Breastfeeding Course for Health Care Providers

If you are a health care provider working with breastfeeding families, this course will give you the foundational skills you need to confidently provide effective support and empower families to reach their breastfeeding goals.

This comprehensive course covers all aspects of breastfeeding support and management. During the course you will acquire or polish skills necessary for management of common breastfeeding concerns and challenges, develop a well-round and evidence-based understanding of current optimal infant feeding practices, and be able to link theory to everyday work in lactation.

The course includes: 39 hours of classroom instruction in breastfeeding theory; 38 hours of perinatal observational experiences (documented by journaling); readings from the course text book and selected web sites; a group project assignment and presentation; mid-term and final exams. You will receive a binder of resource materials, including student notes for each class and other course material. This course is offered throughout BC and other provinces, and credits are granted from a number of educational institutes.

We fully support the breastfeeding recommendations of the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada.

For a Registration Package or questions contact Virginia Towers towersv@douglas.bc.ca 604.777.6531 or Kathie Lindstrom lindstromk@douglas.bc.ca 604.777.6529 or click here for a Course Registration Form.

The required textbook (to be purchased separately), Breastfeeding Answers Made Simple: A Guide for Helping Mothers by Nancy Mohrbacher, is available at our David Lam Book Store http://www.douglas.bc.ca/services/bookstore/books/ordering.html.

Coquitlam, BC 2012
Douglas College, David Lam Campus, 1240 Pinetree Way
Time: 1900-2200
Fee: $550 (includes a binder of course/resource materials)
Instructor: Sandra Yates
Tue, Jan 10, 17, 24, 31; Feb 7, 14, 21, 28; Mar 6, 13, 20, 27; Apr 3
CRN: 11144

Coquitlam, BC 2012
Douglas College, David Lam Campus, 1240 Pinetree Way
Time: 1900-2200
Fee: $550 (includes a binder of course/resource materials)
Instructor: Sandra Yates
Tue, Sep 11, 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; Nov 6, 13, 20, 27; Dec 4
CRN: 31106

Abbotsford, BC 2012
Sat, Jan 21, 28; Feb 11, 25; Mar 3, 24, 31
Contact Anita Froese, email: anitafroese@shaw.ca
Time: 0900-1600
Fee $550 (includes a binder of course/resource materials)
CRN 11145

Off Site locations and course fees:

Victoria, BC 2012
Tue, Jan 24, 31; Feb 7, 14, 21, 28; Mar 6, 13, 29, 27; Apr 3, 10, 17
Contact Virginia Towers, email: towersv@douglas.bc.ca
Time: 1830-2130 
Fee $600 (includes a binder of course/resource materials)
CRN 11250

Kamloops, BC 2012
Sat, Sep 15, 29; Oct 13, 27; Nov 10, 24; Dec 8
Contact Lea Geiger, email: Lea.Geiger@interiorhealth.ca
Time: 0900-1600
Fee $600 (includes a binder of course/resource materials)
CRN 31109