ABNS Officers Chair Richard Ellenbogen MD Vice Chair

ABNS Officers • Chair: Richard Ellenbogen MD • Vice Chair: Sander Connolly MD • Treasurer: Linda Liau MD, Ph. D • Secretary: Carl Heilman MD

ABNS Directors • • • Frederick Boop MD Douglas Kondziolka MD Kevin Cockroft MD, MSc John J. Knightly MD Elad Levy MD MBA Anil Nanda MD MPH Daniel Resnick MD MS Alex Valadka MD 3 New Directors

Steve Kalkanis, MD (CNS)

Majorie Wang, MD (CNS)

John Wilson, MD (AANS)

ABNS Primary Examination Chair of the ABNS primary exam is switching from Carl B. Heilman MD to Daniel Resnick MD

ABNS Primary Exam 2018 The # of questions in each Content Category: Category A. Neuroanatomy Category B. Neurosciences Category C. Neuropathology Category D. Neuroimaging Category E. Clinical Neurology Category F. Neurosurgery Category G. Fund CS/Critical Care Category H. Core Competencies 2016 2017 2018 49 49 43 57 53 65 52 7 49 30 43 57 40 84 65 7

ABNS Primary Exam 2018 • • Date: March 9, 2018 Location: 110 test centers Format: Single Day, Web-Based Administration Number of Items: 375 (60% new questions) 17 Questions Deleted, 358 Questions were scored Number of Credit Candidates: 219 Number of Self-Assessment Examinees: 575

ABNS 2018 Primary Exam

ABNS 2018 Primary Exam Without Standard Setting

2018 NMBE Passing Standard Setting Exercise • 8 ABNS Directors on the Primary Exam Committee act as judges for a standard setting exercise to determine the pass / fail rate. • Each ABNS Director estimated the percentage of minimally competent candidates who would correctly answer each of the 200 questions. • Using the Angoff and Hofstee Methods the required scaled score to pass the exam was increased from 311 to 335.

2018 ABNS Passing Standard

2018 NMBE Passing Standard • The scaled score increase from 311 to 335 translated to a raw score of 231 questions correct to pass. • 231 correct out of 358 questions = 64. 5% correct to pass • 4. 6% or 10 Credit Candidates Failed

2018

ABNS POST (Tony Asher) • ABNS Candidates are now submitting their 150 cases through a program called the “Practice and Outcomes of Surgical Therapies” or POST • Images are required • Most data elements are from drop down menus, minimal text • Will allow for extensive analytics of a candidate’s practice.

Oral Exam 2018 (Doug Kondziolka) • Three 45 minute sessions: – 5 Standard General Neurosurgery Cases – 5 Standard Cases of Candidate’s chosen specialty – 5 of the candidate’s cases out of 10 that were chosen from their 150 case log submission

Oral Exam 2018 88 candidates examined Fall 2017 117 candidates examined Spring 2018 144 candidates planned for Fall 2018

Oral Exam Results 2018 Overall Failure Rate = 17% Category: % Failed General 6% Focus 6% Candidate’s Cases 9%

RECOGNITION OF FOCUSED PRACTICE • Pediatric Neurosurgery approved and launched • ABNS CNS endovascular approved by ABMS. ABPN (Neurology) and ABR (Radiology) applications have been submitted. Currently in the “Comment Period”. • Neuro Critical Care COCERT meeting was held on May 11. Neuro CC Recognition of Focused Practice was approved. Two Pathways: ACGME and CAST. ABMS Board vote in 2 months for final approval.

Continuing Certification • Formerly MOC • Participating in yearly neurosurgery Continuous Certification will suffice for trauma CME as far as taking call at an ACS Level I trauma center • Part I: Verification of state license, unrestricted hospital credentials • Part II: 20 CME per year • Part III: Adaptive Tool live June 1, 2018. • Part IV: Participation in Morbidity and Mortality Conference. Participation in the safety module at your hospital

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