Karlsruhe’s municipal hospital will run a full-day basic training course on breastfeeding and lactation on April 21, 2027, running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Seminar Room 2 on the first floor of House F. The Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe announced the session on its continuing education calendar, with Nicole Zschaler and Esther Kraft listed as the speakers and an external participation fee of €130.
The course, titled “Stillen und Laktation” (Breastfeeding and Lactation), is aimed at staff who guide mothers of newborns and premature infants through the early days of nursing. According to the hospital’s listing, the training centers on two priorities: competent and empathetic breastfeeding counseling, and professionally correct, uniform information for instruction on the ward.
What the day covers, from lactogenesis to sore nipples
The published curriculum moves from physiology to hands-on practice. The morning’s theoretical block includes the composition of breast milk, lactogenesis, and the factors that can impair sufficient milk production. The hospital also lists the significance of breastfeeding for mother and child, and bonding — described in the program as the pathway to intuitive nursing.
The practical portion addresses the clinic routine directly: latching techniques, nursing positions, feeding duration and frequency, hand expression and colostrum collection, pumping, and the management of sore nipples and breast engorgement. The stated goal, per the listing, is to help mothers build a loving breastfeeding relationship with their children and to enable staff to deliberately and competently support the nursing of premature and newborn infants.
Registration, cost, and who can attend
The €130 fee applies to external participants, for whom a separate registration route is offered through the hospital’s website (Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital). The venue, House F on the clinic campus, holds the session in Seminar Room 2 on the first floor, with the full eight-hour block from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on a single day — Wednesday, April 21, 2027.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Date | April 21, 2027 |
| Location | House F, 1st floor, Seminar Room 2 |
| Speakers | Nicole Zschaler, Esther Kraft |
| Fee (external) | €130.00 |
Practical Impact
- External professionals planning to attend should budget for the €130 fee and register in advance via the hospital’s external registration channel, as the listing specifies a separate sign-up path for non-staff attendees.
- The single-day, eight-hour format compresses both theory (milk composition, lactogenesis, interfering factors) and clinical technique (positioning, expression, pumping) into one session — relevant for anyone scheduling around shift work.
- For the clinic’s own maternity and neonatal staff, the training targets uniform counseling standards across the ward, which the hospital frames as the core prerequisite for successful breastfeeding support.
Registration capacity, continuing education credits, and whether further sessions will follow in 2027 are not stated in the hospital’s listing. Those details, for now, remain open — and the April date is the only session on the calendar.
