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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, for physicians and other healthcare providers, covers infant musculoskeletal problems as part of an evaluation for feeding difficulties, including discussion on assessment and management through an osteopathic lens.
Objectives
- Explain infant exam symptoms and signs that may indicate musculoskeletal problems affecting feeding
Topic Outline
- Infant anatomy of the skull
- Signs and symptoms of infant issues
- Contributing peripartum factors to infant feeding difficulties
- Description of the technique of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Infant Musculoskeletal Issues that Affect Breastfeeding Medicine 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
Sammi Tyler DO, currently lives in Madison, WI where she practices as both a hospitalist in the Neonatal ICU and providing osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM) to pediatric, pregnant, and post-partum patients in clinic. She completed pediatrics residency at the University of Wisconsin and completed both medical school training and a fellowship in OMM at Des Moines University in Iowa. Sammi loves hiking in the mountains, practicing yoga on and off her mat, and she’s passionate about helping infants breastfeed more successfully utilizing OMM.
Conflicts of Interest
None