Pat suggests that the field of lactation consultancy needs formal education
programs in colleges.

It's being done.  The process takes years to complete, and is coming very
close to fruition:  See the website for the   Accreditation and Approval
Review Committee (AARC) on Education in Human Lactation and Breastfeeding,
http://www.aarclactation.org/ and poke around their pages about
'accreditation or academic programs", and in particular the lengthy and
hugely impressive Standards and Guidelines:
http://www.aarclactation.org/download/AARCStandardsGuidelines.pdf

-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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