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Background: Qualified midwives have comprehensive and professional abilities that can only be achieved through high quality midwife education. One effort to improve the qualifications of midwives is by implementing a Continuity of Care model in clinical education to ensure that the graduates are ready to keep responsibility for providing safe and effective delivery care. The majority of maternal and infant deaths can be avoided if Continuum of Care is provided in a structured pathway from pregnancy to birth and the first week of life for a newborn baby. Purpose : The purpose of this study was to review the Continuity of Care learning model for midwifery students. Methods: This Systematic Literature Review used the PubMed, Science Direct and ProQuest databases with a period of 2008-2018, out of the 989 initial articles identified, 4 articles were selected since they met the inclusion and exclusion criteria for final review. Results: The Continuity of Care learning model for midwifery students took place between students and patients, which enabled them to experience continuity with a woman through pregnancy, childbirth, birth and the postnatal period. In fact, students learnt directly from patients and from other health care providers who then consolidated students in understanding the philosophy of female-centered care. Conclusion: There were two CoC (Continuity of Care) learning models for midwifery students namely CoC (Continuity of Care) with Follow Through Experience (FTE) and CoC (Continuity of Care) with Case-loading models. The benefits of midwifery care with the Continuity of Care model had a very important role in reducing MMR and IMR and a positive impact on the continuity of the midwifery care model. On the other hands, students learnt directly from patients and from other health care providers who consolidated students in understanding the philosophy of female-centered care.