I know I am late in responding to this but reading your posts regarding the certification process of IBCLC's has inspired me to share my opinion.

I have always found it curious that candidates may apply hours they accrued prior to attaining their required 45 hours of breastfeeding education toward satisfying the candidacy requirements. So a candidate may go back many years in their history in order to satisfy the BC hours, well before they may have ever participated in any education related to the field, and potentially apply their years of experience (or mismanagement in some cases),?with no education toward satisfying candidacy requirements.

Most professions that require practical skills application require students to receive fundamental training before they begin service. 

Anyone else find this curious?

Michelle


While I'm brainstorming about how to further the birth of our
profession, I've come up with an idea, but it's based on my limited and
possibly incorrect information.  Doctors: don't they take their exams
(or an exam) and even get called "Dr So-and-So" BEFORE they are then
interns/residents?  In other words, doesn't the medical field take the
approach that the passage of an exam (or the completion of a course of
study such as medical school) allows you to THEN go and get SUPERVISED
clinical hours?

If so, then (and I'm thinking out loud here so be merciful) perhaps
we've got this all backwards.  Perhaps we're putting our board exam at
the end of a process, whereas it actually belongs somewhere in the
middle?

I know that's probably crazy. If so, blame it on the fact that I haven't
had breakfast yet :-)
=20

Regina M. Roig-Romero, BS IBCLC, who needs her Cuban toast in order to
do her best thinking





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