The Clinician Teacher in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine: A Healthcare Series
Small Steps, BIG Gains: An Outpatient Breastfeeding Toolkit for NICU Graduate Dyads
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023
12:00 – 2:00 pm CST
Patti James MSN, RN, NNP-BC, IBCLC,
Courtney Massina BSN, RN, IBCLC, and Sonal Patel MD, CLE
Overview of the Clinician Teacher Series
The monthly Clinician Teacher in Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Series aims to address strategies for starting and maintaining a Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine practice, pearls for patient management, and curriculum development and implementation for our learners.
Whether we work in large health systems, direct primary care, private group practice, telehealth, or Federally Qualified Health Centers, we all have innovations, ideas, advice, and questions to share regarding how we teach, practice medicine, and manage our Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine practices. Each month we will cover a different topic that pertains to our work such as items we stock, tools we use, how we bill, patient screening and triage, challenging clinical scenarios, curriculum development, and more.
Feel free to join us, whether you plan to sit back or join in on lively conversations.
We look forward to seeing you monthly!
Webinar Objectives
• Switching the mindset from NICU (scheduled feedings) to Outpatient (cue-based feedings)
• Understanding the synactive theory of infant development in relationship to breastfeeding the NICU graduate
• Learning to focus on quality not quantity to help advance breastfeeding goals
• Understanding the Small Steps, BIG Gains toolkit as a framework to create a partnership and communication transparency between you and your NICU dyads
About the Instructors
Patti James, MSN, RN, NNP-BC, IBCLC
Patti James is a board certified neonatal nurse practitioner and IBCLC. She began her nursing career at Baptist Health Little Rock functioning for 20 years in NICU transport, education, and leadership roles. In 2000, because of her interest in neonatal feeding disorders, developmental care, and breastfeeding support for NICU families, she transitioned from the NICU bedside to assist with lactation program expansion. In 2010, she completed her NNP training at Baylor University. For the last 13 years, she has been a practitioner in the NICU, Special Care Unit, and newborn populations. She has also served as a Quality Improvement Coordinator for the NICU, and Lactation Consultant for inpatient and outpatient breastfeeding families. Patti is currently NICU staff at Baptist Health Ft. Smith.
Courtney Massina BSN, RN, IBCLC
Courtney has been a Registered Nurse since 2008 with the entirety of her career in Maternal Child Health. 8 of those years specifically in the NICU and the other 7 years in Newborn and Postpartum Care. She has had skilled training and experience in lactation since 2009, with first completing a Certified Breastfeed Educator training and then certifying as an IBCLC in 2015. Her passion is to provide the knowledge families require to make informed feeding decisions and support their feeding goals in a collaborative and connected way. Throughout the span of her nursing and lactation career she has had the benefit of experiencing a diverse population of families as she has lived and practiced in several states. Currently, she resides outside of Houston, Texas with her husband and 3 children, and is practicing as an IBCLC in a Level III NICU.
Sonal Patel, MD, CLE
Sonal Patel is a pediatrician, neonatologist, & breastfeeding specialist who founded NayaCare in 2018. NayaCare is a home health clinic focused on improving postpartum care. She has written several articles on this subject published in Scary Mommy, Kevin MD, and Colorado Sun. She wrote her first book, The Doctor and Her Black Bag that examines maternal mortality in historical and personal context and solutions to reduce maternal mortality. She is also a co-founder and co-executive director of Center for 4th Trimester Care, a national physician-led non-profit with the mission of improving postpartum care. She is a TEDx speaker: The Economics of the 4th Trimester.
She developed her passion for maternal-infant health through her career and individual experiences. Her education has been centered on infant nutrition and its impact on infant development. Her passion is to empower mothers to achieve their own, individual breastfeeding goals.
Registration
There is no charge for the webinar, but a donation of $5-$20 to our scholarship fund would be appreciated. Please “Add to Cart” at the bottom of this page to reserve your seat to attend live or access the recording. You can also choose to add on a donation amount.
Recording
A recording of the webinar will be available for 2 months to those who have registered. Attendees can earn credits through any combination of live participation and/or viewing the recording.
Please note that for a number of reasons, it is our policy not to permit registration for our events, nor access to the recordings, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers, technical issues, and fairness to everyone who has registered.
Accreditation
IBCLC: This course has been allocated 2(L) CERPs recognized by IBLCE. Long Term Provider #117-04.
IABLE has been accepted by International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) as a CERP Provider for the listed Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) programme. Determination of CERPs eligibility or CERPs Provider status does not imply IBLCE®’s endorsement or assessment of education quality. INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF LACTATION CONSULTANT EXAMINERS®, IBLCE®, INTERNATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT®, and IBCLC® are registered marks of the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners.
CME: The AAFP has reviewed CLINICIAN TEACHER IN BREASTFEEDING AND LACTATION MEDICINE: A HEALTHCARE SERIES, and deemed it acceptable for AAFP credit. Term of approval is from 09/20/2023 to 09/19/2024. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This session is approved for 2 AAFP Prescribed Credits. AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
CEUs: According to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), 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.
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For a number of reasons it is our policy not to permit registration for our events,
nor access to the recordings, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers, technical issues, and fairness to everyone who has registered.