AAN Consortium of Neurology Program Directors
The AAN Consortium of Neurology Program Directors is open to Adult and Child Neurology Program Directors and meets twice a year to assist with the following various issues:
- Neurology Review Committee (NRC) requirements
- Core competencies and resident evaluations
- Objectives in training
- Recruitment in neurology
- Educational materials including computer programs and reimbursement for clinician/teachers
Read a Letter from the Chair and CNPD News.
Letter from the Chair
Greetings from the Consortium of Neurology Residency Program Directors!
As an adult neurology residency program director or pediatric neurology residency program director, you are automatically a member of the CNPD. The Consortium strives to improve the quality of professional life for neurology residency program directors. As part of this effort, the Consortium hosts a listserv for raising issues and sharing your opinions with other program directors, at CNPD@lists.aan.com.
The goal of the CNPD is to:
- Represent the interests of neurology residency program directors and programs to the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the National Residency Matching Program, ERAS, ACGME, Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), and Organization of Program Directors Associations (OPDA).
- Provide a "home" where residency program directors can communicate with each other about issues affecting adult neurology residency training programs, share insight into training program management, and discuss controversial issues that challenge the graduate medical education environment.
- Promote the educational role of program directors in the context of professional career development.
- Encourage creation of educational materials and performance of graduate medical education research.
You are strongly encouraged to attend CNPD business meetings held in conjunction with the American Neurologic Association and American Academy of Neurology Annual Meetings. These meetings provide timely information regarding the oversight of residency training programs by the national GME oversight organizations mentioned above.
John W. Engstrom, MD, FAAN
CNPD Meeting—RSVP August 27
The next AAN Consortium of Neurology Program Directors (CNPD) is scheduled for:
Saturday, September 11, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
San Francisco Marriott
55 Forth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 896-1600
Room: Yerba Buena 4-6
The meeting is held in conjunction at the American Neurological Association Meeting. Note, no registration is required for this meeting— there is no cost to attend this meeting.
RSVP by Friday, August 27 to Lucy Persaud at lpersaud@aan.com if you plan to attend this meeting.
An agenda will be sent prior to the meeting and minutes will be available after.
AUPN PROGRAM DIRECTORS BOOT CAMP—Register by September 3, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010 5:30 - 9:00 pm
Marriott Marquis San Francisco, CA
Dr. Christopher Commichau, MD will introduce the program and present "lessons learned" from a Program Director's perspective.
Dr. Sonja Potrebic, MD, PhD will present the Evidence-Based Medicine Toolkit, which enables Program Directors to teach evidence-based principles of analysis and article deconstruction to improve the way their residents practice medicine. She will also discuss the difference in analysis capabilities of her own residents pre- and post-EBM Toolkit education.
The proposed 2011 Duty Hour Changes will affect departments in many ways including:
- Effects on learning/education
- Medical Errors
- Effects on Faculty
- Effects on resident rotations
- Issues/Obstacles to implementation
- Funding
Hear from three speakers with three with different perspectives (i.e., coordinator, large vs. small programs, newer vs. more seasoned directors): Carol Piunti, Vicki Wheelock, MD, and James Otis, MD will each discuss how the proposed 2011 duty hour changes will affect their programs. These presentations will be followed by an interactive discussion of the issues raised.
Please click here to download the agenda.
Registration
You may register online at www.aupn.org. The registration deadline is September 3, 2010.
Questions, please contact AUPN at aupn@llmsi.com or at (952) 545-6724.
CNPD News
- Neurology RC Newsletter: June 2010
CNPD Meetings
- Sunday, April 10, 2011, Honolulu, HI
- Saturday, September 24, 2011, San Diego, CA
