What a good idea. A lot of times the breastfeeding moms in my office are the first ones the medical students have ever seen nursing. Some of the older, more established moms will even take the opportunity to teach the students about breastfeeding. Old quote from one of our past nurses:"You always know when it one of Dr. Hertz's patients... they always have a boob hanging out!" Gail Gail S. Hertz MD, IBCLC [log in to unmask] Lucy wrote: snip ..... So I'm thinking about live > models. For those who don't know this, students graduate from textbooks > and cadavers to practicing on live paid people before they are turned > loose on actual patients. For example, I know a woman who is a model for > breast exams (not lactating). She teaches the students how to do it > right. She was trained and she's been examined so many times the right > way and the wrong way that she is told that she can instruct the students > if they are not doing something right. So what about having live models > of breastfeeding women for them to practice with? Don't you think there > must be some stay home moms that would love to make a little money > helping to teach medical students how breastfeeding is supposed to go? > > Lucy Towbin, LCSW, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html