Build Confidence and Proficiency in Future Midwives
Co-developed with the International Confederation of Midwives, ICM Midwifery Competencies is a solution to help midwifery educators prepare students for clinical practice.
Using the SimCapture digital platform, student access content that is both based on and compliant with “The ICM Essential Competencies for Midwifery Practice (2024)”. They train with their peers to get the critical knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors required when entering midwifery practice.
Bring extensive training opportunities to your midwifery program:
Peer-to-peer practice for more frequent hands-on training prior to graduation
Measuring competencies with data that automatically tracks students' performance, eliminating the need for manual processing
With expert-validated content, assign students learning activities in accordance with the ICM's Essential Competencies for Midwifery Practice 2024
Adaptable to midwifery curriculum simplifying implementation
Over 50 practice sessions covering pregnancy, labor and birth and the postnatal period, family planning and safe abortion
Normal Pregnancy
Normal Pregnancy includes 4 practice sessions where each session includes:
- Preparation, including the scenario
- Practice section
- Post-reflection and debrief
SKILLS AND METHODOLOGIES COVERED
- Calculate estimated due date
- Practice antenatal assessment
- Practice abdominal palpation in the antenatal setting
- Assist a pregnant woman and her partner to develop a plan for labour and birth
EXAMPLES OF COMPETENCIES COVERED
- Demonstrate respectful and effective interpersonal communication with women and families, health care professionals, teams, and community groups
- Determine health status of women and assess pregnancy
- Assess fetal wellbeing
- Monitor and assess progression of pregnancy
- Provide anticipatory guidance related to pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, parenthood, and change in the family
- Assist the woman and her family to plan for birth
Normal Birth
Postpartum Care
Complicated Birth
Family Planning
Abortion Care
General Midwifery Care
Newborn Care
Save time with expert-validated content
ICM sets global standards for midwifery education and midwifery regulation and works to strengthen professional associations of midwives throughout the world with 140 Member Associations in 119 countries.
Because SimCapture includes content verified by ICM, educators benefit by:
- Reducing the time needed to plan lessons
- Having resources that help students practice in accordance with the global ICM Essential Standards for Midwifery Practice, 2024
Focus on respectful care
Beyond skills practice, ICM Midwifery Competencies enables students to have conversations and reflect on topics such as:
- Communicating respectfully and seeking consent
- Situational awareness
- Informed choice
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Data-driven education is the future
Measure progress and competencies with meaningful reports
Data from student practice is automatically captured and arranged into useful reports for learning needs analysis - making it easier for faculty to track learner progress over time and to view and compare cohorts and courses.
Objective evaluation
Leverage video, data capture, skills checklists, and verified content to strengthen evaluation objectivity in formative and summative practice.

Combine ICM Midwifery Competencies with the Maternity Training Kit for a complete solution
The Maternity Training Kit is a high-impact offering with easy-to-use maternal and newborn simulators and skills trainers.
Each element is compatible with ICM Midwifery Competencies ensuring easy integration into midwifery curriculum, covering all stages of labor and birth.

Free Educational Resources
Peer-to-Peer Simulation in Healthcare
By using standardized content focusing on midwifery core competencies, students are empowered to practice together more systematically and more frequently in a peer-to-peer modality.
This methodology can increase student psychological safety and provides added flexibility and utilization of simulation facilities.
To learn more about the concept, pedagogy, and research of peer learning, download this free educational resource.