Step 2 Education specializes in online education for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and best practice breastfeeding and maternity care courses. Courses are available for independent students, community groups, hospitals and multi-site health groups. Visit the website to learn more.
Breastfeeding: Making a Difference Level 2 – This course builds on the information presented in the level 1 course
Train-the-Trainer Workshops to Support Health Care Provider Education
- BFI Infant Feeding Competency Train-the-Trainer Workshop – 2-day workshop
- BFI Informed Decision-Making Train-the-Trainer Workshop - half-day workshop
In person workshops.
Each organization will receive a USB that includes the course PowerPoint slide presentation, speaker notes, activity ideas and teaching video links at the completion of each workshop. Each organization is then free to download the contents of the USB for each participant that attended the workshop. This information can be used within the organization for ongoing internal staff training.
These two workshops complement one another and provide strategies, current information, tools and skills to support staff members to provide evidence informed care to all families, in regard to infant feeding. See attachment for more information including facilitators contact information.
Train-the-Trainer Infant Feeding Workshop Opportunities
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International Breastfeeding Centre E-learning
Online study modules derived from the lectures, recorded webinars & materials presented in class. Each module includes a webinar recording video, power point presentation notes, along with relevant journal articles and documents. Completing all 25 courses provides 91 lactation specific education hours (Recorded webinar video, lecture notes, assignment, course evaluation). Please see website for details and cost.
https://ibconline.ca/training/
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The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
The ABM has a video library adapted from the course What Every Physician Needs to Know About Breastfeeding, Part 1. The videos provide evidence-based information based on the ABM’s protocols and expert guidance from ACOG, AAFP, AAP, and the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. Each video is under 20 minutes and most take about 10 minutes to view.
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Alberta Health Services
Alberta Health Services has a 20 hour online breastfeeding course that is free, CME-accredited, and self-paced. The course is designed for health care professionals and intended to enhance knowledge and confidence in supporting families to achieve their breastfeeding goals.
20-Hour Breastfeeding Course | Alberta Health Services
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Toronto Public Health Breastfeeding Protocols
The Breastfeeding Protocols for Health Care Providers were developed to promote, protect and support effective breastfeeding for the families of healthy term infants. The Breastfeeding Protocols were initially created in 2013 and some revisions were made in 2019. The protocols are currently being revised to reflect current evidence-based research and updates are posted as they become available.
Breastfeeding Protocols – City of Toronto
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Breastfeeding System Change Project
Physician Breastfeeding Guide
This guide to breastfeeding provides evidence informed information about breastfeeding the healthy term infant. The book is intended for family practitioners, obstetrician-gynaecologists, pediatricians, midwives, nurse practitioners and other maternity care providers. Although the focus was on the Interior Health Region of British Columbia the information is relevant to healthcare providers working with breastfeeding families throughout Canada. It is user-friendly with charts, photographs and graphics. The Physician Breastfeeding Guide addresses prenatal, 0-72 hours after birth, and postnatal concerns. The guide can be downloaded.
Link is https://breastfeedingchange.ca/physician-breastfeeding-resources/
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RNAO
Breastfeeding e-Learning - This e-learn has been created as a means to assist nurses, other health-care professionals and organizations to access education that is appropriate to their role in promoting breastfeeding.
Link: Breastfeeding | RNAO
