Celebrating National Breastfeeding Week: Innovations for Successful Breastfeeding
Hosted by the School of Nursing & Midwifery in conjunction with the Faculty of Health Sciences Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Group
Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 October 2022
Please click here to download a PDF of the programme (updated 3 Oct 2022)
Day 1: Tuesday 4 October
08.15 | Registration opens for participants |
08.50 | Participants to be seated in lecture theatre |
08.55-09.00 | Welcome address |
09.00-09.10 | Opening address |
09.10-09.20 | Official opening of the conference Mrs Sabina Higgins |
09.30-11.00 | Keynote presentation: Simplifying breastfeeding: the first 36 hours • Simple adjustments in position that make early nursing easier for both parents and staff; |
11.00-11.30 | Refreshment break and poster presentations: light refreshments will be provided for attendees |
11.30-13.00 | Workshop: New evidence-based approach to early positioning Build your confidence in using a new approach to early positioning that research found reduces nipple and breast problems by half. Learn with us before trying it with the breastfeeding women. |
13.00-14.30 | Lunch Attendees are welcome to explore the local dining options including those on Trinity campus |
14.30-16.00 | Panel discussion: Barriers and solutions to breastfeeding -a multi-faceted approach Panel members: Chairperson Prof Vivienne Brady: Director of Midwifery, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery This session will include audience Q&A |
16.00 | Close of Day 1 |
Day 2: Wednesday 5 October
08.15 | Registration opens for participants |
09.00-10.30 | Keynote presentation: The natural laws of breastfeeding |
10.30-10.45 | Comfort break |
10.45-12.15 | Workshop: New evidence-based approach to early positioning Build your confidence in using a new approach to early positioning that research found reduces nipple and breast problems by half. Learn with us before trying it with the breastfeeding women. |
12.15-13.30 | Lunch Attendees are welcome to explore the local dining options including those on Trinity campus |
13.30-14.45 | Panel discussion: Visions for the future of midwifery education and research in relation to breastfeeding Panel members: Chairperson Prof Margaret Dunlea: Assistant Professor,TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery This session will include audience Q&A |
14.45-15.00 | Refreshment break and poster presentations: light refreshments will be provided for attendees |
15.00-16.30 | Keynote presentation: What's new in lactation? For lactation specialists, this talk focuses on: Of the thousands of lactation studies published during the last decade, some have the potential to make us more effective as we help breastfeeding families. This talk provides an overview of the cutting-edge knowledge and skills supported by recent evidence. It includes new science on the impact of early formula use on allergy, the dynamics of mammary dysbiosis, the effects of parental obesity on lactation, new approaches to preventing jaundice and excess weight loss after birth, novel treatments for mastitis and hypoglycaemia, LGBTQ breastfeeding and language, new ways of understanding and explaining early positioning and milk production, picture-based tongue-tie assessment tools, nursing the early term baby, and more. |
16.30 | Presentation of poster prizes and close of conference Ashamole Clive: Clinical Midwife Tutor, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Please click here to download a PDF of the programme (updated 3 Oct 2022)