>I would like to call for an opportunity for some real discussion on how this
>effort could be moved forward.

Here, here, Barbara!  Yes, let's please do this. I am *dying*.........
now that ICEA has come out with their two day lactation specialist
course, the accreditation issue is even more murky to the general public,
and to the hospitals who care only about competing with titles and not
about expertise.  Not only would I like to see standardized education and
experience, but I'd also like to see licensure (can IBLCE make this
jump?) just as other professions have; I'm tired of beating off the less
competent.  I've got student loans to pay!

-Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC


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