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Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment and Skills builds upon and links to the continuous learning and self-assessment requirements of CC Part II. The CC Part III Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment and Skills is a secure, computer-based exam and is referred to as the CC Part III Exam. This exam is only pertinent to those Diplomates who do not qualify for the CC Performance Pathway, or those who choose not to participate in it (see below). These Diplomates must pass the CC Part III Exam in Year 6 of each CC cycle. The exam is administered by Pearson VUE Testing Center and will only be offered on July 21, 2025. Diplomates must successfully apply for CC Part III Exam by February 28, 2025. The exam fee is in addition to the annual CC application fee.
Performance Pathway
When you apply for CC in Year 6, your Performance Pathway eligibility is displayed on your application. Performance Pathway is an optional way to meet your Year 6 exam requirement if eligible.
ABOG introduced Performance Pathway to enhance and streamline the continuing certification (CC) process. The program integrates the self-assessment and external assessment requirements to encourage you to continuously demonstrate your knowledge of the specialty.
The program maintains a rigorous and relevant continuous professional development process that is critical to providing high-quality patient care. Performance Pathway emphasizes demonstration of knowledge throughout the entire CC cycle. ABOG believes that this program helps ensure that you're maintaining a high level of current medical knowledge and are able to apply that information in your practice.
Watch this video to learn more about Performance Pathway.
Eligbility
To be eligible, you must have scored an aggregated average of 86% or higher on your Part II article assessment questions (based on first attempt scores) over Years 1-5 of your current CC cycle and maintain that threshold in Year 6 as well. Current running average and historical year-by-year scoring information is available on your portal.
You will be ineligible to participate in the Performance Pathway if you have a probationary certification status.
If you decline to participate in Performance Pathway, or you're ineligible to participate, you must pay the CC exam fee in addition to the annual CC fee, and you must take and pass the CC exam in your CC Year 6.
If you are eligible and choose to participate in Performance Pathway, you will not pay the additional CC exam fee. But, you must meet the CC Part I Professionalism and Professional Standing requirements. You must have completed the CC Part IV Improvement in Practice requirements for the cycle. You must also meet or exceed the required 86% threshold in CC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment.
See Performance Pathway FAQs for more information.
Diplomates who are not in CC Year 6
If you're in Year 1-5 of your CC cycle, you should be aware of the initial answer threshold of 86% used to determine Performance Pathway eligibility.
You're encouraged to maintain a high-performance threshold to ensure Performance Pathway eligibility. ABOG may choose to use different eligibility criteria for Performance Pathway in the future.