BFLM Practice Series: A Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Practice within a Family Medicine Practice – eCourse
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Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Practice Series
Cost
$10.00 non-members
$9.00 members (must be logged in to receive the discount)
Includes access to the eCourse until completed or for 1 year
Overview
This course focuses on integrating breastfeeding and lactation medicine into a family medicine primary care model. This series is designed for physicians who currently practice breastfeeding medicine or are new to the field and are interested in learning the ins and outs of establishing and maintaining a breastfeeding and lactation medicine (BFLM) practice.
Objectives
- 1. Describe advantages of building your patient panel based on your interests
- 2. Identify benefits of incorporating breastfeeding medicine consults within a primary care practice
- 3. Outline ways of building and maintaining relationships with other local providers
Accreditation
CMEs: The AAFP has reviewed “A Breastfeeding and Lactation Medicine Practice within A Family Medicine Practice” and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.0 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CERPS: According to the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners® (IBLCE®) Individual CERPs Guide for Recertification, Section IIIA, education that has been awarded educational credit by another board or organization may be counted as CERPs. All IABLE courses both live and enduring are awarded continuing education credits (CMEs) from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Each CME credit can be counted as one CERP. There is no limit to the number of CMEs that can be counted as CERPs.
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:
Dr. Karen Federici MD, NABBLM-C, FABM, IBCLC is a family physician in northern Illinois, board certified in breastfeeding and lactation medicine, and a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. She founded her solo private practice in 2006 and has built a successful primary care practice for women and children that fully integrates breastfeeding support into routine medical care. Within her practice she also accepts outside referrals for dedicated breastfeeding medicine consultations.
Dr. Federici has four adult children and served for many years as medical director of an outpatient breastfeeding center for her local hospital. She currently serves on her local Board of Health and, in 2023, delivered a TEDx talk titled “How Breastfeeding Education Is Failing Us.”
Conflicts of Interest: None
1.0 VII Clinical Skills
Topics: Establishing a practice, Business planning