{"id":219,"date":"2019-02-14T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f0c1857d78.nxcli.net\/ync\/neurosurgery-oral-boards-an-early-experience-with-the-abns-post-case-entry-system\/"},"modified":"2019-03-04T20:11:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:11:56","slug":"neurosurgery-oral-boards-an-early-experience-with-the-abns-post-case-entry-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/newsletters.aans.org\/ync\/winter-2019\/neurosurgery-oral-boards-an-early-experience-with-the-abns-post-case-entry-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurosurgery Oral Boards: An Early Experience with the ABNS POST Case Entry System"},"content":{"rendered":"

After graduating from a U.S, neurosurgery residency, the final step in training is to become certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS). The first step in this process is the written boards, which must be passed prior to graduation from neurosurgery residency. The second part of the certification process happens after neurosurgery graduation: the ABNS Oral Board Examination. During the period after graduation from residency but prior to passing the oral boards, neurosurgeons are considered \u201cboard eligible.\u201d After passing the oral board exam, the neurosurgery candidate becomes a certified diplomate of the ABNS and is \u201cboard certified.\u201d<\/p>\n

The neurosurgery oral board\u2019s format was revised in 2017 and now includes three oral examination sessions, each 45 minutes long. One session is focused on general neurosurgery and a second session will focus on the examinee\u2019s self-selected subspecialty focus (spine, tumor, vascular, pediatrics, etc.) or the examinee may choose a second session of general neurosurgery cases. The third session is now composed of the examinee\u2019s own cases. As part of the oral board\u2019s application process, the examinee must enter 125 consecutive operative cases of their own from post-residency\/fellowship neurosurgery practice into the ABNS POST online case submission system. The ABNS examiners typically select 5-8 of these 125 cases to review during the examination. Importantly, the timing of oral board\u2019s application submission has changed as well: neurosurgery residents who graduate on or after June 30, 2017, must submit their oral board\u2019s application no later than December 31, three calendar years following their residency graduation. For candidates who graduated prior to June 30, 2017, the application must be submitted within four years of graduation.<\/p>\n

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