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. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html