The Blanquerna Faculty of Health Sciences and lactApp offer the title of University Expert in Breastfeeding, a professional program designed for health professionals who wish to improve and deepen their knowledge, skills and aptitudes, for the care of the woman and the child during lactation. All the postgraduate theoretical training allows you to prepare for the IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) exam.
Who is it for?
The title of university expert in Breastfeeding is mainly intended for active professionals in the different areas of maternal and child care and focused on improving their resources when caring for mothers and babies: midwives, nurses, nutritionists, dentists, speech therapists, doctors, pharmacists, among others.
Great scope for professional growth
Start of milk production: breastfeeding pain and factors affecting the course of breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding: a view throughout history in terms of gender
Health of the mother-infant dyad: evolution of the infant and situations of complexity
Situations that put breastfeeding at risk: devices, evidence and research
If you choose the title of expert in Breastfeeding you choose ...
The aim of the training in Breastfeeding pursues the improvement of the quality of care in the maternal and child population through the foundation of the interventions with the best available scientific evidence.
Achieve competence in comprehensive care for mother and baby during breastfeeding. The program provides training for advanced practice based on the female-centered care model and the latest scientific evidence available. This also allows for theoretical preparation for the IBCLC exam.
Online mode. Ideal combination of live workshops and webinars with deferred classes to facilitate learning and conciliation
The teaching staff. The program is taught by renowned national and international specialists
Inici de la producció de llet,, dolor a l’alletar i factors que afecten el curs de la lactància (4 ECTS)
-Fisiologia, anatomia i endocrinologia de la lactància materna
-Embaràs, part, primeres hores
-Habilitats clíniques
-Patologia (materna i infantil)
MÒDUL 2
Lactància materna: una visió al llarg de la història en clau de gènere (5 ECTS)
-Història de la lactància materna en clau de gènere
-Psicologia, sociologia i antropologia
-Salut pública i lactància materna
-Donació de llet materna
MÒDUL 3
Salut de la díada mare-lactant, evolució del lactant i situacions de complexitat (6 ECTS)
-Nutrició (materna i infantil)
-Evolució del lactant
-Situacions especials
MÒDUL 4
Situacions que posen en risc la lactància, dispositius, evidència i investigació (5 ECTS)
-Retorn a la feina i lactància
-Farmacologia, tòxics i proves diagnòstiques
-Xarxa de suport de la madre que alleta: recursos i productes
-Investigació i ètica en lactància materna
A direct link to your future career
Our work doesn't finish the moment you graduate. The Alumni department will support you to enable us to achieve an employment rate of 90% of students in the first year after graduation
Doctoral scholarships announced by the Carolina Foundation that are aimed at the training in Spain of national graduates from a member country of the Ibero-American Community of Nations, with academic or professional capacity backed by an excellent curriculum.
Banco Sabadell offers financing for all or part of school courses, university studies, language courses, a specialization course or attending a seminar, as well as related expenses, such as material, stay or transfer. With the possibility of starting to return the money at the end of the training.
Companies have a credit to finance the training of their workers which is made effective through bonuses in the Social Security contributions paid by companies.