Making a Difference: Level One Breastfeeding for Healthcare Professionals

Gain the skills and confidence to support breastfeeding families through our comprehensive 11-module online course. Earn continuing education credits at your own pace.

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Elevate Your Breastfeeding Support Skills

Join hundreds of healthcare professionals who have elevated their breastfeeding support skills through this WHO-aligned, Halton Baby-Friendly Initiative approved course. Learn from our expert instructor and apply evidence-based practices that make a real difference in maternal and infant health outcomes. With a self-paced format and video lectures, you can enhance your expertise on your schedule. You will get a certificate upon completion, meeting BFI education requirements. Application for IBCLE CERP credits has been sent in. This course is also approved by Doula School  for 12 CEUs. 

Who This Course Is For?

This comprehensive training is designed for hospital and community health professionals who provide direct care to breastfeeding families, including: Nurses and nurse practitioners Lactation consultants (IBCLCs and aspiring consultants) Physicians and midwives Public health professionals Doulas and birth workers Pediatric healthcare providers Community health workers Whether you're new to lactation support or looking to deepen your expertise, this course provides the evidence-based foundation you need to confidently implement care that facilitates the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding.

Essential Foundations

Master the core principles of breastfeeding support, including the properties of human milk, breast anatomy and physiology, and how milk production works. Understand breastfeeding within the context of primary, preventive, cost-effective healthcare and learn the WHO/UNICEF guidelines that protect, promote, and support breastfeeding worldwide

Practical Skills

Develop expertise in teaching latching and positioning techniques, managing early challenges like engorgement and sore nipples, and supporting families through common concerns. Learn to differentiate between true and perceived low milk supply, and how and when to use alternative feeding methods when supplementation is necessary.

Advanced Support

Gain confidence supporting babies with early feeding difficulties and mothers dealing with illness and medications while supporting their breastfeeding goals. Explore evidence-based ways to increase milk production and understand normal lactation through the introduction of complementary foods and weaning.

Meet Your Instructor,  Kathy O'Grady, RN, IBCLC

Kathy O’Grady is a registered nurse and an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Her goal is to share practical knowledge and skills to empower health workers and families to succeed, support systems level change and knowledge translation to facilitate the implementation of evidence-based best practice. Kathy is a WHO|UNICEF trained BFHI Assessor and Trainer (1991) and BFI Assessor for the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada (BCC) and Canadian delegate to the International BFHI Network. Kathy was the National Director of the Breastfeeding Committee for Canada BFI Collaborative Project Coach Mentor Program (2023-25).

Who is HBFI?

Halton Baby Friendly Initiative (HBFI) is a non-profit community coalition who promote BFI in the Halton region of Ontario, Canada.  Please visit us at www.babyfriendlyhalton.ca [email protected]

Course Curriculum

14 Chapters · 38 Lessons

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Student Testimonials

Discover how our course is making a difference in the lives of healthcare professionals. 

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This course has significantly influenced my perspective on the importance of breastfeeding and the role of healthcare providers in promoting and supporting it within the hospital setting. It has increased my motivation to assist families, while also enhancing my confidence in providing evidence-based support, whether through education or practical guidance such as positioning techniques. I do feel as though I learned a lot throughout this course and genuinely enjoyed the learning journey. It has been both informative and personally meaningful.
Lauren

RN

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I have a much better understanding of all benefits of breastfeeding and know how to better support not only positioning, but pumping, and general education to help families transition to home post discharge....I was actually able to use 2 things I learned in this module this week to support breastfeeding with success!
KC.

RN

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There was so much that I did not know, and I now feel a lot more confident in assisting parents at my job. I learned a lot and have already started applying some of this new knowledge.
Jocelyn

NICU RN

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In all the modules Kathy explains things so clearly and simply that makes it perfect for relaying  to parents
Anonymous

PHN

Learn at Your Own Pace

Flexible, Self-Paced Learning Access all 11 modules anytime, anywhere. Start and stop as your schedule allows, with progress automatically saved. You can complete the course at a pace that works for you. The course has about 12 hours of content.

Meets BFI Requirements

This course meets the Baby-Friendly Initiative recommendation for education of staff who provide direct care to breastfeeding families.

Continuing Education Credits

Earn continuing education credits and receive a certificate of completion to advance your professional credentials and demonstrate your commitment to evidence-based practice.

Ready to elevate your breastfeeding support skills?

Enroll now to gain the knowledge and skills needed to effectively support breastfeeding families.

$215.00

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