The Art and Science of Breastfeeding course MAY 26 Cohort

Breastfeeding London Course

Prepares candidates to sit the International Board Lactation Consultant Examiners exam

Course Curriculum

1. Course Introduction
2. VIDEO: Introduction to course
3. Timetable
4. LIST OF WEBINARS FULL YEAR
5. INDEPENDENT STUDY MODULE
6. Join our Online Community
7. International Research Hub
8. IBCLC Exam Prep Workshops
9. VIDEO: CLINICAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMME (Feedback from student)
10. INVITATION: Join your cohort's WhatsApp group
11. DOCUMENT: Guide to the Baby Friendly Standards UNICEF UK
12. Acceptable Use of AI Policy
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. REFERENCES USED
3. ACTIVITY: PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD
4. ACTIVITY: PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD
5. ACTIVITY: THE MISSING WORD (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
6. ACTIVITY: THE LACTOGENESIS FLOW (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
7. VIDEO: anatomy and physiology
8. ACTIVITY: Anatomy of the breast ANSWERS
9. VIDEO: Let-down Reflex
10. VIDEO: Breast anatomy and lactation
11. QUIZ: WHO CODE VIOLATION
12. VIDEO: THE COST OF NOT BREASTFEEDING
13. VIDEO: THE SISTERHOOD
14. VIDEO: WHO CODE EXPLAINED
15. VIDEO: POEM EMBARASSED
16. VIDEO: CALL FOR ACTION UNICEF
17. VIDEO: IBFAN THE ENACTMENT OF THE CODE
18. DOCUMENT: The formula milk industry
19. DOCUMENT: the WHO CODE
20. DOCUMENT: PROTECTING INFANT HEALTH WORKERS" GUIDE TO THE WHO CODE
21. DOCUMENT: THE WHO CODE PROTECTING INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION (OPTIONAL)
22. DOCUMENT: The International Code and relevant WHA resolutions
23. ASSIGNMENT: THE WHO CODE
24. MOVIE: OPTIONAL
25. WEBSITE: Glossary of terms
26. Feedback Form
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. LEAFLET: BF TWINS AND TRIPLETS
3. GROUP ACTIVITY: P&A role play (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
4. VIDEO: Kareleen Girbble the Benefits of Breastfeeding
5. VIDEO: SWALLOWING
6. VIDEO: breastfeeding attachment
7. VIDEO: Baby Led Breasteeding
8. VIDEO: BREASTFEEDING WITH LARGE BREASTS
9. VIDEO: ZERO SEPARATION DR NILS BERGMAN
10. VIDEO: ANATOMY OF THE SUCTION
11. VIDEO: SANDWICH HOLD
12. DOCUMENT: Cranial Nerves (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
13. DOCUMENT: Muscles of Mastication (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
14. DOCUMENT: Oral anatomy (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
15. DOCUMENT: Skull Bones (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
16. PODCAST: Craniosacral Therapy and Infant Feeding
17. EVIDENCE-BASED SINGING FROM AUSTRALIA
18. REFERENCES USED
19. Feedback Form
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. ACTIVITY: Human milk components chart (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
3. QUIZ: human milk composition recap (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
4. POSTER: WHAT IS IN BREAST MILK
5. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
6. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
7. LEAFLET: BF AND REFLUX
8. LEAFLET: CMPA
9. ACTIVITY: oversupply, colic, GER and allergies (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
10. ACTIVITY: RISKS OF COMMERICAL FORMULA MILKS (answers)
11. DOCUMENT: Risks associated to Formula Feeding (Answers to activity)
12. VIDEO: WHAT WE DON'T KNOW OF MOTHERS MILK
13. VIDEO: risks of not breastfeeding
14. VIDEO: Benefits of breastfeeding
15. VIDEO: GORD
16. VIDEO: THE MICROBIOME
17. VIDEO: Human Milk
18. LEAFLET: IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN MILK
19. LEAFLET: RISKS OF NOT BREASTFEEDING
20. DOCUMENT: Screening Tool for GERD
21. DOCUMENT: Food diary to identify potential triggers
22. LEAFLET: Food Protein-Induced Allergic Proctcolitis
23. LEAFLET: Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome
24. PODCAST: Rethinking Elimination Diets in Breastfeeding: What the Research Actually Shows
25. PODCAST: The High Lipase Myth: What’s Really Happening to Stored Breastmilk
26. PODCAST: Breastfeeding, the Microbiome, and Infant Health: A Deep Dive
27. EVIDENCE-BASED SINGING! TEACH ME HOW TO BREASTFEED
28. REFERENCES USED
29. Feedback Form
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. VIDEO: Lymphatic Massage for the Breast During Pregnancy and Lactation
3. WEBSITE: Breast pictures and breast pathologies
4. ACTIVITY: Differential diagnosis activity (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
5. ACTIVITY: SORE NIPPLES/BREASTS TREATMENT (Please download or print)
6. Activity: Raynauds Activity (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD AND HAVE SCISSORS)
7. DOCUMENT: sore nipple etiologies other than thrush
8. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
9. VIDEO: THE BASICS OF BREAST MASSAGE
10. VIDEO: JAPANESE OKETANI BREAST MASSAGE
11. VIDEO: WOUND HEALING
12. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
13. REFERENCES USED
14. VIDEO: Wound healing
15. Handout: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
16. Feedback Form
17. Handout: Lymphatic drainage
18. RESEARCH Therapeutic Ultrasound for mastitis, blocked ducts and engorgement
19. PODCAST: Two Articles on Nipple Trauma - Comparing Moisturizing Therapies and Deep Learning Evaluation System
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
3. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
4. VIDEO: BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY WITH SILICONE IMPLANTS
5. LEAFLET: LACTOGENIC FOODS
6. ACTIVITY: Bingo low supply markers game (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
7. ACTIVITY: quiz on breasteeding after surgeries (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
8. REFERENCES USED
9. ACTIVITY: weight gain (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
10. ACTIVITY: scenarios (PLEASE PRINT OR DOWNLOAD)
11. VIDEO: PTSD AND BIRTH
12. LEAFLET: BREASTFEEDING AFTER SURGERY
13. WEBSITE: LIST OF GALACTOGOGUES
14. DOCUMENT: NICE GUIDELINES ON FATLERING GROWTH 2017
15. DOCUMENT: Oral galactagogues (natural therapies or drugs) Cochrane Systematic Review 2020
16. ARTICLE: SELECTION AND USE OF GALACTOGOGUES (2015)
17. VIDEO: INCISION WHICH IS BEST?
18. VIDEO: CHESTFEEDING STORY
19. VIDEO: MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
20. Feedback Form
21. DOCUMENT: GALACTOGOGUE HERBS
22. VIDEO: BREAST REDUCTION SURGERY
23. Feedback Form
24. PODCAST: Understanding Tubular Breasts and Hypogalactia
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
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. ARTICLE: The Alchemy of Connection
20. COURSE: Introduction to Statistics (OPTIONAL)
21. PODCAST: Making Research Make Sense: Clinical vs. Statistical Significance
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. ACTIVITY: Crosswords (Print or download)
3. DOCUMENT: ASSESSMENT TOOL (PLEASE DOWNLOAD OR PRINT)
4. DOCUMENT: SUCK TRAINING
5. DOCUMENT: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Ankyloglossia Statement
6. DOCUMENT:ASSESSMENT TOOL
7. VIDEO: TONGUE-TIE DIVISION
8. VIDEO: TT DIVISION
9. VIDEO: How does TT affect bottle feeding
10. VIDEO: WOUND HEALING
11. AUDIO: Holly Churcher, RN, RM, IBCLC, TT divider + ADVANCED CLINICAL SKILLS IN TT-WOLVERHAMPTON
12. References used
13. Feedback Form
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
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
6. PODCAST: latest pumping technology
7. VIDEO: CUP FEEDING A BABY
8. VIDEO: Cup Feeding - Small Baby Series
9. VIDEO: DONATING HUMAN MILK
10. VIDEO: HANDS ON PUMPING
11. VIDEO: Optimisation of Expressing Breastmilk & The Importance of Flange Sizing - Staff Training Webinar
12. PUBLICATION: NON PUERPERAL INDUCED LACTATION BY CLAUDIA GORGATI
13. Feedback Form
14. References USED
15. DOCUMENT: the flange fits guide
16. DOCUMENT: POWER PUMPING
17. VIDEO: Spoon Feeding Breastmilk to a Newborn
18. VIDEO: Finger Feeding to Supplement a Breastfeeding Infant
19. VIDEO: Learn How to Effectively Supplement at the Breast ! | A Breastfeeding Support Guide
20. VIDEO: How to Fit Breast Pump Flanges
21. PODCAST: Flange Size Matters: A Comparative Pilot Study of the Flange FITS Guide Versus Traditional Sizing Methods
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. Feedback Form
3. References Used
4. ACTIVITY: Weaning Plan
5. ACTIVITY: Scenarios
6. PODCAST: Ep. 9: What Does It Mean to Wean?
7. HANDOUT: A mother's guide to combining breastfeeding and paid work
8. VIDEOS: Working and breastfeeding
9. VIDEO: Breastfeeding & Returning to Work: WORKFEED study
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
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
18. VIDEO: FORMATION OF CLEFTS
19. VIDEO: CLEFT LIP AND PALATE INTERVIEWS
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. References SD-11
3. SD11 Newborn Examination PDF
4. VIDEO: Medications and human milk
5. SD11 Slides summary
6. Video: Jaundice Metabolism
7. Activity Breastfeeding and Medications
8. Medications/Drugs and Breastfeeding
9. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Hypoglycemia (revised 2021)
10. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Jaundice
11. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Substance Use and Breastfeeding (Revised 2023)
12. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Antidepressants (2015)
13. PROTOCOL: Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Radiology (2019)
14. BAPM Identification and Management of Neonatal Hypoglycaemia in the Full-Term Infant (Birth – 72 hours) 2024
15. LEAFLET: ABM Hypoglycaemia and BF
16. ARTICLE: Skin-to-skin contact for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
17. Medications and Breastfeeding Game
18. VIDEO: Ballard score
19. VIDEO: Neonatal Reflexes
20. VIDEO: Newborn Examination to revise (IBCLC doesn't need to complete a full physical assessment, just refer deviation from normality)
21. Feedback Form
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. SUMMARY OF SLIDES for Webinar
3. PUBLICATION: The Alchemy of Human connection by Indira Lopez-Bassols
4. ARTICLE: Losing Women, Losing Breastfeeding: A Crisis of Words
5. Article: How to respect My Name
6. VIDEO: RENE BROWN
7. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine LGBTQ+ Patients
8. Feedback Form
9. SUMMARY OF SLIDES FOR SESSION
1. Zoom Link for Study Day
2. PODCAST: Becoming an IBCLC is not easy
3. LEAFLET: BED SHARING
4. DOCUMENT: CLINICAL NOTES (Please download or print)
5. VIDEO: Co-Sleeping With Infants: Science, Public Policy, and Parents Civil Rights, with James McKenna, PhD
6. ABM Bedsharing and Breastfeeding Protocol
7. References SD-13
8. ACTIVITY: Recap cards
9. DOCUMENT: Feeding/report plan
10. Feedback Form
11. PODCAST: How Babies Sleep: A Conversation with Dr. Helen Ball

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The Art and Science of Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding London Course

Course Curriculum

Introductory information

Study Day 1: Anatomy and physiology

Study Day 2: Position and attachment

Study Day 3: Breast milk composition

Study Day 4: Breast and nipple pain + related pathologies

Study Day 5: Breast surgeries and management of undersupply

Study Day 6: Research and ethics

Study Day 7: Introduction to Ankyloglossia (Tongue-Tie)

Study Day 8: Feeding devices

Study Day 9: Working and weaning

Study Day 10: Prematurity, feeding challenges and Impact of birth

Study Day 11: Newborn assessment + Paediatric conditions

Study Day 12: Breast-sleep, Consultations and Exam prep.

Study Day 13

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