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Kathleen Bruce <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 7 Dec 2002 07:49:18 -0500
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I looked and saw that 100% of the 10 year folks recertifying by test
passed. I am doing this in July, myself...and I have no problem with
renewing evidence based information and practice. But, I too wonder if we ,
in our zeal to be recognized as part of the health care community, will
eventually become that cog in the wheel. It's almost like you're damned if
you do, and you're damned if you don't.

What does the test do for those at 10 years? It might generate some income
for IBLCE, which is not a bad   thing, I guess.  I don't hold out much hope
that it will enrich my practice. Maybe I'll be proved wrong.

Kathleen



>f the test only assures minimum competency, how does one ever specialize?
>And how do ever know that an IBCLC has achieved more than minimum
>competency? Years of experience by no means guarantee this. In my opinion,
>retesting is false reassurance and means
>little. ....What assures your competency in your
>area of specialization? And where is any value being placed on
>specialization? ...If I look at our system of retesting, the area I
>have spent so much time learning about, and even pioneering to a degree,
>is meaningless for my certification. This makes no sense to me at all. I
>really do feel that I am in a field that is ever more alien to me, that
>reflects less and less my experience and understanding of breastfeeding
>and may in the end become just one more cog in the wheel of the medical
>birth machine that causes so much human suffering.

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