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2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training
June 17 @ 8:00 am - 1:30 pm
The WV Breastfeeding Institute and the WV Perinatal Partnership present the 2025 WV Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Training by IABLE
This training is via LIVE webinar
3 sessions, June 3, 10 & 17, 2025
8:00 AM – 1:30 PM EST Each Day
About the Training
The IABLE Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion (OBC) Course is a basic, clinically-focused course for any person who is a medical or community breastfeeding/lactation supporter. We provide instruction on how to answer the most common breastfeeding/lactation questions that a family will have throughout the course of lactation, into toddlerhood and beyond.
COST
Regular cost is $250 per person WVBI price $150*
*A limited number of (free) scholarships are available, if you are able to pay the reduced price please do so and that will allow others to take the training as well.
Registration
1.) Click this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OBC2025
2) At the end of the pretest, there is a link to the WV Perinatal Partnership website to complete the demographic information needed for registration.
3) Once the registration form is completed, you will receive an email from Mandy Quick within 48 hours to access the IABLE website and complete the IABLE registration—including the discount/scholarship code.
Registration includes a copy of the Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Handbook ($20 value) with shipping within the US. Books shipped outside of the US incur additional shipping fees. We will contact you if this applies to your registration.
Recordings
Attendees can earn credits through any combination of live participation and/or viewing the recordings. A link to the recordings will be emailed to registrants within 2-3 days following the webinar. The recordings will be available for 1 year.
Please note IABLE’s policy is to not permit registration for our events, nor access to the recordings, after the event has occurred. These include policies of our accreditors and speakers, technical issues, and fairness to everyone who has registered. Sometimes the recordings will be available later as an eCourse. IABLE will announce these in our newsletter when they are available.
Accreditation
A certificate listing credits earned will be available for download from your IABLE dashboard after the event evaluation is completed. Instructions for the evaluation will be emailed within 2-3 days after the course ends.
CMEs
The AAFP has reviewed The Outpatient Breastfeeding Champion Course and deemed it acceptable for up to 14.50 Live AAFP Prescribed credits. Term of Approval is from 01/11/2024 to 01/10/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
CERPs
This course has been allocated a maximum of 14.5 (L) Continuing Education Recognition Points (CERPs) by IBLCE. CERPs approval #CLT117-04.
RNs
All state boards for nursing licensure approve of educational offerings that are approved by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC). According to ANCC Certification, the continuing education hours approved by the AAFP and AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ meet the requirement of formally approved continuing education hours and may be used as such for ANCC Certification renewal. https://www.nursingworld.org/certification/faqs/
