Conference Add-on Lecture Packs

Expand your conference experience with any of these focused educational series! In addition to the main conference, we are offering the option to extend your conference experience with 4 highly informative add-on lecture packages.

Comprehensive Care for Six Newborn Challenges: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Support Lecture Pack

Being able to provide comprehensive care for newborn challenges requires a strong knowledge of the latest research and thoughts on best practice. Join our expert speakers to learn more about how to recognize, manage and provide support for concerns that can present themselves during the early weeks of life.

• How Low Is Too Low? Managing Newborn Hypoglycemia
  Anya Kleinman, MD, IBCLC
• Creating A Care Plan for the Jaundiced Newborn
  Aruna Savur, MBBS, DNB (PED), Adv Training in NICU, IBCLC, CIMI (IAIM)
• From Distressed to Regulated: A Holistic Way to Comfort the Unsettled Baby
  Carol Smyth, IBCLC, MBACP, BABCP
• Unlocking the Power of Proper Latching: Overcoming Challenges and Maximizing Breastfeeding Success
  Dianne Cassidy, MA, IBCLC-RLC, ALC
  
• Critical Congenital Heart Disease: A Guide to Screening & Management
  Gayatri Jape, MBBS, MD, FRACP, PhD
• Assessment and Management of Tongue-tie in Infants
  Sarah Oakley, RN SCPHN (Health Visitor) IBCLC

The Labour & Birth Toolkit: Strategies, Techniques & Support Lecture Pack

Healthcare professionals have an important role to play in helping to create a safe and positive birth experience. Join our expert speakers to learn more about the latest research, tools and guidelines for providing effective and parent centered care during labour and birth.

• Only Now, Just This - Practicing Mindfulness in Labor and Delivery
  Jennifer Jo Averill Moffitt, RN, CNM, MBCPTc
• Hand Jiggling the Pelvis in Birth: Creating Space & Improving Labour Progress
  Jenny Blyth, Independent Birth Educator & Bodyworker
• Identification and Management of Fear of Childbirth
  Kamilla Gerhard Nielsen, MD
• The Remarkable Transition From Liquid to Air at Birth: The Implications for Neonatal Resuscitation
  Karen Strange, CPM/NRP Instructor
• Sharpening Your Knowledge of Fetal Heart Monitoring Concepts
  LaShea Haynes, MEd, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BC, RNC-OB, C-EFM
• Stirrups Are Restraints: 5 Simple Steps to Overcome Barriers to Upright Pushing
  Mandy Irby, BSN, RNC-OB, C-EFM, LCCE

Be at Your BEST During Birth Emergencies Lecture Pack

Emergency skills training is crucial for midwives. Join our expert speakers to learn more about the latest evidence on emergency skills for managing postpartum hemorrhage, hypertension in pregnancy and shoulder dystocia.

• BEST Practice Updates for Clinical Care of Hypertension in Pregnancy
  Andrea Dixon, CNM
• STOP Postpartum Hemorrhage in its TRACs
  Andrea Dixon, CNM and Avril Bowens, RN, CPM
• Move It! Get the Shoulders Unstuck!
  Avril Bowens, RN, CPM

Managing Weight Gain in the Breastfed Infant Lecture Pack

Infant weight gain is a critical marker of feeding progress. Join our expert speakers to learn more about the latest evidence on why and how we use infant weight charts, what they can tell us and what they can't, and how to intervene when weight gain is inadequate.

• Case Studies of Poor Weight Gain in Breastfed Infants
  Mary Ryngaert, MSN, APRN, IBCLC
• Healthy Babies: What We Can Learn from Infant Growth Charts
  Prashant Gangal, MD, DCH, IBCLC
• Care Plan Development for Weight Concerns in the Breastfed Infant: A Family Centred Approach
  Shel Banks, IBCLC