NDLI: Development and evaluation of a high-fidelity lactation simulation model for health professional breastfeeding education

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Sadovnikova, Anna Chuisano, Samantha A. Ma, Kaoer Grabowski, Aria Stanley, Kate P. Mitchell, Katrina B. Eglash, Anne Plott, Jeffrey S. Zielinski, Ruth E. Anderson, Olivia S.
Abstract	Background A key reason for premature cessation of breastfeeding is inadequate support from healthcare providers. Most physicians and nurses do not feel confident in their ability to support families with breastfeeding initiation or maintenance. Increasing health professional confidence in clinical lactation skills is key to improving maternal and child health outcomes. High-fidelity (realistic) simulators encourage learner engagement, resulting in increased clinical skills competency, confidence, and transfer to patient care. Lactation educators teach with low-fidelity cloth and single breast models. There are no high-fidelity breast simulators for health professional education in clinical lactation. Development and evaluation of a high-fidelity lactation simulation model In this commentary we describe the development of a high-fidelity Lactation Simulation Model (LSM) and how physician residents, nurse-midwifery students, and clinical lactation experts provided feedback on LSM prototypes. Limitations The user-testing described in this commentary does not represent comprehensive validation of the LSM due to small sample sizes and the significant conflict of interest. Conclusion For breastfeeding rates to improve, mothers need support from their nurses, midwives, pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists, and all healthcare staff who interact with pregnant and lactating women. Clinical education with high-fidelity breastfeeding simulators could be the ideal learning modality for trainees and hospital staff to build confidence in clinical lactation skills. The ability of a high-fidelity breastfeeding simulator to increase a learner’s lactation knowledge and psychomotor skills acquisition, retention, and transfer to patient care still needs to be tested.
Related Links	https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13006-020-0254-5.pdf
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Page Count	7
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ISSN	17464358
DOI	10.1186/s13006-020-0254-5
Journal	International Breastfeeding Journal
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	15
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2020-02-17
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Maternal and Child Health Breastfeeding education Lactation simulation model Breast model Breastfeeding simulator Medical education Nursing education Midwifery education Graduate medical education High-fidelity Clinical lactation
Content Type	Text
Subject	Obstetrics and Gynecology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Journal Impact Factor	2.9/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	3.6/2023

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