Healthy Child Development: Encouraging Breastfeeding: A Practical Approach for the Busy Clinician

Thursday, October 15, 2015 - North Bay

Continuing Medical Education - Mainpro-C Workshop

FACILITATOR: Dr. Lisa Graves (Read bio)

Registration: 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
Workshop: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
A light lunch will be provided.

This educational workshop has been partially funded by the Government of Ontario and the support of the Best Start Resource Centre at Health Nexus and Bruyère Continuing Care. 

Program Description:

Current evidence supports exclusive breastfeeding as the optimal method of early infant feeding, providing multiple health benefits and disease prevention for both infants and their mothers. Families receive much of their early care in the primary-care family practice setting; therefore, knowledge and support from their care team is essential to help promote, protect and support successful and continued breastfeeding.

This interactive, case-based workshop has been developed specifically to meet the needs of the primary-care provider. It provides practical, useful information and strategies to help support patients in breastfeeding, while recognizing that care must fit into the framework of a busy clinic.

After active engagement in this program, participants will be better able to:

• Describe breastfeeding basics, including latch, positioning and assessing adequacy of intake
• Discuss practical tips for approaching and managing common breastfeeding challenges, such as sore nipples, ankyloglossia, mastitis and low milk supply
• Demonstrate anticipatory guidance to help families with normal infant feeding and growth patterns
• Understand how to avoid common pitfalls in medical management that can undermine successful breastfeeding, particularly in relation to maternal illness, investigations and medications
• Know where to quickly access evidence-based resources for further breastfeeding support and medical management

FEE: $120.00 (HST included)
Due to the financial support from our partners, a discounted registration fee for participants has been applied. 

This program is open to all medical professionals including nurses, social workers, and lactation specialists. 

Please note that on-site registration will not be permitted.

CREDITS
This program meets the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and is accredited for 3.0 CFPC Mainpro-C Credits.

CANCELLATION POLICY
The OCFP reserves the right to cancel sessions due to unforeseen circumstances or insufficient advance registration. In the event of a cancellation made by the OCFP, a full refund will be given to the registrants. However, the OCFP cannot accept responsibility for out-of-pocket expenses due to cancellation of a session. Cancellations made more than 15 business days prior to the date of the event will be refunded, less a 25% administration fee. No refunds will be provided after this deadline.

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