Continuous Certification Peer Comparison Data

Peer Comparison Data for C-cert Knowledge Assessment Quizzes

UCNS subspecialty certification is continuous contingent (C-cert) on diplomates meeting the annual maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements for C-cert. After completion of the required article-based annual reading list, diplomates must take and pass a knowledge assessment quiz. Diplomates see their individualized scores after submitting their quiz answers. A minimum score of 80% is required to pass the annual C-cert quiz. For peer comparison, the average score attained by diplomates on the first attempt of each subspecialty C-cert quiz as of December 31 of the C-cert year is shown in the table below.

Subspecialty
2020 Quiz 2021 Quiz 2022 Quiz 2023 Quiz
Autonomic Disorders
86% 83%  84% 88% 
 Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry 88% 93%  92%  93%
Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology 95% 94%  91%  90%
 Headache Medicine
83% 85% 80%  82% 
Interventional Neurology   -  - 88% 
 Neurocritical Care 80% 83% 83%   84%
 Neuroimaging 84% 82% 74%   72%
 Neuro-oncology 91% 97% 96%   94%