Hopefully this post will help folks understand what “Lactation College” is. I understand it is a bit confusing. When this all started, back in the COVID lock-down years, I never imagined that so many people would want to learn about lactation. It is a marvelous problem to have!
First, the names are confusing.
There is:
The Lactation College on Substack and
Lactation College
Let’s look further…
The Lactation College on Substack
Link to The Lactation College on Substack
This is the original product and is what you are reading right now.
Free Side One side of The Lactation College on Substack is free. This is an online course which is structured in a Semester format. This Semester is running from November 2023 to April 2024. Posts are made every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Every post has a topic number and every post here is in English and Spanish. If you subscribe, which means providing your email address, then each post – in the form of an email – goes directly to your email box as soon as it is posted. Email addresses are not shared. If you wish to see the content but not subscribe - you can just go into the site and read posts when the time works for you. All posts are available by clicking on “Archive” or “See all” until the Semester ends. Approximately 70 topics are offered as the Semester progresses. A curriculum is provided in several of the posts so you can see what topics are covered.
Here is a peak at the curriculum for the start of this semester (Topics 1-10):
The goals of the free side are to: 1) help candidates who are taking the IBCLC examination and 2) provide information to anyone who is interested in learning about lactation.
Past the Paywall side The second side of The Lactation College on Substack is beyond a paywall. The cost is $8 a month or $50 a year. Past the paywall are:
Pediatric Pearls – posts on Tuesdays
Research Thursday – posts on Thursdays
If you pay but then wish to stop paying - you need to go into your account on Substack and stop it. Unfortunately I can’t do that for you per Substack rules. Link to information on how to stop paying
I write both of the Substack products - the free side and the paywall side. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed and shareed the site with friends and colleagues. I appreciate your support as we get close to 10,000 subscribers!!!
Lactation College
Lactation College is a different site that is offered on the platform Kajabi (not Substack). The owners of this site are myself and Mary Foley. Mary is a friend and colleague who brings years and years of experience from her work with breastfeeding dyads and educational skills from teaching staff and health care professions about lactation.
Courses You can find courses here on different topics that you can take for educational credits. Each 1-hour course costs $14.
Practice Exams We are now also offering practice exams. Each exam consists 50 questions, all in a multiple-choice format. You are asked to read the question and select an answer. Once all 50 are done you click on submit. Then a score is given and answers and teaching points are provided. These are great ways to learn but no educational credits nor certificates are offered for the practice exams. Each practice examination costs $10.
Practice Exam #1 – General Knowledge
Practice Exam #2 – Maternal Breastfeeding-Related Issues
Practice Exam #3 – Infant Physical Examination
I hope this helps. Thanks for your support and for all you do!
I can be reached at — babydoctor53@gmail.com
Bobbi Philipp