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WIC Nutrition

Lactation Research and Policies
(Level IV)

This course is designed to enable the participant to use critical thinking to analyze and interpret research related to lactation management.

Prerequisite: Principles of Lactation Management or be an IBCLC.


Objective:
To be able to evaluate the quality of research data and incorporate it into the evidence-based care of the breastfeeding dyad.

Agenda

  Day 1

8:00am
8:30am
9:30am
10:00am
10:15am
12:00pm
12:45pm
2:15pm
2:30pm
3:30pm
4:30pm

 

Check-in
Overview of Research Design I: Clinical Research
Evaluation of Methodology of Study
BREAK
Retrieval of Literature/Research
LUNCH
Evaluating Methodology of Research Studies
BREAK
Sharing the Research
Understanding Statistics
Adjourn

  Day 2

8:00am
8:30am
9:30am
10:00am
10:15am
12:00pm
1:00pm
1:45pm
2:30pm
2:45pm
3:30pm
4:30pm

 

Check-in
Screening and Diagnostic Tests
Calculation of Sensitivity and Specificity
BREAK
Overview of Research Design II: Etiology
LUNCH
Changes in Policy and Practice
Gathering the Data to Support Change
BREAK
Evaluation of Methodology
Presentation of Supporting Research
Adjourn

Cost: $60 per person (lunch and breaks included in fee)

2008 Schedule

February 28-29, 2008
(TENTATIVE)

 Houston

Texas Medical Center

1st floor

Jesse Jones Library

Houston, TX 77030

 

Participants must furnish their own laptops.

April or June 2008
(TBA)

 Arlington

University of Texas School of Nursing

Pickard Hall, Room 216

411 South Nedderman Drive

Arlington, TX 75019

 

Parking on campus is by permit only. Do not pull straight through the spot. Violations on both will be ticketed. We will try and get passes.

August 7-8, 2008
(TENTATIVE)

Austin

JJ Pickle Research Center

Mustang Room

10100 Burnet Road

Austin, TX 78758


Instructors :

Pamela Berens, MD, IBCLC
Associate Professor Department of OB/GYN
UT Health Science Center Medical School
Houston, Texas

Judy Hopkinson, PhD, IBCLC
Lactation Physiologist
USDA/ARS Childrens' Nutrition Research Center
Houston, Texas

Continuing Education Credit

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the  American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examines for the State of Texas. (13.25 hours)


This activity is approved for 13.0 Level 1 Continuing Professional Education hours by the Texas Dietetic Association.

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners award 9.1 L-CERPs, 3.15 R-CERPs, and 1.0 E-CERPs for this offering.

Registration confirmation :

Questions:
About Clinical Assessment of Lactation Research and Policies, Principles of Lactation Management, Physicians Breastfeeding Course, Mini Breastfeeding Management Program I or II:

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Last Updated October 16, 2007

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