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Advanced Update and Certification Strategies
You should take this course if you:
- Are preparing to take the IBLCE exam for the first time or by Recertification
- Need help in understanding the new recertification options
- Are preparing to recertify by Self-Assessment and required CERPs
- Need insight onto how and where to get your required CERPs
- Need additional education hours for exam eligibility
- Want to earn CERPs while updating your knowledge
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If you are petitioning to attend only the half-day Certification Strategies program on Day 3, you must meet the above requirements and have taken Foundations for Best Practice in Lactation Care or other similar comprehensive course of a minimum of 5 days in the 6 months preceding the course start date. To confirm eligibility for Exam Strategies only, please submit the appropriate documentation by email for our review prior to registering.
Course Description
Hone your skills and knowledge as you prepare to certify or recertify as an IBCLC. Join
like-minded peers in a fast-moving program with two IBCLC instructors who have been
in the profession since its first years. Both have certified and recertified 8 times,
including the new recertification process.
The first two days will be a quick review of the key education requirements from the
IBLCE Detailed Content Outline to help prepare you to ace your exams (whether it be
for the initial IBLCE exam or the Self-Assessment exam) Intertwined with these
established facts will be new and exciting research findings or just things we find
intriguing.
The last day covers test-taking strategies for both the initial exam and preparing for
Self-assessment. There is proctoring of mock IBLCE exams with both picture and
multiple-choice sections. Some questions match the increased difficulty of the Self-
Assessment exam and will more than prepare you for the initial IBLCE exam.
This course is designed for you if you meet ONE or more of the following criteria:
- Have attended a comprehensive 3 to 6 day program in breastfeeding education
- Have strong clinical skills in assisting breastfeeding families
- Have met the IBLCE exam eligibility requirements
Education Credits
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners, Provider Number: CLT108-4
- Advanced Update: 13 CERPs (12 L & 1 E) (for IBCLCs only)
Instructional hours on the IBLCE Exam Detailed Content Outline (for preparation for first IBLCE exam)
Commission on Dietetic Registration
- Advanced Update: 13 CPE hours, Category II (For RDs only)
Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number: CEP 14127
- Advanced Update: 13 contact hours (For RNs only)
Dates & Locations
There are no classes scheduled at this time but if your facility is interested in hosting and scheduling this course, please Contact Us.
Classroom Policies
Can my breastfeeding baby attend the course with me?
We absolutely welcome babies in the classroom. However, crying babies or noisy, active babies or toddlers make it very difficult for the mother and other participants to concentrate on course material. You might want to evaluate whether this is the best time to take a course.