Making a Difference - Practical Ethics Course

Overview:

4.5 hour (WHO/UNICEF competency-based model)

Application for IBLCE CERPs has been submitted

Facilitator:

Kathy Venter - RN, IBCLC

Participants:

Health care workers who are sometimes uncomfortable having the informed decision making conversation with parents because often they are not confident themselves about the science and evidence for the superiority of human milk . They are also largely unequipped to provide guidance and support when babies are formula fed - and we know those babies are often struggling.

Pre-requisite:

none

Goals & Objectives:

To Share:

• The facts of what formula is made of and how it is made 

• The risks of formula in the context of informed decision making (AFASS) and

• The awesome biochemistry of human milk and why it is so important to value every drop.

• The medical reasons for supplementation and how to offer alternative feeding methods (other than bottles and teats) and strategies to prioritize and protect mothers milk supply.

• The Importance of  skin-to- skin care and bonding as well as cue based responsive feeding  and paced bottle feeding when this is the parents method of choice.

• The role of the WHO Code and WHA Resolutions and Codex Allimentarius and the Health Canada Regulations and Canadian Pediatric Society recommendations that  are in place for the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and informed decision making around infant feeding.

Registration is not complete until payment has been received. Courses are held virtually on Zoom.

A minimum of 10 enrollments is needed in order to run this course.