Case Presentation of Prolonged Lactational Amenorrhea – eCourse

Cost

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

Overview

This course, designed for physicians and other healthcare providers, works through a case of a lactating parent with amenorrhea.

Objectives

• Discuss normal bleeding patterns while exclusively breastfeeding
• Define lactational amenorrhea
• Explain the effect of high prolactin on fertility and ovulation
• Describe the differential diagnosis and work up for prolonged amenorrhea during lactation

Topic Outline

• Case presentation
• Differential diagnosis for amenorrhea
• Normal physiology of menses
• Evaluation and assessment
• Lactation amenorrhea method

Accreditation

CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed Case Presentation of Prolonged Lactational Amenorrhea eCourse 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

Rachel McDiehl MD IBCLC is an ob/gyn physician, who is working to craft a breastfeeding medicine practice in her private practice in Decatur, GA – just outside of the Atlanta city limits. She graduated from Emory School of Medicine in 2018 and finished ob/gyn residency at Emory in 2022. Along the way, has had three children, breastfed for over 3 years, and spent countless hours pumping and recently completed her IBCLC

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 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.

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

 

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