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This eCourse is one session from our Core Content of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine course. The Core Content of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Course is comprised of 30 individual sessions that are designed to comprehensively prepare physicians and other providers (physician assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives) to provide evidence-based anticipatory guidance and management of typical breastfeeding and lactation problems seen in primary care.
Overview
This course, designed for physicians and other healthcare providers, covers the normal physiology of lactation.
Objectives
- Describe the hormonal control of lactation
- Explain the impact of lactation on maternal physiology and bone density
Topic Outline
- Hormonal control of breast development during pregnancy
- Secretory differentiation and activation
- Conditions that may impact secretory differentiation or activation
- Changes to milk composition during secretory activation
- Prolactin hormone
- Oxytocin hormone
- Other factors affecting rate of milk production
- Thyroid function and lactation
- Bone metabolism and lactation
- Pregnancy and lactation associated osteoporosis
- Metabolic effects of lactation
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Lactational Physiology and deemed it acceptable for up to 0.75 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CERPS: This course has been allocated 0.75(L) CERPs recognized by IBLCE. Long Term Provider #117-04.
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
Anne Eglash MD, NABBLM-C, IBCLC, FABM, is a clinical professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. In addition to practicing family medicine, she has been a board-certified lactation consultant since 1994.
Dr. Eglash is a cofounder of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, the Medical Director and cofounder of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, and the Medical Director of the University of Wisconsin Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. She has published many peer- reviewed articles on breastfeeding medicine, has been the lead author on several Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine protocols, and was an associate editor for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal.
She co-hosts and produces a breastfeeding medicine podcast series, called The Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast. She is the founder and president of the Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education.
Conflicts of Interest
None