Saturday, May 30

Baby Friendly Initiative - 20 Hour Breastfeeding Course

This is a two day course running Saturday, May 30, 2020 and Sunday, May 31, 2020. You must commit to attending both days.

By Interprofessional Education

Date and time

Sat, May 30, 2020 8:00 AM - Sun, May 31, 2020 4:00 PM EDT

Location

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre - Ibn Sina Sim Lab (Room 3100 - 3rd Floor)

980 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6V4 Canada

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

About this event

This two day introductory course explores, promotes and supports human lactation and breastfeeding through examining current evidence-based, best practice.

Participants will develop their knowledge and understanding of human lactation and breastfeeding, to enable them to confidently and effectively implement care that facilitates and supports the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding. Participants will examine and demonstrate effective assessment and management skills to support breastfeeding in challenging circumstances.

This course meets the BFI recommendation for the basic education of staff providing direct care to breastfeeding women and their families.

PLEASE NOTE: This course is intended for health care professionals at Thunder Bay Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay District Health Unit and regional hospitals.

For Open Registration for Non-Employees/Residents - Eventbrite accepts Credit Cards as form of payment (Note: We are currently not using PayPal on Eventbrite).

Organized by

Interprofessional Education

Health Canada describes interprofessional education as learning together to promote collaboration. Academics and Interprofessional Education (IPE) are education leaders who work in collaboration with all health care professionals to learn with and from all health disciplines to improve patient care at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) under the Patient Family Centered Care Model.

At TBRHSC we strive to provide an interprofessional approach to all education we deliver.