Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care
The Five Day Course
Recommended for:
- Individual who wants basic preparation for becoming a board-certified lactation consultant
- IBCLC requiring CERPS or exam preparation for re-certification
- Maternity or pediatric nurse working with families with small babies
- Obstetrician, midwife, pediatrician or family medicine physician involved with the daily feeding and parenting issues of new families
- Childbirth educator
- Labor and postpartum doula
- WIC clinic staff member
- Facilitator of early parenting education
- Social worker, Early Headstart staff
- La Leche League leader who wants updates and new scientific resources
- Public health nurse or staff person working with new families
- Occupational or respiratory therapist working with breastfeeding newborns
- Registered Dietitian working with pregnant women, new mothers and their babies
Course Description
A complete, in-person core program to begin practice in evidence-based breastfeeding and lactation care. This five-day course is essential education for any healthcare professional or individual who works with new mothers and their newborns, or as the beginning process for becoming a lactation consultant (IBCLC). This in-depth, in-person course enables participants to provide accurate, current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation and to support new families in feeding their babies from birth through the process of weaning.
This course provides 37.5 theoretical hours for the new IBLCE exam eligibility requirements beginning in 2012. All areas of the exam grid are included, and the course content is based on current scientific research. Over the course of five days, each participant will:
- complete a written project
- complete a pre-conference written study guide on anatomy & physiology
- participate in classroom and group quizzes
- begin preparation for the certification exam to become an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant)
- receive a certificate of completion as a Lactation Educator at conclusion of course
All areas of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners exam grid are included, and the course content is based on current scientific research as it applies to "best practice" issues in the clinical setting.
Course Objectives, Agenda, & Content
The Lactation Educator Track is no longer optional. All participants will complete the entire course, including the requirements for the Lactation Educator.
Education Credits for Five-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.
- International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Provider Number: CLT108-4
- 37.5 CERPs (35.5 L & 2 E) (For IBCLCs only)
- 37.5 instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Blueprint (for preparation for first IBLCE exam)
- Commission on Dietetic Registration
- 37 CPE hours, Category II (For RDs only)
- Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 14127 5
- 45 contact hours (50 minute hours) (For RNs only)
Dates & Locations
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