The Lactation Consultant Training Course
SPEAKERS
- Naomi Baumslag, MD, MPH, Founder, Women’s International Public Health Network, author of Money, Milk, & Madness, Passport to Health
- Priscilla Bornman, Esq, McKinley & Bornman, Alexandria, VA
- Barbara Boston, RNC, WHNP, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
- Jane Bradshaw, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, The Best Start Breastfeeding Center, Lynchburg, VA
- Dana Hanton, RN, MS, CPN, Education Coordinator, Inova Learning Network, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
- Maire Hewitt, RN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
- Vergie Hughes, RN, MS, IBCLC, Lactation Education Resources, Inova Health System, Falls Church, VA
- JoAnn Jarboe-Costello, Pediatric Clinical Specialist, Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD
- Lou Lab, BSN, RN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
- Barbara Moran, PhD, CNM, The Catholic University of America
- Mary Narayan, MSN, RN, George Mason University
- Frank Nice, DPA, Pharmacist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- Silvia Ochs, RN, BSN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Jacksonville, Florida
- Karen Rechnitzer, RN, IBCLC, Lactation Consultant, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA
- Josie Tullo, BA, IBCLC, Northern Virginia Lactation Consultants, Fairfax, VA
- Laurie Meihle, BSN, RN, IBCLC, State of Maryland, WIC Peer Counselor Program
- Holly McClain, BSN, RN, IBCLC
- Candice Sullivan, RNC, MS, Education Coordinator, Women’s Services, Inova Learning Network, Falls Church, VA
COURSE TOPICS
- Jaundice
- Human milk composition
- Cleft lip and palate
- Nutrition during lactation
- Communicable disease
- The premature infant
- Hospital influence on breastfeeding
- Infant growth and development
- Maternal diseases
- Drugs in breast milk
- Working and breastfeeding
- Breast pumps
- Alternative feeding methods
- Professional development
- International issues
- Milk banking
- Legal aspects of practice
- Research and statistics
- Child spacing and sexuality
- Failure to thrive
- Anatomy and physiology of lactation
- Clinical practice areas (hospital pediatric practice, out-reach and private practice)
- Physiology of lactation
