Breastfeeding and Medicine Elective

Breastfeeding Elective

Welcome to the Breastfeeding Elective. This elective is offered as credit in Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology,and Family & Community Medicine. Please utilize this webpage to obtain your elective information, assignments, and resources. If you have any problems or questions, please feel free to contact me at scox@siumed.edu or 217-545-5619. Your feedback is always welcome.

Thank you,
Sibyl Cox, MS, RDN, CSP, CLC

Elective Faculty

Schedule

Your schedule will be determined by course faculty. A completed schedule will be made available to you no later than the Friday before your elective start date. Please contact Sibyl Cox at scox@siumed.edu with questions.

Elective Text & Assigned Reading

Your text for the Breastfeeding Elective will be the 3rd edition Lactation Management Self-Study Modules authored by Wellstart International. This text is available for download from the webpage as well as from your instructor. Please do not mark any print copy provided to you.  

You will be assigned readings from the text throughout the elective. The Modules will be supported by the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM)Breastfeeding Protocols and other external media. These are located online at www.bfmed.org. Select the protocols link on the left side of the main page.

            Module One: Breastfeeding as a Primary Health Care Strategy
Please read Module One from the 3rd edition Wellstart Manual along with these protocols for your first day.

• Protocol #7 - Model Hospital Policy
• Protocol #14 - Breastfeeding Friendly Physician’s Office Part 1
• Protocol #15 - Analgesia & Anethesia for the Breastfeeding Mother

Module Two: Basics of Breastfeeding: Getting Started
Please read Module Two from the 3rd edition Wellstart Manual along with these protocols for your first day.

• Protocol #2 - Going Home/Discharge
• Protocol #3 - Supplementation
• Protocol #5 - Peripartum Breastfeeding Management
• Protocol #6 - Cosleeping & BF
• Protocol #8 - Human Milk Storage
• Protocol #13- Contraception & BF

Module Three: Common Breastfeeding Problems
Please read Module Three from the 3rd edition Wellstart Manual along with these protocols for your first day.

• Protocol #1 - Hypoglycemia
• Protocol #4 - Mastitis
• Protocol #9 - Galactogogues
• Protocol #10 - Breastfeeding the Near Term Infant
• Protocol #11 - Neonatal Ankyloglossia
• Protocol #12 - NICU Graduate Going Home
• Protocol #16 - Breastfeeding the Hypotonic Infant
• Protocol #17 - Guidelines for Breastfeeding Infants with Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate, or Cleft Lip and Palate
• Protocol #18 - Use of Antidepressants in Nursing Mothers

Breastfeeding Elective Learning Activities

• Complete Wellstart self-study modules
• Assigned reading for each Module
• Answer questions
• Discuss with course faculty
• Daily breastfeeding rounds
  • Maintain 4 Patient census
  • Notes/observations
  • H & P Write-ups * Please bring copies for faculty when you present *
• Outpatients as available
  • H&P Write-ups
• Research Presentation to course faculty weekly
• Discussion of Modules may take place during rounds also
• Review other media as time allows
• Breast Feeding Elective Media Viewing List - Obtain media from Lactation Consultants
• Videos

1. Karp, H. The Happiest Baby on the Block
2. Morton, J. A Premie Needs His Mother
3. Righard, L. Delivery Self Attachment
4. Royal College of Midwives Helping a Mother to Breastfeed: No finer investment
5. Medela CD ROM Anatomy of Lactating Breast (converted to online presentation) © Medela AG, Switzerland, 2006 .

• Pre-tests
  1. Pre-test 1
  2. Pre-test 2

• Post-tests
  1. Post-test 1
  2. Post-test 2
• Research Topics
• History & Physical Guide
• History & Physical Example
• Videos

1. Karp, H. The Happiest Baby on the Block
2. Morton, J. A Premie Needs His Mother
3. Righard, L. Delivery Self Attachment
4. Royal College of Midwives Helping a Mother to Breastfeed: No finer investment
5. Medela CD ROM Anatomy of Lactating Breast (converted to online presentation) © Medela AG, Switzerland, 2006 .