If you would like information about going on Inactive Status:
The purpose of recertification is to encourage certificants to advance and enhance their knowledge and skills and/or to promote continued competence by requiring certificants to demonstrate current levels of knowledge and skills.
To enhance knowledge and skills, NARM requires that certificants attend continuing education workshops and participate in peer review evaluations. Five hours of peer review, in one or more sessions, are required every three years. The continuing education requirements may be met by attaining at least twenty-five hours of accredited continuing education or equivalent hours in documented alternatives as identified in the recertification brochure. The continuing education sessions must be related to midwifery, women’s health, or the evaluation and care of the newborn. The enhanced competency is measured in the hours of continuing education credit that are received, which include measurable objectives and an assessment of learning outcomes.
In lieu of continuing education, a certificant may demonstrate continued competency by re-taking the NARM Written Examination. The examination, which is given in February, August, and at the MANA conference in the fall, must be completed before the certification expiration date as indicated in the recertification brochure. The continued competency of a CPM is measured by the demonstration of current knowledge as measured by a passing score on the Written Examination.
Recertification must be documented and submitted every three years. The recertification application is due by the end of the month in which the current certification period ends, which may be found on the mailing label of the CPM Newsletter or by calling NARM at 1-888-842-4784. The rationale for the three-year period is that the core competencies of midwifery do not change significantly on a yearly basis and an acknowledgement that continuing education opportunities are not always available locally on a yearly basis. The NARM Board feels that every CPM should be able to obtain the required continuing education every three years through attending at least one local, regional, or national workshop. Continuing education is also available on the web.
NARM Applications
PO Box 420
Summertown, TN 38483