# Read a fertility clinic listing

Learn where the facts on a fertility clinic listing come from, what each field shows and what a listing does not prove, so you can ask a clinic better questions.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 40 minutes
- Exam questions: 8, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Say where the facts on a listing come from and who reports them.
- Read the services, cycle count, medical director and accreditation fields without over-reading them.
- Explain why a live-birth rate on a listing is a whole-clinic figure and not your own chance.
- Name the next question to ask a clinic when a field is empty.

## Lessons

1. [Where the facts on a listing come from](https://fertilityclinics.fyi/academy/read-a-fertility-clinic-listing/where-the-facts-come-from.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Services, cycle counts and accreditation marks](https://fertilityclinics.fyi/academy/read-a-fertility-clinic-listing/services-cycles-and-marks.md) (13 minutes)
3. [Success rates are clinic figures](https://fertilityclinics.fyi/academy/read-a-fertility-clinic-listing/success-rates-are-clinic-figures.md) (15 minutes)

## Questions

### Is this course medical advice?

No. It does not tell you which treatment or which clinic to choose. It teaches you how to read a listing and what to ask. Talk to a doctor or other qualified clinician about your own care.

### Does the course tell me which clinic is best?

No. A listing is a record, not a recommendation. The course shows what a listing says and what it does not say.

### Does the certificate show I can advise other people?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site and records that you passed the exam. It is not a licence, an accreditation or a professional qualification of any kind.

Also on the [web page](https://fertilityclinics.fyi/academy/read-a-fertility-clinic-listing).

> Success rates are whole-clinic figures reported to the CDC; they do not show any one patient's chance of success. Talk to a doctor or other qualified clinician before you choose a treatment.