UCSF Favors Pricey Doctoral Program for Nurse-Midwives Amid Maternal Care Crisis

The University of California, San Francisco’s (UCSF) nursing school, which has been training nurse midwives for almost fifty years, will stop its master’s program in midwifery to offer three-year doctoral degrees instead, starting in 2025. This has sparked controversy among its alumni and health experts, who argue this will deter potential applicants due to the higher cost and longer study period. They allege UCSF is prioritising profit over public health needs.