In a message dated 95-12-29 22:32:14 EST, you write:

>
>A recent post to LactNet contained the following about qualifying for the
>IBLCE exam:
>>
>>Your "assistant" can sit for the IBCLC without first having a college
>degree.
>>A local LLLL took the exam in 1994 and passed very comfortably.  She had
>also
>>taken the UCLA CLE course which helped establish even more credibility
>>beforehand.  I do not think they'd have let her try the exam without the
CLE
>>behind her.  I'm sure  there are many other  women like her in the same
>>position:  skilled in assisting mothers breastfeed, an interest in proving
>>her abilities by taking the IBCLE, but no college degree.
>
>As an IBLCE staff member I just wanted to note:  there is no one course of
>study that will cause an aspiring IBCLC's exam application to be considered
>more or less favorably for taking the exam.  The qualifications, very
>briefly, are:
>
>Baccalaureate (4 yrs post-secondary) education: 2500 hours clinical
>experience, 30 hours of continuing education.
>
>Associate or diploma (2 to 3 yrs post-secondary) education: 4000 hours
>clinical experience, 30 hours of continuing education.
>
>LLL Leader experience is certainly considered "clinical," and the CLE course
>would more than meet the 30 hours of continuing education requirement.
 There
>are some other pathways for exam eligibility - please write to the IBLCE
>office for details - but these two pathways are the main ones by which
people
>qualify to sit for the exam.
>
>Mary Renard, RN, BSN, IBCLC
>CERP/Recertification Coordinator, IBLCE
>P O Box 2348
>Falls Church  VA  22042-0348
>USA
>Phone 703-560-7330
>Fax 703-560-7332
>office e-mail available soon we hope!  meantime contact me at
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