More and more of those who work with breastfeeding mothers and babies are seeking to become International Board Certified Lactation Consultants.

 

One of Deborah Robertson's Breastfeeding Specialist London Study Days is specifically aimed at potential candidates and seeks to help them through the decision making and planning stages as they commit to taking the exam, held annually each July.

 

Please visit the exam board website: http://europe.iblce.org/ to find out about the exam.  There you can download the current CANDIDATE INFORMATION GUIDE for full details of the exam syllabus etc and details of the revised eligibilty criteria.  From 2012 the education requirement has doubled to a minimum of a 90 hours pre-exam lactation course.  Those candidates who are not already accredited / licensed health care professional are also required to hold extra general education requirements in a range of allied subjects.

 

There you can also view the contact details for the exam co-ordinator for your country, to whom specific enquiries should be addressed.  Please check with her re your own eligibility to sit the exam. 

INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THE IDEA OF BECOMING A LACTATION CONSULTANT?

ARE YOU:

  • Skilled in the area of breastfeeding help and support and want to take it further? 
  • The person in the team whom others ask to tackle the tricky problems?
  • Keen to gain the only international qualification for professionals in the field of lactation?

COME ALONG to an informal day in which you can

  • Consider what becoming a Lactation Consultant involves.
  • Make contacts with other potential candidates.
  • Find answers to your questions.
  • Attendance provides priority when booking onto the remaining 11 days of Deborah's Breastfeeding Specialist comprehensive lactation course. 

ANSWER QUESTIONS SUCH AS:

  • Why aspire to become a Lactation Consultant?
  • Where are the career/volunteering opportunities for IBCLCs?
  • Who can become eligible to sit the exam?
  • How much does it cost to get qualified?
  • What needs to be covered for the Exam in July?
  • When can a busy person fit in all the study and revision? - Strategies that help and make it less scary!

FACILITATOR:  Deborah Robertson IBCLC, whose Breastfeeding Specialist Study Days have helped many to pass the IBLCE exam to become qualified as Lactation Consultants.

DATE: Saturday 12th May 2012, 9 am - 5 pm.

VENUE: University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY. (Close to Euston/Kings Cross Stations.) Map available.  Click here to download this file

COST:

  • £100 per day when an invoice to a trust, hospital or business is required.
  • £80 per day if paying by cheque or cash at time of booking.
  • £60 per day for unwaged Breastfeeding Counsellors and Student Midwives.
  • For those booking the course, fees may be paid one at a time, but only if always one study day in credit.   
  •  Cancellations can be made up to two weeks beforehand to receive a refund less 20% admin fee.

ENQUIRIES:   You are welcome to contact Deborah with any questions you may have. Phone: 01634 814275. Email: deborahruk@yahoo.co.uk

BOOKING: Please use the booking form on the other page detailing new course dates from May 2012 & send it with payment to Deborah Robertson, 34 Rochester Avenue, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2DW

The IBLCE (exam board) have published this video about the value of the IBCLC credential.