Providing a Latch Key: Increasing Lactation Education for Medical Students

Start Date

5-3-2024 9:10 AM

5-3-2024 11:00 AM

Background

Problem Statement: Current Healthy People 2030 data suggests that only up to 25% of infants are exclusively breastfed at six months of life, but target rates are upwards of 40%. Though this trend is multifactorial, an actionable solution is to increase lactation education for residents and medical students to better equip them to counsel patients.
Project AIM: We aim to increase provider comfort in lactation counseling by implementing lactation education, resources, hands-on training, and postpartum follow-up strategies for Thomas Jefferson University pre-clerkship/ rotating medical students and OB/GYN residents.

breastfeeding, medical student education, lactation education

Presented at the 2024 Jefferson Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit.

COinS

May 3rd, 9:10 AM May 3rd, 11:00 AM

Providing a Latch Key: Increasing Lactation Education for Medical Students

Background

Problem Statement: Current Healthy People 2030 data suggests that only up to 25% of infants are exclusively breastfed at six months of life, but target rates are upwards of 40%. Though this trend is multifactorial, an actionable solution is to increase lactation education for residents and medical students to better equip them to counsel patients.
Project AIM: We aim to increase provider comfort in lactation counseling by implementing lactation education, resources, hands-on training, and postpartum follow-up strategies for Thomas Jefferson University pre-clerkship/ rotating medical students and OB/GYN residents.