# Read a TMS clinic listing: foundations for patients and families

Learn what a TMS clinic listing on this site records, what it does not prove, and which questions to take to the clinic and to your own clinician.

- Level: Foundations
- Length: 40 minutes
- Exam questions: 9, pass mark 80%, up to 3 attempts
- Certificate: valid for 12 months

## What you will learn

- Tell what a listing records from what it cannot show, such as suitability, quality of care or outcomes.
- Read the insurance, price, protocol, device and condition fields as clinic statements that you confirm.
- Know what the Verified, Featured and Sponsored labels mean on this site.
- Prepare first questions for a clinic, and keep health details out of directory forms.

## Lessons

1. [What a listing records and what it does not](https://tmsclinics.fyi/academy/tms-clinic-listings-foundations/what-a-listing-records.md) (12 minutes)
2. [Insurance, price and referral fields](https://tmsclinics.fyi/academy/tms-clinic-listings-foundations/insurance-price-and-referral-fields.md) (13 minutes)
3. [Protocol, device and condition terms](https://tmsclinics.fyi/academy/tms-clinic-listings-foundations/protocol-device-and-condition-terms.md) (13 minutes)

## Questions

### Can this course tell me whether TMS is right for me?

No. Only a qualified clinician who knows your history can advise on that. This course teaches you how to read a listing and what to ask.

### Is the certificate a professional qualification?

No. It is a certificate of completion from this site. It records that you passed the exam. It is not a licence or a clinical credential.

### Where do the listing facts come from?

From public clinic websites, NHS and provincial health service pages, and Overture Maps, fetched on 29 October 2026. Each listing should name its source. Confirm every fact with the clinic.

Also on the [web page](https://tmsclinics.fyi/academy/tms-clinic-listings-foundations).

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