The MyABNS system has undergone significant internal changes. Please click the login button, then the "forgot password" link to reset your password to access your account. Feel free to email abns@abns.org with questions.
For diplomates who have completed the annual CC requirements and are at the end of a 10-year cycle, new certificates will be mailed toward the end of December.
A Diplomate with a time-limited Certificate will immediately lose their Certified status upon failing to timely complete all annual CC requirements more than two years in any 10-year Certification period, or upon failing to timely complete all annual CC requirements in any two consecutive years, or upon failing to complete all delinquent CC requirements for any year during the one-year grace period
Part I - Professionalism and Professional Standing
Chief of staff questionnaire
If the chief of staff is not available for attestation, a department chair or other suitable administrator or colleague may serve this role.
Part II - Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment
CME (continuing medical education) - diplomates must earn at least 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ in neurosurgery each year.
Part III - Assessment Of Knowledge, Judgment, and Skills
The ABNS Part III adaptive learning tool and modules teach new evidence-based information pertinent to the practice of neurological surgery and provides diplomates with the scientific articles they are based on, in a user-friendly format. The learning tool and modules consist of multiple-choice questions and can be accessed on-line 24/7.
Every ABNS diplomate must complete the learning tool annually to meet the requirement. The additional modules in Pediatrics, Neurocritical care and CNS Endovascular are required for individuals who are maintaining a recognized focus practice credential.
The learning tool and related modules can be taken for CME credit or not. By choosing to take the tool/module for credit will satisfy both the Part II (at least partially) and Part III requirements.
It will be evident to diplomates that:
Part IV - Improvement In Medical Practice
Significant changes have been made to this requirement. It is now being subserved by the annual chief of staff questionnaire verification of meaningful participation in M&M.
Meaningful participation in M &M means:
Click here for the ABNS M & M conference format template
Please note that most State laws provide a “peer review privilege” that prohibits malpractice plaintiffs and others from gaining access to materials and discussions undertaken in connection with certain legitimate peer review activities, particularly those conducted at hospitals. The scope of this privilege varies from State to State, so Diplomates are encouraged to consult with the own (or their institution’s) legal counsel for guidance as to whether a Diplomate’s contemplated M&M activity, especially any such contemplated activity in a non-hospital setting, will be covered by the privilege.
All ABPNS diplomates, in order to maintain their certificate of focus practice, are required to participate in CC annually as all ABPNS certificates are time-limited.