Learners will understand the importance of and be able to teach the new breastfeeding parent of a healthy, term infant, the 3 key breastfeeding educational components described below.
Resident Objectives
- Identify normal nutritional parameters for the term infant.
- Evaluate positioning and latch-on.
- Demonstrate hand expression.
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Essential Activities
- Show videos from Global Health Media Project including: Breastfeeding Attachment, How to Express Breastmilk, and Positions for Breastfeeding.
- Show students all of the Stanford breastfeeding videos including Successful Breastfeeding Begins Right at Birth, The Perfect Latch, and Hand Expression of Breastmilk.
- Have learners teach at least 3 new parents about proper breastfeeding technique and benefits.
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