Evidence-Based Education in Breastfeeding and Human Lactation
An Intensive 3-day Workshop
Questions to ask yourself or your staff
Hospital Staff
- Was breastfeeding and lactation management a comprehensive part of your professional education?
- Do you sometimes feel inadequate with patients' breastfeeding questions?
- Do you always hope the Lactation Consultant is around when you are caring for a breastfeeding mother?
Hospital Administrators & Managers
- Does your hospital reflect a picture of optimal health promotion?
- Do pediatric and obstetrical units reflect a picture of optimal health promotion, with breastfeeding illustrated as the norm for infant feeding?
- What information and care are provided to mothers who choose to formula feed?
- Do patients complain that everyone gives them different breastfeeding information, reflecting staff opinion instead of scientific knowledge?
This program is for you if you are a:
- Maternity or pediatric nurse or healthcare staff working with new families
- Obstetrician, midwife, pediatrician or family medicine physician who is involved with early infant feeding and parenting issues
- Childbirth educator
- Labor and postpartum doula
- La Leche League leader who wants updates and new scientific resources
- Occupational or respiratory therapist working with breastfeeding newborns
- Registered Dietician working with pregnant women, new mothers and their babies
- IBCLC requiring CERPS or exam preparation for re-certification
Course Description
The American Academy of Pediatrics has established guidelines for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding, to be used by practitioners and healthcare facilities. These guidelines provide a carefully considered and scientifically validated plan for assisting new families in feeding and nurturing their babies through breastfeeding. This 3-day workshop explores the rationale behind these guidelines and provides the fundamentals for all healthcare staff to manage early breastfeeding issues with accuracy and confidence. This workshop focuses on prenatal and hospital care and is an ideal staff training for The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative.
Course Objectives, Agenda, & Content
Education Credits for Three Day Course
In 2007, IBLCE and nursing credentialing organizations calculate CERPs or continuing education credits on a 60 minute hour, rather than the previous 50 minute hour. The following CERPs reflect that change.
- IBLCE 24 total CERPs (22 L CERPs, 2 E CERPs)
- Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider No. CEP 14127 for 24 contact hours
- CDR (Commission on Dietetic Registration) 24 CPE hours, Category II