was logged for the attended births
- BLS CPR certification
- NRP, HBB or equivalent certification
- Submit completed phase 1 paperwork prior to moving to phase 2
- Receive a passing score of at least 75% on the pre-exam that will be administered by your preceptor PRIOR to moving from assistant to primary under supervision
Phase 2
- Download and the save the phase 2 packet and skills checklist
- 25 births in junior primary under supervision role with 7 continuity of care, spanning 3 trimesters and postpartum care
- Continuity of care births must have a total of 4 prenatal and 2 postpartum exams each
- 1 minimum Prenatal/Antenatal exam for each non continuity birth
- 1 minimum Postpartum/Postnatal exam for each non continuity birth
- 20 newborn exams in the first 24 hours
- Skills list checked off by preceptor
- Submit phase 2 paperwork and pay the 2nd installment 1/3 fee installment prior to moving on to phase 3
Phase 3
- Download and save the phase 3 packet
- 25 births in senior primary under supervision role
- Minimum of 7 prenatal/antenatal exams spanning 3 trimesters for 20 of the births
- Minimum of 3 postpartum/postnatal exams for 20 of the births
- Minimum of 20 newborn exams in the first 24 hours, for 20 of the births
- 7 births are required to be in a low resource setting and must be out-of-hospital
- 20 Well Woman/Gynecology unique primary care exams
- 20 hours of breastfeeding support in a minimum of 10 dyads
- Proof of formal training in NASG
- Proof of formal Pharmacology for Midwives education
- Proof of IV therapy for Midwives education
- Receive a passing score of at least 75% on final exam
- Final exam is timed, proctored and comprised of 377 + questions
- 5 letters of recommendation; 3 from prior clients and 2 from a practicing Midwife that you have worked directly with (1 must be your registered preceptor)
- Submit official transcripts and proof of completion for a formal Midwifery didactic education program
- Submit completed phase 3 paperwork
- Pay final 1/3 fee installment with submission of phase 3 paperwork, prior to CIM exam scheduling
