American
Board of Neurological Surgery
Practice Data Information
NeuroLog
For information on using
NeuroLog, the ABNS web-based program
for logging practice data, please
e-mail the Board at abns@tmhs.org.
The American Board of Neurological
Surgery requires review and approval
of at least one year of current patient
practice data, plus a minimum of three
months follow-up, on each patient.
The Directors of the ABNS consider
this review a serious and important
step in the evaluation of candidates
for certification.
Candidates are scheduled for oral
examination, the last step in the
certification process, only after
their data, in conjunction with their
applications, have been approved by
the Board of Directors. Oral examiners
are given the practice data cover
sheets and reviewers’ comments.
- Data collection may begin anytime
after the start of practice. Current
data is required; the first entry
cannot be more than two years old
at the time of submission.
- Collect the data over twelve consecutive
months; however, the data must contain
a minimum of 100 operative cases.
More time may be required to log
this minimum number, in which case
#1 above still applies.
- List all in-patients, operative
and non-operative, for whom you
were the responsible physician or
surgeon, plus all outpatient surgeries.
Exclude operative assists and consults.
- List all diagnostic studies of
which you were aware at the time
of diagnoses and re-operations,
irrespective of whether you requested
or performed them; for instance:
- Angiography
- CT scan
- Duplex ultrasonography
- EEG
- EMG
- Isotope scan
- Lumbar puncture
- MR scan
- Myelography
- PET scan
- SPECT scan
- TCD
- Use nationally standard terminology
and abbreviations in your narratives.
Sufficient information must be included
on each entry for the reviewer to
understand and evaluate what has been
done and not done. Requests from reviewers
for further information on specific
cases, as well as questions on procedures,
should be expected. Additional data
may also be required.
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