To assist you on your journey to becoming a Lactation Consultant, Health e-Learning can help you prepare with the following exam pre-requisites:
- Complete a comprehensive, evidence-based course of study on breastfeeding and lactation. The minimum lactation-specific education required for ALL candidates is 90 hours. The BreastEd program meets and exceeds these criteria.
- Health e-Learning has online programs in medical terminology and professional ethics that will meet the requirement for those subjects, which fall under the additional subjects list.
If you are not a registered/licensed health professional you will also have to complete the 14 Health Sciences Education courses. Unfortunately, we are unable to assist you with 12 of the 14 additional subjects listed below.
- 8 subjects each of one-academic credit session at a higher learning education institution. These subjects are human anatomy; human physiology; biology; infant and child growth and development; nutrition; sociology; introduction to research; and psychology.
- And you will need to complete continuing education courses in basic life support; medical documentation; universal safety precautions and infection control and occupational safety.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recommend or advise on institutions that can help you with the remaining 12 additional subjects.