Bella Breastfeeding: Provider Training
If your hospital is on the journey to Baby-Friendly designation and your providers (MDs, CNMs, NPs, PAs) are looking for a course to fulfill the three-hour training requirement, check out Bella Breastfeeding: Provider Training on OPENPediatrics (www.openpediatrics.org). The learner needs to first register with OPENPediatrics, and then, once in the course library, search for “bella.” With completion of a few more questions, the course will begin. The course consists of 15 video modules (4-10 minutes in length), each with a pre-test and a post-test. At the completion of the course, and with a score of >80% on the post-tests, a certificate of completion can be printed. Thanks to the support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the course is free.
Upcoming MotherBaby Summits
2019 Michigan MotherBaby Summit: Cut a Cake and Celebrate!
–Friday, November 8, 2019
–Atheneum Suite Hotel, 1000 Brush Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
–Keynote speaker: Lauren Hanley, MD speaking on Pregnancy, Lactation and Marijuana
–Other speakers: Barbara L. Philipp, MD and Paula K. Schreck, MD
–We are working on the details the day. Registration is not yet open.
The 2019 Missouri MotherBaby Summit will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at the Courtyard Marriott, 3301 LeMone Industrial Boulevard, Columbia, Missouri.
Dr. Elisha Wachman, a neonatologist from Boston Medical Center (BMC), will give the keynote address entitled, “Rethinking How to Help Opioid Exposed Infants and their Families.”
We are delighted to have this nationally-recognized expert with us for the day.
Dr. Wachman is the leader behind dramatic changes in Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome care at Boston Medical Center including discontinuation of the Finnegan scale and initiation of the Eat, Sleep Console (ESC) tool. The BMC Mother Baby Unit now uses non-pharmacologic care (non-pharm care) as first line treatment, safety huddles to enhance communication, and works hard to encourage breastfeeding. She will share criteria used to determine if breastfeeding is a safe feeding option and how a Cuddler program was started.
PDSA cycles will be discussed including:
Dr. Wachman will share run charts looking at numerous outcome metrics including Length of Stay and Medication Rates. She will also share implications for health care savings.
Dr. Wachman will be available throughout the day to answer questions.
Registration is open. More information can be found by clicking on the box below.
2019 Michigan MotherBaby Summit: Cut a Cake and Celebrate!
–Friday, November 8, 2019
–Atheneum Suite Hotel, 1000 Brush Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
–Keynote speaker: Lauren Hanley, MD speaking on Pregnancy, Lactation and Marijuana
–Other speakers: Barbara L. Philipp, MD and Paula K. Schreck, MD
–Registration is not yet open.