Carole Dobrich will be presenting a Webinar on: “When things go horribly wrong”

Following my presentation in Bali called Ethical Decision Making Related to Tongue-Tie and the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach where we looked at the ethics in clinical practice and the different roles of the team, we were able to get some feedback on the following question I asked.

What are the clinical, ethical, and legal obligations regarding tongue-tie management and frenotomy? for each team member. I will provide the feedback that was provided by the attendees as to what they believed the answers were for each of the team members (Volunteer support, IBCLCs, Midwives, Body workers, Doctors/dentists, and other HCPs). I will then discuss a case where things when horrible wrong and explain why it is so important to always practice with a clinical, ethical, and legal obligation lens regarding tongue-tie management and frenotomy.

This Webinar is free for current ASTOT Members with a fee of $40 for non-members.

CAROLE DOBRICH B.Sc., RN, IBCLC (she/her)

Carole is an RN, IBCLC and completed her B.Sc. in MCH - Human Lactation. She wears many hats in both her professional and volunteer roles.

She’s an advocate for supporting the breastfeeding dyad to reach their goals, and has been supporting families with complicated lactation situations for 30+ years. Her involvement with tongue-tie research started in 2004. Her original Frenotomy Decision Rule for Breastfeeding Infants evolved into the Frenotomy Decision Tool for Breastfeeding Dyads. She attended the 1st meeting in Orlando of what became the International Affiliation of Tongue-tie Professionals (IATP). Also involved in the development of the International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals (ICAP) and is a founding member.

She believes in sharing knowledge through education, mentoring, supporting research, advocacy and putting all in to good ethical practice. Proud mother of 4 adult children & 1 grandchild (soon to be 2). She now lives in Perth, Australia, after 40 years in Montreal, Canada.