The Core Curriculum for Lactation Consultant Practice

I used this book to study for the IBCLC exam last July.I also used;Breastfeeding and Human Lactation by Jan RiordanClinical Lactation by Jan RiordanThe Breastfeeding AtlasComprehensive Lactation Consultant Exam Review by Linda SmithLactation Education Consultants Exam Review book from their Exam Crash CourseAll of the books are helpful for different reasons. I took the practice exams over and over. I think that is probably what helped me the most when it was time for the exam because the practice exams are really similar to the type of questions asked. However, the practice exams point out where your weaknesses are, which is when I would go back to this book and drill myself on the bullet points. I didn't need to make flash cards, I found this book really easy to study from.This book was by far the best book for studying. Each competency of the exam is covered by a chapter of information. While another reviewer liked Riordan's style, I found it impossible and too time consuming to read so much information. The style in this book is mostly bullet points. It is far better for studying. The amount of information in this exam requires boiling the information down to snipets, so you can remember it.I would recommend having practice exams by different authors, each author has their own personal slant written into the questions. For example, one author is really big into natural childbirth, so the questions and pictures focus on complications because of drugs or positioning, which really weren't represented on the exam. Another author really likes cabbage leaves, but is not held up to evidence based practice. You have to be able to see some of their biases, but in the end that is how the test is made up, from multiple people, so studying from different viewpoints really helps.

I did pass the test to become IBCLC. I am not sure how much help this book was. It was helpful to take the practice questions to get used to taking test. I wish I had a better grade but I am not sure it is the fault of the book.

Haven't gotten thru all of it yet but great use

I really liked how this book is laid out. Having everything in bullet format made studying the content easier. This is a great book to utilize when studying for the IBCLC exam.

Very good book. Great condition!

Great reference., makes studying and reviewing information used in my daily work life easier. The book set up makes it easy to reference everything I need to know quickly!

Helped me to certify in the topic

nothing really new here.