A woman told us she had received our postcard listing the dates and locations for our live review course. Along with the rest of the day’s mail, she plopped the postcard onto the counter, and began making dinner. Soon, her husband found the card, walked over to the computer, and Read more…
Exhale. You met the November deadline to apply for the April version of the IBLCE exam. You just paid your whopping fee. (The amount you paid differs from first-timers to repeaters, and also, from country to country. Nevertheless, it’s a big chunk of change!) But if you’re thinking you can Read more…
What’s that? You see this picture and you’re thinking, “Is Marie the birthday girl?” Oh, no, much better than that! Waaaaaaay MUCH better than that! (More on that in a minute.) I can honestly say I have enjoyed every live course I’ve ever taught in the past 25 years or Read more…
A career-critical exam differs greatly from an end-of-semester exam. One major difference is that a licensure or certification exam seeks to determine if you are minimally competent—safe—to perform your job.Therefore, to prepare yourself to deal with application-level exam questions, take my 7 suggestions: 1. Learn the anatomy of any exam item. Read more…
Most certification or licensure exams, including the IBLCE exam, use a multiple-choice format. Before taking a multiple-choice exam, everyone needs to develop some test-taking savvy. To do that, it’s helpful to know the “anatomy” of the exam item. The Stem The stem consists of the necessary “background” information, along with Read more…
Most of us want more of something. More money, more free time, more skill, or more influence, for example. On the flip side, though, most of us want few—or no—regrets. So when it comes to our professional life, how can we avoid having regrets? Two types of regrets There are Read more…
Over the years, I’ve taught thousands of IBCLC candidates. I felt sure I’d heard every imaginable question about the IBLCE exam. No, apparently not! While teaching outside of Boston last week, a participant in my review course asked, “What is most important to study for the IBLCE exam?” The question stopped me Read more…
Ah, yes. You know you need to start studying sometime, but how soon is “sometime”? You’re feeling fearful that if you start too soon, you’ll forget what you learned. And if you start too late, you might not be able to cram in everything you need to know. Good points. Read more…
At this time of the year, I hear from so many of you who have taken one of my courses, and successfully passed the IBLCE exam. You’ve call my office, sent an email, jotted a note in the comments section of this blog, or posted on Facebook. A few Read more…
You risk not passing the exam. When people call me and say they’ve failed the lactation consultant exam, the first thing I ask is, “Did you take a comprehensive course?” I ask that, because I know that being exposed to the right content is the first and most critical aspect of passing any Read more…