Was: IBCLCMentors Yahoo group? - Now Recertification

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Under Pathway 3, Mentors MUST be an IBCLC in good standing

and have recertified at least once – at 5 yrs. I believe you must have

been an IBCLC for 5 yrs under this pathway.

However, there is a new wrinkle. Apparently, if an LC

wannabe takes the UCSD Gini Baker course, they can use ANY IBCLC as a mentor to

get their ‘mentored’ hours, and that mentor does NOT need to have

recertified at least once (5 yrs). I am not sure how I feel about that personally.

I know that as an IBCLC for 10 yrs (in the field for 16) I have enough of a

challenge with being a Chief Mentor under Pathway 3. I can only imagine the

challenges one might have being a new LC and training another up and coming…

As far as taking the test every year…wow.

So, there you have it… J

Jaye Simpson, IBCLC, CIIM

Breastfeeding Network

Sacramento, CA

www.breastfeedingnetwork.net