Infection Preventionist Competency

IP&MA can help your program demonstrate infection preventionist competency and skill. We have tools that can help you identify existing competencies in your IP team, and develop a plan to close gaps in knowledge and practice.

CIC Certification Preparation Course

$499 per student

(includes CIC Readiness Assessment Exam below)

The certification in infection prevention and control (CIC) issued by the Certification Board of Infection Control (CBIC) serves as a standardized indicator of the knowledge and competencies essential to IP practice. Certification is supported by professional organizations, recognized by regulatory and accreditation bodies as a marker of competency and qualification for IPs, and many organizations expect IPs to be certified or actively working toward certification.

For more than a decade, IP&MA has been working with infection preventionists to help them prepare for certification. Our students’ pass rate for initial certification is >95%, which is significantly higher than the CBIC pass rate. And results from one training group were published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Infection Surveillance Interrater Reliability Assessment

$99 per individual registration

Multi-person or program-wide assessment also available on request. Contact us for more information.

Surveillance is a foundational element in infection prevention by which healthcare facilities are evaluated and potentially financially impacted. Facilities and regulatory agencies expect infection preventionists to accurately apply National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) definitions for healthcare associated infections. However, the largest study of NHSN surveillance accuracy showed that participants incorrectly coded infections more than 1/3 of test cases.

Inaccurate surveillance results can make internal trending and performance improvement activities challenging, can lead to regulatory and accreditation citations, and can put federal healthcare reimbursement funding at risk.

IP&MA’s Infection Surveillance Interrater Reliability Assessment utilizes validated case scenarios to assess mastery of application of surveillance definitions to clinical cases. This valuable learning tool for infection preventionists and accuracy and consistency in applying National Healthcare Safety Network definitions, and provides rationale for each case scenario upon conclusion of assessment to aid in skill building. Multi-person assessment available upon request.

Certification Exam Readiness Assessment

$99 per individual registration

The Certification Exam Readiness Assessment includes 150 practice questions testing the individual's knowledge in each category of the CIC exam. Individuals may take the test in one sitting to gauge pacing and accuracy, or they may choose to save and exit the test and return to finish the content as personal time allows. Upon completion, scores are generated for each category, providing individuals with a focused plan for study and improving test performance.

We have found that students who perform well on the readiness assessment also perform well on the CIC exam.

The Readiness Assessment exam is included free for students participating in the CIC preparation course, or it can be purchased separately.

Comments From Our Students

  • After attending your sessions, my practice scores have improved tremendously. Your ability to reinforce key concepts and present real-life scenarios helped solidify the material in a way that truly resonated with me and tied directly into my current practice.

    AE, Infection Preventionist

  • This course provided a wealth of information necessary for infection prevention as well as materials for recall and referencing.

    OO, Public Health Epidemiologist

  • I really like how the training videos are broken down into smaller chunks, which allows me to take notes in sections following the reading and study guide easily.

    MA, Infection Preventionist

  • I love the CIC study guide! Great breakdown with average time to spend on each section, based on what I needed to focus on.

    AL, Infection Preventionist

  • Going through each topic was very educational and provided great background for my certification course

    VM, Senior Epidemiologist

  • These resources are so helpful in makign me feel like I am doing everything I can to be ready for the CIC certification exam. The practice test helped me see where I need to study a bit more before I sign up.

    NU, Infection Preventionist