Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLS):
- Requires ongoing participation in high-quality learning activities
- Is delivered through article-reading assignments from peer-reviewed literature on clinically relevant patient-management information, best-practice guidelines, and research.
Diplomates have around 85 articles to choose from each year to fulfill the Part II requirement. Articles are released in two batches, January and May (though some articles may appear at other times during the year).
Over the year, diplomates must select 10 articles and answer 6 corresponding questions per article.
Specialist and subspecialist diplomates have different reading assignments. See below for details.
ANNUAL LIFELONG LEARNING AND SELF-ASSESSMENT SNAPSHOT
| Read 10 articles. |
| Answer 6 questions per article (total 60 questions). |
| Score 80% or higher average to successfully complete CC (48 or more correct answers out of 60). |
| Scoring below 80% will require taking and passing the CC Re-Entry Exam the following year to regain certification. |
| Score 86% or higher (cumulative for Years 1-5) and meet all Performance Pathway eligibility criteria will not need to take the CC Part III Exam in Year 6. |
| Year 6 article-based assessments must still be completed, even if you are not required to take the CC Part III Exam in Year 6. |
| Deadline to complete article-based assessments: 11/15/2026 |
| Receive 25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) upon successful completion of all CC requirements. |
| If not an ACOG member, there is an ACOG fee of $450 each year to cover the cost of administration of the CME credit. You may also choose to receive CME from another provider at no additional cost, or choose not to receive CME. |
