What Every Physician Needs To Know

Get Instant Evidence-Based Breastfeeding Education at Your Fingertips: Microlearning Videos on the Foundation of Breastfeeding Support, Management, and Clinical Problem Solving.

This innovative library of videos offers on-demand, just-in-time access to bite-sized learning covering key lactation and breastfeeding topics. Adapted from the full-day, in-person course, What Every Physician Needs to Know About Breastfeeding, Part 1, these videos empower all healthcare providers who serve lactating and breastfeeding persons to confidently and effectively address the most common breastfeeding issues.

Why you'll love these videos:

• Evidence-Based Expertise: With content based on ABM’s protocols, as well as statements and guidance from ACOG, AAFP, AAP, and the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, and presented by breastfeeding experts, you can trust the content is accurate, up to date, and evidence based.
• Just-in-Time Microlearning: Find answers quickly with a library of short, digestible videos on specific topics such as risks of not breastfeeding, management of breastfeeding in labor and delivery, breastfeeding the preterm infant, medications and human milk, and management of breastfeeding.
• Inclusive Knowledge: Benefit from comprehensive information relevant to all providers committed to evidence-based practices and optimal breastfeeding outcomes.

Interested in registering for the full-day course? Save the date for ABM’s 29th Annual International Meeting, November 14-17, 2024.

The What Every Physician Needs to Know Microlearning Videos were supported by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

Why Breastfeed? Risks of not Breastfeeding
Gail M Herrine, MD IBCLC FABM 

    

Process of Breastfeeding: Anatomy and Physiology
Karen Bodnar, MD IBCLC FABM FAAP 

   

Management of Breastfeeding in Labor and Delivery
Alison Stuebe, MD MSc FABM FACOG

Breastfeeding and the Preterm Infant
Eyla Boies, MD FABM FAAP 

Medications and Human Milk
Bobbi Philipp, MD FABM FAAP 

Breastfeeding Technology and Resources
Kristina Lehman, MD IBCLC FABM NABBLM-C 

Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Paula Schreck, MD IBCLC FABM

Christina Smillie, MD IBCLC FABM FAAP

How Mothers' Intuitive Interactions Support their Babies' Hardwired Competence for Learning to Feed - Part 1

An Easy Way for Babies to Learn to Feed - Part 2

Resolving Breast Distress - Part 3

Ann Kellams, MD IBCLC FABM 
FAAP

How Often Should Newborn Infants Eat?- Part 1

How Do You Counsel Those Who Have Risk Factors or Are Worried They Will Not (Are Not) Making Enough? - Part 2

How Long Should Feeding Last? - Part 3

How Can You Tell if a Breastfeeding Baby Is Getting Enough to Eat? - Part 4

First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Any Concerns? Any Risk Factors? - Part 5

   

Ann Kellams, MD IBCLC FABM 
FAAP

How to Preserve Breastfeeding if Supplementation is Used?- Part 6

Is Nipple Pain Normal? How Can You Avoid Nipple Pain? - Part 7

How to Assess if a Latch is Effective - Part 8

Artificial Nipples and Nipple Shields - Part 9

A Few Words About Tongue Tie - Part 10

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