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[ID] 698 [Interest Areas] Concerned Citizen Other Areas: medical student, breastfeeding mom [Comment] My medical school provides almost zero instruction on the act of breastfeeding: if the breast is discussed, it is usually in connection to breast cancer, gynecomastia, or prolactinoma. It would be great if the NBME would make breastfeeding a focus of the boards--it would force breastfeeding to be a more prominent topic in medical education. Medical students should learn medications and substances that are safe or contraindicated for breastfeeding, infectious diseases that are compatible/non-compatible with breastfeeding, common breastfeeding problems and their management, the composition and immunology of human milk, and current recommendations for breastfeeding. Also, many woman physicians find it very difficult to breastfeed and pump milk during their medical training. This leads to less personal experience with breastfeeding and less comfort counseling women on breastfeeding. Medical colleges and residency training programs should provide sanitary places (not bathrooms) for mothers to pump, and publish guidelines for instructors and administrators on how to support nursing mothers during their medical training (the AAP has already done so). [Topic] 
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Call To Action on Breastfeeding
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