ADVANCED ISSUES IN LACTATION PRACTICE
Advance your career & have fun with us
on the 2023 Symposium at Sea cruise!
Departing from Cape Liberty, NJ
September 3-10, 2023
The Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice (AILP) course will be offered with an in-person component this fall aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas during the Symposium at Sea cruise!
The course prepares participants to sit for the exams for the Advanced Lactation Consultant (ALC) and Advanced Nurse Lactation Consultant (ANLC) certifications.
Prerequisites
There are two sets of important prerequisites for the course:
- Current certification as an IBCLC or CLC
- Successful Completion of the Maternal and Infant Assessment for Breastfeeding and Human Lactation Course
Course Components
For the in-person Advanced course in September 2023, there will be 26 hours of pre-coursework to be done before boarding the cruise ship, and on the ship there will be 9 hours of in-person training, and 10 hours of small group work taking place on the cruise ship. Pre-coursework will include reading the textbook and additional online modules.
The course provides 45 contact hours for RNs, 39 L-CERPs and 6 E-CERPs for IBCLCs, and 45 contact hours for CLCs.
Symposium at Sea
The Advanced Course is offered in the tandem with the 2023 Breastfeeding Symposium at Sea. The course and the symposium sessions have been scheduled at so that you have the option of pursuing an advanced certification without missing out on any of the in-demand learning tracks from the Symposium.
Ports of Call & Daily Schedule
September 3
Cape Liberty, NJ | Departs at 4pm |
| 7-10 pm | Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice (session 1 of 3) |
September 4
Day at Sea | 9am-noon | Track 1 – Ethical Lactation Practices: Research Updates, Part 1 |
| 1pm-4pm | Track 2 – Skin-to-Skin Contact: Practical Advice to Build your Clinical Skills, Part 1 |
| 7-10 pm | Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice (session 2 of 3) |
September 5
Orlando, FL (Port Canaveral) | 9am-noon | Track 3 – Communication: Re-Humanizing The Experience, Part 1 |
| afternoon off |
September 6
CocoCay, Bahamas | day off |
September 7
Nassau, Bahamas | morning and afternoon off |
| 7pm-10pm | Track 3 – Communication: Re-Humanizing The Experience, Part 2 |
September 8
Day at Sea | 9am-noon | Track 1 – Ethical Lactation Practices: Research Updates, Part 2 |
| 1pm-4pm | Track 4 – Setting Up a Doula Practice |
| 7-10 pm | Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice (session 3 of 3) |
September 9
Day at Sea | 9am-noon | Track 5 – Latch 1, 2, 3: Handy Tips and Helpful Hints |
| 1pm-4pm | Track 2 – Skin-to-Skin Contact: Practical Advice to Build your Clinical Skills, Part 2 |
September 10
Cape Liberty, NJ | Arrives at 6am |
Click here for more information on the Symposium at Sea!
ALC/ANLC Exams
The ALC and ANLC Exams will be offered in an online proctored format by the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice, and need to be scheduled after the cruise, as Wifi on the cruise and at ports of call may not be reliable.
Online Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice Course
After the live course, portions of the course filmed on the cruise will be incorporated into the online version of Advanced Issues in Lactation Practice course, to be released in late 2023.
