Dr. Miriam Labbok and Brook Colgan with the 2011-2012 Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative students. These students successfully completed the course requirements in May and passed the IBLCE exam in July 2011!The application for the 2012-2013 school year is available below. Application materials are due April 16!
The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, with the cooperation of the UNC Women's and Children's Hospital staff, has developed The Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative, an IBLCE-approved Pathway 2 clinical training program in breastfeeding and lactation. A central educational component of this initiative is a two-semester clinical training course that provides both clinical and didactic elements. The clinical training covers a broad spectrum of practice experiences related to the mother and child with regard to breastfeeding. The didactic training provides the basic medical sciences as well as public health perspectives, including consideration of population and program-based applications.
The Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative meets the minimum requirements of Pathway 2 that requires all students to complete 300 hours of clinical lactation experience under the direct supervision of a currently certified International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Clinical lactation experience includes primarily direct clinical observation, competency attainment, and supervised practice, as well as student experiential sharing and topic review, shadowing of WIC peer counselors, and supervised home visits to provide lactation support. In addition, the student is required to complete 90 hours of comprehensive breastfeeding and human lactation education. This training program includes homework assignments, attendance at breastfeeding conferences, and other pre-approved breastfeeding and human lactation coursework. Upon successful completion of these requirements, students will receive a Certificate of Completion from the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute approved by Institute Director, Miriam Labbok, MD, MPH, FACPM, FABM, IBCLC. A copy of the Certificate of Completion of the Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative clinical breastfeeding and lactation training course, along with a completed exam application and payment, confirms a student's eligibility to sit for the IBLCE exam.
