Objectives

• Have the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills while fulfilling the roles and functions of midwifery, (Having the knowledge, attitudes and skills appropriate to the purpose of each vocational course, using this knowledge, attitudes and skills effectively in the process of protection, development, early diagnosis, rehabilitation of health behaviors for healthy / sick individuals, families and society)
• Have professional and ethical values (internalized the principles of non-harmfulness-usefulness, autonomy/respect for the individual, family and society, justice and equality, privacy and confidentiality)
• Adapting to change and development, (Adopting lifelong learning, following scientific and technological developments in the field, being aware of globalization and its consequences, giving importance to personal development, following legislation, national and international current developments)
• To be able to access and use evidence, (To be able to access databases, search professional literature, read research critically, use research results, develop research skills in a team, plan a basic research and produce evidence)
• To train graduates who can work in cooperation with the team (adapt to the team's job description, assume the role of team leadership when necessary, organize, solve problems, think analytically and make decisions, work in harmony with the team).

Purposes

For the Department of Midwifery; 

• To make vocational education laboratories suitable for the purpose of education 
• To publish a midwifery journal 
• To ensure that physical conditions are improved in a way to increase the quality of education 
• Increasing the number of teaching staff in accordance with the purpose 
• To increase the recognition and professional effectiveness of the midwifery department

For Academic Staff;

• Sending faculty members through exchange programs
• To increase the international scientific studies of faculty members

For Our Students;

• Accepting students with Erasmus 
• Increasing the number of Erasmus students and the number of cooperating universities 
• Encouraging students to participate in scientific activities (research, projects, congresses, workshops, symposiums, etc.) 
• Encouraging and increasing students' active participation in communities
• Encouraging and increasing student involvement in community projects 
• To receive the opinions and suggestions of our students on a regular basis through survey forms 
• To be able to ensure the preparation and execution of pregnancy preparation education and parenting and childbirth preparation programs in the pre-pregnancy period in sexual and reproductive health services,
• To be able to diagnose pregnancy and perform the necessary examinations; to be able to monitor and care for the mother and fetus before birth,
• Care for the mother at the time of delivery; monitor the fetus and identify deviations from normal,
• To be present in normal labor and support the woman and to be able to perform episiotomy when necessary,
• Able to perform breech delivery in emergencies,
• Identify abnormal conditions in the mother and newborn,
• Able to manually remove the placenta and perform uterine control when necessary,
• To be able to care and monitor the newborn; to care and monitor the mother in the postpartum period, to refer in risky situations,
• To be able to care for pathological cases in the field of gynecology and obstetrics,
• Participating in family planning practices,
• To train midwives who can initiate care of internal and surgical problems in pregnancy

For Our Graduates;

• Monitoring of graduates (vocational, career, graduate education) 
• Strengthening the relations of graduates with the department (Announcements and news for graduates on the web page) 
• Strengthening the alumni association or social networks 
• Traditional reunion of alumni 
• Including the success stories of graduates in scientific platforms 
• To receive the opinions and suggestions of our graduates through survey forms

For Stakeholders;

• To implement the Employer/Business Managers/Professional Organizations Representatives Sample Survey Form and the Employer/Business Managers/Professional Organizations Representatives Opinions Sample Questionnaire Form to determine the opinions of Employers/Business Managers/Professional Organizations Representatives.

For Our Values

• To respect human rights in the light of universal and cultural values
• To have lifelong learning, teaching and communication skills
• To be able to fulfill competent midwifery services in the professional and scientific field
• To be able to respond to the changing needs of society
• Focusing on science and technology production
• To have universal values
• To be able to question and produce
• Embracing teamwork
• Conducting evidence-based research