NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner Program

As the definitive resource for healthcare issues relating to menopause, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) developed a competency examination program in 2002 to:

• Set the standards for menopause practice
• Assist women in locating clinicians who could provide optimal menopause-related health care

Benefits of NCMP Credential

If you are a licensed healthcare provider, you are invited to earn the prestigious credential of “NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner” or “NCMP.” Benefits include:

• Validation of a level of expertise from the preeminent scientific organization 
  focused on menopause management 
• Enhanced credibility among patients and other healthcare providers
• Opportunity to enhance promotion of your menopause practice in your community, leading to expansion of your patient base
• Potentially higher income and job promotion
• Permission to use “NCMP” every time you feature your name and other credentials (eg, MD, NP)
• Special recognition on the NAMS Web site, in clinician lists mailed to women 
  without Internet access, and among peers at the NAMS Annual Scientific Meeting
• Personal satisfaction of knowing you are providing your patients with the best possible care

If you earn the NCMP certification, you would receive from NAMS the following materials to proudly display your accomplishment to patients and colleagues:

• Certificate suitable for framing
• Annual lapel pins
• NCMP logo for your use (eg, letterhead, Web site)
• Suggested press release for alerting your local media outlets

The NAMS Find a Menopause Clinician offers a search by zip code, making it even easier for women to find an NCMP for their health care.

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How to Earn the NCMP Credential

Details and an application form are found in the printed Candidate Handbook, a copy of which can be downloaded. It’s important to review the entire handbook, but here are the highlights:

        Content

• A national role-delineation study defined the content of the examination, which includes tasks that are performed routinely and considered important to competent practice.
• The examination consists of 100 multiple-choice questions in English, developed through a combined effort of qualified subject-matter experts and testing professionals who have constructed it in accordance with the examination content outline. 

        Eligibility Requirements

• Candidates must be a licensed healthcare practitioner, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, and psychologists.
• A photocopy of the applicant’s current license must be submitted with the examination application 
  and fee.

        Fees

• The fees to either take the exam or maintain the credential are $200 (NAMS member) and $400 (nonmember). Join NAMS and save! 
• Additional late application fee: $75
• Extra custom exam location fee: $600 USA, $725 Canada 

        Scheduled Exams for 2012

                                                                              * Requires an additional $75 fee.

        Customized Exam Locations & Dates

• In addition to regularly scheduled locations, you can customize a location, choosing from over 120 exam locations. 
• An extra test center fee of $600 USA, $725 Canada is required, but this fee can be shared among those registered for that location and date. 
• If there is a group of 15 or more exam candidates for the customized location, NAMS will waive the extra test center fee. 
• Often, candidates willingly pay the extra fee just for the convenience of having the exam close to home. 
• For more information about this custom program, contact Elizabeth Slogar, coordinator of the NAMS Exam Program in the Society’s Central Office. 

        Recognition of Competency

• Eligible candidates who pass the examination will receive the NCMP credential.
• The credential is valid for three years. For example, if you received your credential at any time during
  calendar year 2012, you have through December 31, 2014, to maintain it.
• To maintain credential status, there are two options: re-examination or submit the appropriate continuing education credits (45 hours, with 15 from NAMS, during the 3-year timespan).  

Questions?

If you have any question about the NAMS Certified Menopause Practitioner program, please contact Elizabeth Slogar by 
e-mail or telephone (440/442-7697). She is the coordinator of the program in the Society’s Central Office.