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 ><[log in to unmask]> >---------------------