*** LACTATION EXAM PRACTICE ENROLLMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED****** Available from February 1st 2008, this course provides candidates of the 2008 IBLCE Examination with practice in multiple-choice assessment on a range of questions based on the topics examined in the IBLCE Examination. The aim of this course is to provide candidates of the IBLCE examination with multiple-choice exam questions similar to those used in that exam, giving you the opportunity to check and improve your knowledge, and practice exam techniques. The forums also encourage sharing and support for those sitting the Exam. About this programLactation Exam Practice provides potential candidates of the IBLCE Examination with practice in multiple-choice assessment on a range of questions based on the topics examined in the IBLCE Examination.
An introductory section discusses studying techniques and how to handle exam nerves. A section on exam techniques will assist you when answering multiple-choice questions.
The practice exam consists of 200 multiple-choice questions, with many full-color photographs. The questions are divided into 4 exams of 50 questions each for easy time management. All the questions have feedback, many with references to the evidence-based research - a great learning aid!
The question range has been created according to the blueprint of topics to be examined, as published by the IBLCE. All the questions are automatically graded - your results available immediately. You can see in which areas of the blueprint you may need more revision.
Lactation Exam Practice is released on the 1st February each year and is open for enrollments until the IBLCE examination of that year.
Course AdministrationThis is an un-tutored program, though you will have access to the Professional Development Educator via the course forums to ask questions and share information and support with your colleagues.
Your Password access to the program, including the forums, will be from the time of your enrollment until the Friday after the IBLCE Exam.
When is the exam?The IBLCE schedules the exam for the last Monday in July of each year. Please confirm this with IBLCE for the year you wish to sit it.Technology RequirementsPlease refer to the Studying Online guide to ensure your technology meets the standard required to run this program. Mac users in particular may have difficulty viewing the questions with graphics if they use the Microsoft IE browser. We recommend using the Macintosh browser.AccreditationThere are no credits being offered with this program.Fees & EnrollmentUS$60.00 per course (approx AUS$68, NZ$78, CAN$60)
Enrollment period is from when you enroll and receive your Password until the Friday following the IBLCE exam.
What our students sayA survey of our 2007 participants revealed 57% had little or no confidence before doing Lactation Exam Practice, and over 90% felt confident after doing Lactation Exam Practice.
99.4% of respondents said that they would recommend this program to future IBLCE candidates.
Some comments... What I liked best: The photo questions I found to be the most helpful. The forum discussions were great too, especially as Denise helped us to find the answers to our questions, not by telling us, but by providing links to the appropriate research. Becoming familiar with the type of question asked, especially negative stem. It helped me to get used to reading questions. I tend to read too much into questions. I enjoyed the forums. Practising the style of questioning and highlighting areas of knowledge deficit. It highlighted areas that i needed to study. It decreased my test anxiety, and gave me confidence in my knowledge base by causing me to study areas of weakness. Negative stem questions. The forum was very beneficial as well, many people had the same concerns. It wasn't just about the exam, as I felt very positive about the impact on breastfeeding mothers, so many people keen to help and do it well. It gives an increasing sense of optimism about the future of breastfeeding. The Exam practice assisted me greatly in answering the negative stem questions. Through the practice exams I also widened my knowledge base by referring to other sources for information. Just the practice of going through the questions and being able to see the pictures and then the right answers along with the rationale was very helpful to me. The fact that when I got answers wrong it was explained WHY they were wrong. It helped me to learn that information. The rationale given after the questions was very helpful. I enjoyed the discussion forums also - it was great feeling that others were in the same boat! Showing up my areas of weakness, where I had to do more study. Also very usefull as practise, especially of the negative stem questions and the pictures. After you checked your answers, there was a discussion of why it was right or wrong. That was so helpful. General Comments I wasted so much money at a cram review...This was what I really needed...I enjoyed the forum, Without your program I do not think I would have prepared enough..I will recommend it to all my Lactation peers... Some have said the actual exam was harder than the practice exams but I felt I was well prepared and felt my achievement should fairly match my results in the practice exam. The forum and the quick responses of Denise pointing us in the direction of reading or rereading the research was FANTASTIC!!!! THANKS again to the team - money very well spent. Having the forums to discuss questions and get further information was great. It was also great to find how others felt. All of this information helped me not only in my studying but in my day to day work helping moms. Although it was sometimes frustrating, I appreciated that most of the time you didn't give us answers outright, but in such a way that we still had to think about it, and go back to our books. I enjoyed reading the email discussions from different candidates around the world. The questions they put forward also helped my learning practice and reading Denise's response to questions was very helpful. Whilst I didn't take part in any of the forums I found them very useful in duscussing the questions. Thank you for the most useful study aid I could have used.
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