BFLM Practice Series: Direct Primary Care Model – eCourse

Cost

$10.00 non-members
$9.00 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse until completed or for 1 year

Overview

This course focuses on the practice of breastfeeding medicine in a direct-primary-care model with Dr. Amanda Dornfeld. This series is designed for physicians who currently practice breastfeeding medicine, or are new to the field and are interested in learning the ins and outs of establishing and maintaining a breastfeeding and lactation medicine (BFLM) practice.

Objectives

1. Describe options for delivering breastfeeding medicine in a direct-primary-care model.
2. Outline barriers and opportunities in providing breastfeeding medicine as a specialty in a direct-primary-care model.

Accreditation

CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed “Providing Breastfeeding & Lactation Care within a Direct Primary Care Model” and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.0 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CERPS: According to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) Individual CERPs Guide for Recertification, Section IIIA, education that has been awarded educational credit by another board or organization may be counted as CERPs. All IABLE courses both live and enduring are awarded continuing education credits (CMEs) from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Each CME credit can be counted as one CERP.  There is no limit to the number of CMEs that can be counted as CERPs.

Nursing Credits: All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialling Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/

Speaker Biography:

Dr. Amanda Dornfeld is a life-long Indiana resident. After completing medical school at Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola Chicago, Dr. Dornfeld, moved to Muncie, Indiana to complete residency training. She and her family chose to settle in Columbus, Indiana immediately after her residency training where she practiced full-spectrum family medicine for 13 years, caring for patients in the hospital, in the office, and delivering babies. In 2020 she and her family moved to Whitianga, New Zealand for an ex-pat experience where she worked as a (very rural) GP doctor.
Dr Dornfeld opened her Direct Primary Care and Breastfeeding Medicine practice in 2021.  She was in the first cohort of physicians certified by the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine. She has been a board-certified lactation consultant since 2011.

Conflicts of Interest: None

Topics: Establishing a practice, Business planning