AWHONN Advanced FHM class vs. Online post test?

[IndigoCarmine]

I've found myself in an annoying pickle over the last couple of years: I work at one of the few NYC L&D units that don't require AWHONN's Advanced FHM course. I hate working there and need to move on, but essentially can't without that dang certification. Trouble is, there aren't any courses. It's insane. You're required to have this thing yet nobody offers it. It's an all-day course and the closest it's offered is hours away. A friend of mine resorted to driving to Syracuse last year-- mid week!-- and staying two nights. Crazy.

One major hospital system here requires passing the NCC EFM exam, which is really quite expensive. Annoying, too, because seemingly no one outside New York City seems to want it.

Recently AWHONN added an online EFM exam. Well, it's about time! The online EFM Post Test = 24.5 contact hours. By comparison, their Advanced Fetal Monitoring = 12 contact hours. One would think this would indicate that the exam is "worth" more than the actual certification, but I'm wondering whether or not the hospitals are even aware of the existence of this exam and if they are, whether they deem it valuable. Would they accept a passing score on the test as a substitute for attending the Advanced course?

I'm curious whether anyone out there has taken the course. Is it timed? Is there a "certificate" that can be printed at the conclusion so one might put it in their file at their job?

Anyone taken this exam yet?

[bleubritt]

I see that this is as old post but I am looking for info about the same thing. I have already paid and started the case studies, I just want to know how hard the test is since you only get 1 try to pass. I do know that if you pass, you then print off your certificate. I don't know if that will help anyone since this was a pretty old post.