Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation

Professional Education in Breastfeeding and Lactation

Make a difference in the health of mothers and infants and add to your professional credentials. This comprehensive 6-day course is taught by expert, board-certified lactation consultants, and provides you with the theoretical foundation for the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) certification exam. To learn more about the necessary clinical hours required before sitting for this once a year exam, please see the International Board of Certified Lactation Consultant Examiners' website.

This course is designed for health care providers and lay people who want to provide accurate, current and consistent information about breastfeeding and lactation to expectant and new families. All areas of the IBLCE exam grid are included, and content is based on current research as it applies to best practice issues in the clinical setting.

Completion of this course will provide a Lactation Educator Certificate. In addition to the basic lecture content, all students will present and learn from written and oral case studies, complete a written project of their choice, and take a multiple choice exam on the final morning of the course. At the end of the course, you will have completed the required 45 hours of didactic content for preparation of the certification exam.

This course is for you:

midwives and midwifery students
birth and postpartum doulas
childbirth educators
maternity or pediatric nurses
obstetricians, pediatricians or family physicians
WIC staff
early parenting educators
perinatal social workers
Early Headstart staff
La Leche League leaders who want updates and new scientific resources
public health nurses or staff working with new families
occupational or respiratory therapists working with breastfeeding newborns
dieticians serving pregnant women, new mothers and their babies
preparation for re-certification

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CEUs are approved from:

CA Board of Registered Nursing (45 contact hours)
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (43 L and 2 E CERPs)
Commission on Dietetic Registration (45 CPE hours)