Jan writes:
Complaining about how the IBLCE works (or doesn't) is all
well and good,
but
please, please offer your services to the board so that you
can help them
get it right.
This is not directed just at Judy or at any other one
person -- it is
directed at all of you amazing women out there who have
wonderful ideas and
suggestions but do not go any farther than putting them on
Lactnet.
Jan,
You are right, and 10 years ago, I did write to IBLCE on my
exam sheet and
in detail, as I did again this year. My hope is that with
an increase in the
number of professionals discussing this, the issue might be
taken seriously.
I do not think that one should have to be on the Board to be
listened to by
one's own organization. Having been on many Boards over the
years, I feel as
Board members we need to regularly ask for feedback and show
people their
opinions have been heard. Although I did get a response from
my feedback about
the second credential issue, I do not feel that IBLCE has
been open about
discussing the recertification issue. I may have missed it,
but did IBLCE ever
polls IBCLCs for their opinions about recertification by
exam? They seem to have
made up their minds and that's that. I have heard the idea
that because we
are a new profession and information changes rapidly, we
need recertification
by exam. In the prosthetic profession, which is not as young
but experiences
many changes all the time in terms of surgical techniques,
type and uses of
materials, rehabilitation strategies, etc. they recertify by
CERPS at
conferences and CERPS from self-adminstered exams based on
articles in their
professional journal. We could certainly do the same. As Pat
said, it is odd how the
scoring turns out with written exams. I took the test after
10 years, scored
only a few points higher, even though I feel like I know so
much more than I
did then ( and sometimes feel sorry for my earlier
clients!) have learned a
lot, and I still have a lot to learn, but taking a test
isn't going to
measure it, apparently.
Peace,
Judy
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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