Applied Teaching Methods in Lactation Education: Learn to Teach the 20 Hour Course

This course is designed to train those who will teach the 20 hour course required by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for training health professionals, educators and staff. This offering provides a weeklong learning laboratory to assist participants in mastering the materials, methods, and scientific evidence that form the basis of the 20 hour course (as developed by UNICEF and the World Health Organization, and adapted by Baby-Friendly USA). The course is organized around the concepts, strategies, and applications involved in adult learning. Utilizing these concepts, participants will present sections of the 20 hour course to other participants (topics and materials will be assigned on-site). In addition, barriers and strategies to implementing the Ten Steps will be addressed. It is recommended that learners have a firm understanding of the basic concepts of lactation before taking this course.