Midwifery First Year of Practice

The MFYP Pilot Programme (the Programme) is designed specifically for new graduates of New Zealand pre-registration midwifery education programmes who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents. The Programme is for a period of two years and officially started on 01 February 2007.

The Programme vision is:

New Zealand Midwifery graduates enthusiastically commence their careers in New Zealand:  well-supported, safe, skilled and confident in their practice; meeting the needs of maternity service consumers, providers and communities; and building a sustainable base for the New Zealand registered midwives workforce into the future.

The Programme is not a programme in the usual sense of a programme, for example the pre-registration midwifery education programme.  It is better described as a graduate midwife’s individual first year of practice support, education and professional development plan or strategy that will help prepare her for her first Midwifery Standards Review.

The very first ever MFYP graduate midwife registration was from Tracey Hayes. Tracey (on the left) is pictured with her mentor Deb Pittam.