Certification Rules

General Rules

The Certification rules should be entered into in good faith and will be considered accepted by anyone who takes the Certification Exam.

1) Any form of copying, downloading, printing, sharing or distributing the SNOMED International Certification Exam is not permitted.

2) It is forbidden to obtain or attempt to obtain access to the examination prior to the start of the examination.

3) You will be required to confirm your willingness to abide by the Authoring Platform Terms of Usage prior to being given access to the authoring platform and during the period you have access. 

4)The following references material are allowed in the exam.

• Any internet search sites for understanding a concepts clinical meaning
• SNOMED International Browser
• SNOMED International Training Authoring Platform
• SNOMED International Guides
• SNOMED International Confluence Pages
• SNOMED International Jira Pages

5) No other individual should be present in the room in which the exam is being performed.

6) No one should communicate with the individual during the exam.

7) Mobile phones and other electronic devices (apart from the computer being used) should be turned off during the exam.

8) The individual should remain in view of the camera at all times during the exam unless there is a need to take a toilet break (one toilet break is permitted).

9) Only one monitor can be used during the exam and this should be the monitor with the webcam. 

10) Any rule modification required by an individual requires prior approval by SNOMED International. Making false declarations in an attempt to obtain modified assessment provisions or special consideration (e.g. of extenuating circumstances) would be in breach of the Certification rules. 

11) Being party to any arrangement whereby a person other than the candidate fraudulently represents, or intends to represent, the candidate in an examination will be deemed as breach of the exam rules.

12) The network connection will need to be stable during the entire exam process. If you experience any loss of connectivity during the exam

• The exam will end automatically.
• The exam timer will not stop during periods of lost connectivity.
• Log back into the exam as soon as possible and complete within the original time allocated.
• Participants must inform SNOMED International (via certsupport@snomed.org) of any technical issues experienced during the exam within 24 hours of sitting the exam for these to be taken into consideration. 

The Education Team will then determine the cause of the connection issues and inform the individual on the next steps.

13) Exam participants will not be given any feedback on exam results apart from a pass or fail.

14) Certification lasts 3 years after which the Certification exam will need to be retaken and passed, unless a higher level certification overrides the need for recertification.

Proctored Imposed Restrictions

• During the exam the following will be restricted: 

• • You must remain in view of the camera at all times unless there is a need to take a toilet break (one toilet break is permitted).
  • Once your exam is submitted, the browser cache will be cleared of all exam data.

• Data Monitoring During Exam

The following information will be collected during the duration of the exam:

• • Your microphone
  • Your webcam
  • Your physical location
  • Your identity
  • Your browser tabs and windows
  • Your entire screen
  • Any website you visit
  • Any other applications running
  • Number of display screens connected

Also SNOMED International has access to audit logs of tasks performed on the Training Authoring Platform and can monitor the time at which these tasks were undertaken.

SNOMED International Conditions

We take any attempt to breach our certification rules very seriously.

If you think you may have inadvertently breached a rule then it is best to contact the Education Team elearning@snomed.org 

SNOMED International reserves the right to use any exam monitoring data to check adherence the the Certification Rules and identify any breaches.

The SNOMED International reserves the right to

• remove certification from any individuals 
• prevent any individual from any further involvement in SNOMED International courses or certifications

if individuals are found to be in breach of any of the above rules.

SNOMED International decision on breaches will be final and binding in terms of SNOMED Certifications and Courses.

SNOMED International will take action against any individual who falsely declares they are Certified.

SNOMED International reserves the right to make changes to the above rules without notification.

It is the responsibility of any individual to look at the most up-to-date rules before taking the Certification Exam.

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