10.0 Closing session
Thank you for participating in Breastfeeding Essentials. We hope you have found it thought provoking and interesting, and that it has revitalised your desire to provide the best care for mothers and babies.
The key points of the course are
- Breastfeeding is important for mother and baby.
- Most mothers and babies can breastfeed.
- Mothers and babies who are not breastfeeding need extra care to be healthy.
- Hospital and community health practices can help (or hinder) the success of breastfeeding.
- Implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding or the Seven Point Plan to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding helps good practices to happen.
Have you completed everything?
Skills competencies
Four competencies
There are four Skills Competencies that you must complete. You'll find each of them linked to the relevant course content at the topics listed below, as well as linked here (click on title of box).
Module 3.0: Communicating with pregnant women about breastfeeding.
Module 5.3: Observing, assessing and assisting breastfeeding.
Module 6.1: Hand expressing and safe milk storage.
Module 7.5.4: Teaching formula preparation and feeding.
Module 3.0: Communicating with pregnant women about breastfeeding.
Module 5.3: Observing, assessing and assisting breastfeeding.
Module 6.1: Hand expressing and safe milk storage.
Module 7.5.4: Teaching formula preparation and feeding.
Nine assessment quizzes
Your certificate.
Have you passed all 9 of the Assessment Quizzes yet? If you have “Congratulations!
” You can now collect your Certificate and display it at your place of work.