Case Presentation of Slow Infant Weight Gain – eCourse

$12.50

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Cost

$12.50 non-members
$11.25 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse for 1 year

Overview

This 1.25-hour course reviews a case presentation and discussion on the management of a lactating dyad with an infant who is gaining weight slowly.

Objectives

  • Explain common reasons for slow infant growth at the breast.
  • Describe reasons why infants may have trouble removing milk from the breast.
  • Explain strategies to determine whether slow infant growth could be from low milk production vs infant difficulties with milk removal, or both.

 

Topic Outline

  • Case presentation of a dyad with an infant who is gaining slowly at the breast.
  • Reasons why slow weight gain can happen.

 

Accreditation

CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Case Presentation of Slow Infant Weight Gain and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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.

CERPs: This course has been allocated 1.25 (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.

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/

Speakers

Anne Eglash MD, 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 is a member of the editorial review board for Breastfeeding Medicine Journal. She is the president of the Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding and Lactation Education (IABLE), and the cofounder and first president of the North American Board of Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine.

She co-hosts and produces a breastfeeding medicine podcast series, called The Breastfeeding Medicine Podcast.

Conflicts of Interest

None

Ankyloglossia | Assessment of Infant Intake | Bottle Feeding | Care Plan Development & Sharing | Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease | Infant Behavior at the Breast | Infant Feeding Difficulties | Infant Suck Dynamics | Measuring Milk Transfer | Oroboobular Dysproportion | Retrognathia | Sleepy Infant | Slow Infant Weight Gain