Transcript ABNS YES! - The Society of Neurological Surgeons

Carolina Acosta
Administrator
ABNS Staff
 Mary Louise Sanderson – Executive
Director
 Carolina Acosta – Administrator
 Erica Cleveland – MOC Coordinator
 Shantel Santellana
Annual Survey of Residents in Place
(Internship)
Neurosurgery 1
NS 2
Shaw,
Basheed S.
El-Shihabi,
Tarro F.
NS 3
Whang,
Daniel Kim
NS 4
Hughes,
Elizabeth Ann
O’Sullivan,
Patrick T.
NS 5
Smithson,
Anne M.
NS 6
Schooler,
Harry Allen
NS 7+
Truet,
Jonathan V.
Addendum
- All residents entering the program
- All residents leaving the program
Annual Survey of Residents in Place
(Internship)
Neurosurgery 1
Hoo, Kim J-T
NS 2
Shaw,
Basheed S.
El-Shihabi,
Tarro F.
NS 3
Whang,
Daniel Kim
NS 4
Hughes,
Elizabeth Ann
O’Sullivan,
Patrick T.
NS 5
Smithson,
Anne M.
NS 6
Schooler,
Harry Allen
NS 7+
Truet,
Jonathan V.
Outside Rotations
Dear ABNS, I am sending Dr. Smithson to Boston
Children’s Hospital for pediatric neurosurgery training
under Dr. Michael Scott July through December of this
year. Please grant 6 months elective credit for this
outside rotation. Sincerely yours,
Annual Survey of Residents in Place
Fellows July 2010 – June 2011
List all fellows who will be training in your program
but are not filling one of your own RRC allotted slots.
Include dates and type of fellowship, i.e. spine or pediatric.
Guillermo Lopez-Gonzalez, MD: endovascular neurosurgery 1/12-12/13
Eric Westheimer, MD: neuro-critical care 7/11-6/12
Sign and return the original to the Board by June 1
J1 VISAS Letters
 Fellow’s Name & ECFMG #
 Name of Fellowship
 Director of Fellowship
 Timeframe (1 year? Possibility of a 2nd? 2 years?)
& Start Date
 Brief Description of Fellowship
 Where to send letter (to you? to Kathleen
Kaufman at the ECFMG?)
Letters to Fellows
 Specifically, we emphasize that time spent as a fellow,
rather than enrolled as a resident, does not apply
toward meeting training requirements for ABNS
certification either now or from a retrospective
viewpoint in the future.
 Likewise, fellowship training after residency, while
highly commendable, does not extend the five-year
time period allowed for completion of the certification
process. In addition, no cases done during the
timeframe of a fellowship may be used to fulfill the
ABNS requirement for practice data.
Previous Training
Dear ABNS, Dr. Hoo was full trained as a
neurosurgeon at Kitasato University School of
Medicine in Japan before entering my residency
program. Enclosed are recommendations from
his program and confirming certificates. Please
consider granting retroactive credit toward
completion of residency.
Sincerely yours,
Transferring Residents
Dear ABNS, Dr. Whang has just transferred
here from the University of Alaska
neurosurgical residency. Enclosed is a letter
from his Program Director granting 36 months
neurosurgery, 3 neurology and 3 fundamental
clinical skills credit for his training there. I am
accepting only 24 months neurosurgery, plus
the neurology and FCS.
Sincerely yours,
Primary Examination
 The Primary Examination is open to all residents in
neurosurgical training programs accredited by the
ACGME.
 Any resident in such a program may take it for selfassessment or credit toward certification as
determined by his or her program director.
 Individuals beginning neurosurgical residency
training after June 30, 1998 must pass the
Examination for credit during residency in order to
complete training. Those who do not are not
considered by the ABNS to be in the certification
process.
Primary Examination
I will take the Primary Examination for:
 Credit toward Certification
 Self-Assessment
I am making a claim under the Americans with
Disabilities Act:
 Yes
 No
Program Director’s Signature
Check for the Application Fee: $485.00
Deadline for Receipt: December 2
Deadline for Changes: December 9
Primary Examination
2011
 Primary & Cognitive Examinations March 12
2012
 Primary & Cognitive Examinations March 17
2013
 Primary & Cognitive Examinations March 16
Graduates
 Graduate Evaluations
 Narrative Summary by Program
Director
 Graduate Rotations
 Graduate Addresses
The primary purpose of the ABNS is to conduct
examinations of candidates who seek certification
and issue Certificates to those who meet its
educational training and practice qualification
requirements, and satisfactorily complete its
written and oral examinations.
In addition, the ABNS, with the RRC and ACGME,
works to improve the standards of training in
neurosurgical residency programs throughout the
United States.
Oral Exam Application Process
 In order to apply, candidates had to
successfully complete all residency
requirements, including passing the
written Primary Examination.
Oral Exam Application Process
 Graduates have 5 years to be scheduled to take
examination.
 Deadline based on calendar year, not academic
 Waivers routinely granted
 Application process takes anywhere from 12-18 months
If a candidate falls out of the process, he/she must retake
and re-pass the written Primary Examination (given
every March by residency programs)
Oral Exam Application Process
 Scaled application fee: 0-36 months $1000, 37-48
months $2000
 Submission and approval of Practice Data
 Training reference letters
(residency/fellowships/outside rotations)
 Current/Past practice reference letters
 Verification of licensure and hospital privileges
 List of all published medical papers/books
Oral Exam Application Process
 Once approved candidates have three chances to pass
the exam before having to restart the process.
 After first failure, they have 2 years to retake
 After second failure, they have another 2 years to retake
 After third failure, they must re-pass written Primary
Examination and reapply
Oral Examination Process
• Given over 3 days in May and November in
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Houston, TX
Five 1/2 day sessions (3 - 1 hour sessions)
Typically 15 candidates per session (though at times 18)
Generally, notified ~5-6 months prior to examination
Can drop up to 1 month before exam without penalty
(assuming still within their 5 yr period)
Oral Examination Process
 Examinees are notified approximately 3
weeks after the examination
 Program Directors are sent copies of
the pass/fail letters
Maintenance of Certification
(MOC)
Through its Maintenance of
Certification program, the ABNS helps
Diplomates to keep up with changes in
the specialty and improve their patient
care.
Maintenance of Certification
(MOC)
 All Diplomates certified as of 1999 are
required to participate in Maintenance of
Certification
 One of the requirements of MOC is taking
and passing the computer-based Cognitive
Exam
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