Fetal Monitoring Credential (FMC)

Fetal monitoring you can trust: drive better outcomes with FMC.

Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) serves as the primary tool in the U.S. for assessing fetal well-being during labor. The exam aims to support physicians, CNMs, registered nurses, and other perinatal clinicians to:

• Standardize clinical language
• Reduce errors
• Improve outcomes for newborns and mothers

The FMC exam is the qualifying exam for FMC certification.

Exam Legacy

The Perinatal Quality Foundation introduced the Fetal Monitoring Credentialing in 2014.

The FMC exam covers 70-80 questions over two hours.

• Multiple choice
• Script Concordance Testing (SCT), to simulate real-world scenarios and assess clinical reasoning in dynamic situations

There are two versions of the FMC exam.

• Providers (physicians and CNMs)
• Nurses (RNs and other perinatal clinicians)

Scoring

Within three hours of completing the on-demand exam, get FMC exam results through your online account.

If you do not pass, you can retake the exam one time for free. A $75 fee applies for each subsequent retake. Access retakes on-demand through your online account.

Statistics

Inteleos exams assess the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to practice each specialty. Student pass rates vary.

The FMC exam is the qualifying specialty exam for FMC certification.

Access your results or submit your C-FMC.

Results and scoring

The exam has two types of questions which assess both knowledge and judgment. Knowledge questions require specific correct answer(s), including definitions, nomenclature, or physiological facts.

Script Concordance Testing (SCT) assesses clinical reasoning. It includes questions that offer participants an answer key in the form of a 5-point Likert scale, with more than one acceptable answer. SCT tests the organization of clinical knowledge and how well it is applied in authentic and ambiguous clinical scenarios

Any questions left unanswered will be considered incorrect.

Your examination results, along with an analysis of the knowledge and judgement questions, will be accessible in your account through the Inteleos FMC website within three hours of completing the exam.

Submitting your C-FMC

• ABOG MOC Category IV: Inteleos will submit the required information to ABOG on behalf of physicians.
• NCC’s C-EFM: submit your certification through the NCC website. Select “Maintain Your Certification,” then select the Subspecialty Certifications maintenance link to find detailed instructions.