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Implementation Strategies

The Breastfeeding Residency curriculum has been designed to be flexible. The AAP has pilot tested this curriculum at 14 residency programs across the country for the past 2 years. Each residency program tailored the curriculum to their unique needs, as you can too.

We want to help you plan the curriculum that best fits your needs. To help, we have a General Implementation Strategy as well as examples of how other residency programs have structured their programs. It is best to start with the General Implementation Strategy. It outlines the steps you need to take to be able to implement this curriculum successfully. The residency program examples will show you how other programs have implemented this curriculum over several years, 1 year, 1 rotation, or even how to do the bulk of the curriculum in 1 day. The Example of a Resident Activity Checklist/Sign Off Form can help you track the progress of the residents through the curriculum no matter what strategy you choose.

• General Implementation Strategy
  This page outlines the steps you need to take to implement this curriculum.
• Duke University Implementation Strategy
  This document outlines the curriculum implemented at Duke University. They focused on incorporating breastfeeding education into the Newborn Nursery Rotation for pediatric and family medicine residents and as an independent curriculum for others, including OB/GYN residents.
• MetroHealth Medical Center Pediatric Newborn Nursery Rotation Strategy
  This document outlines a curriculum implemented at MetroHealth Medical Center. This curriculum focused on the Newborn Nursery Rotation.
• MetroHealth Medical Center Obstetric/Gynecologic Strategy
  This document outlines a curriculum implemented at MetroHealth Medical Center. This curriculum focused on the Obstetric/Gynecologic residents.
• Texas Tech University Health Science Center - Amarillo Breastfeeding Residency Curriculum Training Day
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center created a 1-day training to satisfy many of the requirements within the curriculum. This document is the schedule for that training day.
• Example of a Resident Activity Checklist/Sign Off Form
  This document is an example of a way to track the progress of the residents as they work through the curriculum.