Impact of Brief Lactation Rotation in Residency on Decision to Refer for Lactation Support.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Breastfeeding challenges may be difficult to address within the constraints of a typical well-child visit. A team-based approach, including lactation consultants, can reduce physician workload, increase breastfeeding self-efficacy, and increase patient satisfaction. Continuity of care issues, including absent or delayed referrals, hinder patient access to skilled lactation support.

Objectives

To examine the post-residency referral patterns of physicians to lactation consultants among physicians who did or did not participate in a brief outpatient lactation rotation at an academic lactation clinic during residency.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey of physicians who completed residency programs in pediatrics, family medicine, or medicine-pediatrics b

SUBMITTER: Kindred MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11544676 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature