2005 Start Date
- Professional Standing (every three years)
- Full, unrestricted license to practice medicine in all jurisdictions in which the diplomate practices.
- Hospital admitting privileges to practice neurosurgery.
- Recommendations from the chief of staff of primary hospital.
- Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (LLSA) (every three years)
- 150 hours of CME.
- SANS examination.
- Cognitive Knowledge (every 10 years)
- MOC Cognitive Examination taken during the eighth, ninth, or 10th year of the MOC process.
- Performance in Practice
- Key Cases selected from a list of procedures which cover the subspecialties (every three years).
- CAT (every three years) 15-question survey given to 20 patients who respond via phone or Internet.
- Surgical Case Log consisting of six months of practice data submitted every 10 years within four years of the end of the 10-year cycle.
Reprinted with the permission of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, www.ABNS.org.