10.0 Closing session
Thank you for participating in Breastfeeding Essentials. We hope you have found it thought provoking and interesting, and that it has revitalised your desire to provide the best care for mothers and babies.
The key points of the course are
- Breastfeeding is important for the health and well-being of mothers and babies.
- Most mothers and babies can breastfeed.
- Hospital and community health practices have a significant impact onthe success of breastfeeding.
- Implementing the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding or the Seven Point Plan to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding ensures the best care is given to mothers and babies.
Have you completed everything?
Skills competencies

Four competencies
There are four Skills Competencies for you to complete. You'll find each of them linked to the relevant course content at the topics listed below, as well as linked here (click on title of box).
Module 3.0: Communicating with pregnant women about breastfeeding.
Module 5.3: Observing, assessing and assisting breastfeeding.
Module 6.1: Hand expressing and safe milk storage.
Module 7.5.4: Teaching formula preparation and feeding.
Module 3.0: Communicating with pregnant women about breastfeeding.
Module 5.3: Observing, assessing and assisting breastfeeding.
Module 6.1: Hand expressing and safe milk storage.
Module 7.5.4: Teaching formula preparation and feeding.
Nine assessment quizzes

Your certificate.
Have you passed all 9 of the Assessment Quizzes yet? If you have “Congratulations!
” You can now collect your Certificate and display it at your place of work.