No, in my opinion you're turning things around here. Further education will not interfere with excellence, but taking nursing classes will not ensure better outcomes for the clients. And, as someone earlier commented: it is not our performance that is the evaluation of our teachings, but the outcomes in the clients we tend to: Good teachings will lead to more babies being breastfed for longer and more exclusively. That means for example that an LC would not need all A&P classes for nurses, just those relating to the lactation process and dyad.
Now if I might be the one pointing to the one mandatory subject in IBCLC training it would be independent and logical thinking. And ways to teach the same to our clients.

Warmly,

Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in Southern Netherlands

 
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