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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 various methods of supplementing the breastfed infant.
Objectives
- Describe pros and cons of 4 devices used for supplemental feeding
- Describe how timing of supplemental feeding can impact infant breastfeeding behavior over time
- Describe 2 strategies to decrease excess supplementation
Topic Outline
- Spoon feeding
- Cup feeding
- Finger feeding
- Paced Bottle feeding
- At-the-breast Supplementer
- Timing of providing supplementation
- Methods of avoiding over supplementation
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Supplementation Methods and deemed it acceptable for up to 0.5 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 0.5(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
Karen Bodnar MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP, received her BS in Physics from MIT and served as an officer in the US Air Force. She then completed medical school and pediatric residency at the University of Florida. At UF, she also studied to become an Internationally Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). After completing her training, she spent 5 years in California where she worked in private practice and as an assistant clinical professor of general pediatrics at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. In 2015, she relocated to Virginia and became a pediatric hospitalist, assistant clinical professor at Inova Children’s Hospital, and medical director of the Inova Breastfeeding Medicine Clinic. She is a fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM), a past board member of IABLE, and is a current board member of ABM. She is a cohost of the Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast series.
Conflicts of Interest
None