CBE Standards & Practices Course
Teaches and validates breast exam skills on transparent and opaque breast models containing suspicious lumps.
Universities
Breast Clinics
This online, self-study course introduces students to essential breast health topics and screening methods before learning to perform the techniques of proficient clinical breast examination using the 5 Ps of the MammaCare Method.
This course is also available to practicing clinicians who want to enhance their breast examination skills.
Continuing education contact hours/credits are available to nurses (RN, APRN, CNS) and radiologic technologists (RT).
8
Essential breast health topics
5
Hours of online training (CEUs awarded if applicable)
2
Tactually-accurate breast models
Essential Breast Health Topics
- Normal Breast Structure
- Normal Changes in the Breast
- Disorders of the Breast
- Development of Breast Cancer
- Primary Breast Cancer Screening
- Clinical History and Physical Exam
- Breast Imaging and Biopsy
- Improving Breast Health Access
MammaCare Method of Clinical Breast Examination
The MammaCare Method of Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) is the result of research that identified five essential examination techniques for performing a standardized clinical breast examination.
- PALPATION – Use the pads of the middle three fingers to make three dime-size circles at each spot you palpate.
- PRESSURES – Make each dime-size circle at increasing levels of pressure (light, medium, deep) to examine tissue at different depths.
- PATTERN – Follow the vertical strip search pattern, palpating tissue in down and up lines, to provide the most thorough coverage of the breast.
- PERIMETER – Examine all areas of the chest where breast cells are located, not only the portion of the breast that fits into a bra.
- POSITIONS – Examine the breast tissue in two different positions to evenly distribute tissue against the chest wall.
Each student will learn the MammaCare Method of CBE by observing proper examination techniques through video demonstrations and interactive palpation exercises using two breast models containing lifelike breast lumps.
Training Kit
The see-through teaching model allows the student to see what they are feeling as they learn to discriminate between normal nodularity and suspicious breast lumps.
The opaque breast model allows the student to practice detecting suspicious breast lumps hidden within complex tissue.
Breast Exam Skills Check-Off
During each breast model exam, students will record the location of each lump they find. After completing the exam, they will be presented with a visual report of the lumps they found (sensitivity) and those that were missed (specificity).
The MammaCare® Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to training every hand that examines a woman, including her own. The MammaCare Method is the recognized standard for performing and teaching clinical and personal breast examination. MammaCare provides clinical certification services and high-fidelity simulation-based training.
Phone
+1 352 375 0607
Address
930 NW 8th Ave,
Gainesville, FL, 32601
United States