The Art and Science of Breastfeeding course, Norfolk NHS cohort

Breastfeeding London Course

Prepares candidates to sit the International Board Lactation Consultant Examiners exam

Course Curriculum

1. Timetable
2. Course Introduction
3. INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE
4. VIDEO: CLINICAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMME (Feedback from student)
5. DOCUMENT: Guide to the Baby Friendly Standards UNICEF UK
1. REFERENCES: SD-1
2. ACTIVITY: Internal anatomy of the breast (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
3. ACTIVITY: External & Internal anatomy of the breast (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
4. ACTIVITY: THE MISSING WORD (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
5. VIDEO: Let-down Reflex Khan Academy
6. VIDEO: Breast anatomy and lactation Khan Academy
7. ACTIVITY: THE LACTOGENESIS FLOW (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
8. ACTIVITY: Anatomy of the breast (internal and external) ANSWERS
9. QUIZ: WHO CODE VIOLATION
10. VIDEO: THE COST OF NOT BREASTFEEDING
11. VIDEO: THE SISTERHOOD
12. VIDEO: WHO CODE EXPLAINED BY DAVID CLARK
13. VIDEO: POEM EMBARASSED
14. VIDEO: CALL FOR ACTION UNICEF
15. VIDEO: IBFAN THE ENACTMENT OF THE CODE
16. DOCUMENT: Websites and organisations that are funded by the formula milk industry
17. DOCUMENT: the WHO CODE
18. DOCUMENT: PROTECTING INFANT HEALTH WORKERS" GUIDE TO THE WHO CODE
19. DOCUMENT: The International Code and relevant WHA resolutions
20. FEEDBACK FORM: (please complete after each Study Day)
21. ASSIGNMENT: THE WHO CODE
22. INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION: The Skywhale
23. MOVIE: TIGERS (OPTIONAL)
1. FEEDBACK FORM: (please complete after each Study Day)
2. VIDEO: SWALLOWING
3. EVIDENCE-BASED SINGING: LET THEM FEED FROM AUSTRALIA
4. VIDEO: breastfeeding attachment (Global Health Media)
5. VIDEO: anatomy and physiology
6. VIDEO: Kareleen Girbble the Benefits of Breastfeeding
7. LEAFLET: BF TWINS AND TRIPLETS
8. GROUP ACTIVITY: P&A role play (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
9. REFERENCES FOR SD-2
10. VIDEO: Baby Led Breasteeding
11. VIDEO: BREASTFEEDING WITH LARGE BREASTS WITH NANCY MOHRBACHER IBCLC
12. VIDEO: ZERO SEPARATION DR NILS BERGMAN
13. VIDEO: ANATOMY OF THE SUCTION
14. DOCUMENT: Cranial Nerves (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
15. DOCUMENT: Muscles of Mastication (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
16. DOCUMENT: Oral anatomy (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
17. DOCUMENT: Skull Bones (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
1. FEEDBACK FORM (please complete after each Study Day)
2. REFERENCES FOR SD-3
3. ACTIVITY: Human milk components chart (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
4. QUIZ: human milk composition recap (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
5. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Allergic Proctcolitis
6. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Oversupply
7. VIDEO: risks of not breastfeeding
8. VIDEO: TED MED on benefits of breastfeeding
9. LEAFLET: BF AND REFLUX
10. LEAFLET: CMPA
11. VIDEO: THE MICROBIOME
12. EVIDENCE-BASED SINGING! TEACH ME HOW TO BREASTFEED
13. VIDEO: TED MED WHAT WE DON'T KNOW OF MOTHERS MILK
14. POSTER: WHAT IS IN BREAST MILK
15. ACTIVITY: oversupply, colic, GER and allergies (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
16. VIDEO: Shell Bank, IBCLC, on GORD
17. LEAFLET: RISKS OF NOT BREASTFEEDING
18. LEAFLET: IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN MILK IABLE
19. VIDEO: Human Milk
20. DOCUMENT: Screening Tool for GERD
21. ARTICLE: LIPASE IN HUMAN MILK
22. DOCUMENT: Food diary to identify potential triggers
23. LEAFLET: Food Protein-Induced Allergic Proctcolitis (FPIAP)
24. LEAFLET: Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome
25. DOCUMENT: Risks associated to Formula Feeding (Answers to activity)
1. VIDEO: Lymphatic Massage for the Breast During Pregnancy and Lactation
2. WEBSITE: Breast pictures and breast pathologies
3. ACTIVITY: Differential diagnosis activity (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
4. Activity: Raynauds versus thrush (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD AND HAVE SCISSORS)
5. ACTIVITY: SORE NIPPLES/BREASTS TREATMENT (Please download or print)
6. DOCUMENT: sore nipple etiologies other than thrush
7. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Mastitis
8. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Pain
9. VIDEO: THE BASICS OF BREAST MASSAGE MAYA BOLMAN IBCLC
10. VIDEO: JAPANESE OKETANI BREAST MASSAGE
11. VIDEO: WOUND HEALING
12. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Mastitis revised
13. REFERENCES SD-4
14. VIDEO: PolyMem Wound healing how it works
15. Feedback Form
1. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Galactogogues
2. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Anti-depressants
3. VIDEO: BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY WITH SILICONE IMPLANTS
4. LEAFLET: LACTOGENIC FOODS
5. ACTIVITY: Bingo low supply markers game (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
6. ACTIVITY: quiz on breasteeding after surgeries (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
7. REFERENCES SD-5
8. ACTIVITY: weight gain (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
9. ACTIVITY: scenarios (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
10. VIDEO: PTSD AND BIRTH SHEILA KITZINGER
11. LEAFLET: BREASTFEEDING AFTER SURGERY IABLE
12. WEBSITE: LIST OF GALACTOGOGUES FROM LISA MARASCO IBCLC AND DIANA WEST IBCLC
13. DOCUMENT: NICE GUIDELINES ON FATLERING GROWTH 2017
14. DOCUMENT: Oral galactagogues (natural therapies or drugs) Cochrane Systematic Review 2020
15. ARTICLE: SELECTION AND USE OF GALACTOGOGUES (2015)
16. VIDEO: INCISION WHICH IS BEST?
17. VIDEO: TREVOR's CHESTFEEDING STORY
18. VIDEO: MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
19. Feedback Form
20. DOCUMENT: GALACTOGOGUE HERBS (please consult a Qualified Herbalist)
21. VIDEO: BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY
22. Feedback Form
1. Course Zoom Link
2. DOCUMENT: IBLCE Scope of practice
3. DOCUMENT: Style Guidelines for Written IBCLC Professional Resources
4. DOCUMENT: Advisory opinion IBCLE
5. DOCUMENT: IBLCE Code of Prof. Conduct
6. ACTIVITY: scenarios for Ethics session (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
7. DOCUMENT: IBCLE Clinical competencies
8. DOCUMENT: IBCLE Detailed content outline
9. RESEARCH ARTICLE 1 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 1)
10. RESEARCH ARTICLE 2 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 2)
11. RESEARCH ARTICLE 3 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 3)
12. RESEARCH ARTICLE 4 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 4)
13. RESEARCH ARTICLE 5 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 5)
14. RESEARCH ARTICLE 6 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 6)
15. RESEARCH ARTICLE 7 (PRINT OR DOWNLOAD IF YOU ARE ARE IN GROUP 7)
16. Feedback Form
17. ARTICLE: HOW DO IBCLCs MANAGE ETHICAL DILEMMAS A QUALITATIVE STUDY
18. REFERENCES SD-6
19. The Alchemy of Connection
20. COURSE: Introduction to Statistics (OPTIONAL)
1. Course Zoom Link
2. ACTIVITY: Crosswords (Print or download)
3. LEAFLET: SUCK TRAINING
4. VIDEO: TONGUE-TIE DIVISION
5. VIDEO: TT DIVISION KATIE FISHER IBCLC
6. VIDEO: How does TT affect bottle feeding
7. VIDEO: WOUND HEALING
8. Holly Churcher, RN, RM, IBCLC, TT divider + ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS IN TT-WOLVERHAMPTON
9. DOCUMENT: HAZELBAKER ASSESSMENT TOOL
10. POSITION PAPER: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Ankyloglossia Statement
11. References SD-7
12. Feedback Form
13. PODCAST: CATHERINE WATSON GENNA IBCLC
1. Course Zoom Link
2. PUBLICATION: Three Continents, Two Fathers, One Donor: A Non-Puerperal Relactation Case Study by Indira Lopez-Bassols
3. LEAFLET: HELPING A PARENT RELACTATE
4. LEAFLET: ALTERNATIVE FEEDING METHODS
5. LEAFLET: BOTTLE REFUSAL IABLE
6. PODCAST: latest pumping technology by IABLE
7. VIDEO: CUP FEEDING A BABY IABLE
8. VIDEO: DONATING HUMAN MILK
9. PUBLICATION: NON PUERPERAL INDUCED LACTATION BY CLAUDIA GORGATI
10. Feedback Form
11. References SD-8
12. DOCUMENT: the flange fits guide
13. DOCUMENT: POWER PUMPING
1. Course Zoom Link
2. Feedback Form
3. References SD-9
4. ACTIVITY: Weaning Plan
5. ACTIVITY: Scenarios
1. Course Zoom Link
2. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Late Preterm
3. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine NICU graduate going home
4. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Cleft Lip/palate
5. VIDEO: Management of breasteeding in labour and delivery ABM
6. PUBLICATION: Assisted Nursing: A Case Study of An Infant With a Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate by Indira Lopez-Bassols
7. LEAFLET: FEEDING A BABY WITH A CLEFT
8. LEAFLET: BF C-BIRTH AND EPIDURALS
9. PODCAST: the 4th Trimester by the IABLE
10. VIDEO: NURSING DOWN SYNDROME BABY
11. VIDEO: BREATFEEDING YOUR PREM BABY
12. VIDEO: BOTTLE FEEDING SIDEWAYS
13. VIDEO: Breastfeeding and Late Preterm Dr. Boies ABM
14. VIDEO: Antental expression of colostrum
15. Feedback Form
16. LEAFLET: FEEDING A BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME
17. REFERENCES SD-10
1. Course Zoom Link
2. VIDEO: Medications and human milk
3. References SD-11
4. Video: Jaundice Metabolism
5. Activity Breastfeeding and Medications
6. Medications/Drugs and Breastfeeding
7. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Hypoglycemia (revised 2021)
8. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Jaundice
9. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Substance Use and Breastfeeding (Revised 2023)
10. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Antidepressants (2015)
11. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Radiology (2019)
12. BAPM Identification and Management of Neonatal Hypoglycaemia in the Full-Term Infant (Birth – 72 hours) 2024
13. ARTICLE: Skin-to-skin contact for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
14. Medications and Breastfeeding Game
15. VIDEO: Ballard score
16. VIDEO: Neonatal Reflexes
17. VIDEO: Newborn Examination to revise (IBCLC doesn't need to complete a full physical assessment, just refer deviation from normality)
18. Feedback Form
1. Course Zoom Link
2. Webinar SD12: PDF summary
3. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine LGBTQ+ Patients
4. PUBLICATION: The Alchemy of Human connection by Indira Lopez-Bassols
5. ARTICLE: Losing Women, Losing Breastfeeding: A Crisis of Words
6. Article: How to respect My Name
7. VIDEO: RENE BROWN
8. PDF SUMMARY OF SD12-BENAIFER
1. PODCAST: Becoming an IBCLC is not easy
2. LEAFLET: BED SHARING
3. DOCUMENT: CLINICAL NOTES (Please download or print)
4. VIDEO: Co-Sleeping With Infants: Science, Public Policy, and Parents Civil Rights, with James McKenna, PhD
5. ABM Bedsharing and Breastfeeding Protocol
6. References SD-13

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The Art and Science of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding London Course

Course Curriculum

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