On 8/11/2014 1:36 AM, Jennifer Tow, IBCLC wrote:
> Enough is enough with the absurd retaking of exams. I think what has always troubled me is that you can ever lose a credential that you acquired through education. I have always said the IBCLC should be for life, while the RLC should mean that you have maintained your registration. A doctor does not lose her MD bc she retires, but she does give up her license. The same is true for RNs and every other credential I can think of. Passing that test should mean you are an IBCLC. Period. Ongoing education (which I think needs to be better supervised and more rigorous) should mean you maintain the RLC. One's knowledge does not disappear bc she wants to move into education or research or volunteer work. How is it that someone at 75 must take a test to maintain a credential she earned 25 or 30 years earlier?

This discussion is raising several very important questions.

First and foremost - is IBCLC designation a life-time credential as RN, 
MD, PhD and so on or it is a verification of certain level of 
credentialing like FAAP, FABM and so on.
Understanding that IBCLC stands for International /*BOARD CERTIFIED*/

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Alla Gordina, MD, IBCLC, FAAP
General Pediatrics
Breastfeeding Medicine
Adoption and Foster Care Medicine

Global Pediatrics and Family Medicine
NJ Breastfeeding Medicine Educational Initiative


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