Active and Active Provisional members are required to document receipt of the Continuing Education Award in Neurosurgery to maintain membership in the AANS. This award is earned by documenting at least 60 neurosurgical credits within the CME cycle. The current three-year cycle is Jan. 1, 2005, through Dec. 31, 2007.
On Jan. 1, 2005, the AANS Executive Committee implemented new rules and regulations to assist members in obtaining and tracking appropriate CME credits to meet the anticipated requirements of ABNS Maintenance of Certification as well as those mandated by other outside organizations.
Members will only earn the award by attending designated neurosurgical category 1 AMA/PRA activities. As of Jan. 1, 2005, these include:
- AANS-sponsored meetings
- AANS online CME (Neurosurgical Focus)
- AANS jointly sponsored meetings
- AANS cosponsored-endorsed meetings
- AANS/CNS section meetings CNS annual meetings and SANS