Grant & Research Methods Education

The AAN is committed to bringing its members the highest quality continuing medical education and professional education opportunities. The 2010 Annual Meeting offers several programs that provide grant-writing and research methods guidance.

2010 Annual Meeting Education Grant Programs

1AC.001: Resident Basic Science I: Neuropathology

Director(s): J. Goodman MD, FAAN
Participants should be able to understand cellular and gross neuropathology in relationship to neurological disease mechanisms, diagnosis, progression, and imaging.

1EP.001: Clerkship and Program Directors Conference

Director(s): Imran Ali MD, FAAN
Participants should be able to define qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring educational contributions, understand methods used to enhance teaching skills, and current curricular and pedagogical issues relevant to undergraduate and graduate neurological education. Residency program directors should understand the following: medical science and practical issues surrounding sleep deprivation during residency, and counter measures; issues regarding the appropriate training of child neurology residents during the adult neurology year; and the impact of new duty hour requirements on neurology residency programs.

1PC.001: Resident Basic Science II: Clinical Application of Neuropathology

Director(s): J. Goodman MD, FAAN
Participants will be able to recognize the gross and microscopic neuropathological features of a broad range of diseases, correlate these findings with clinical features, imaging and laboratory studies, and understand rational clinical application of neuropathological principles.

2AC.004: Clinical Research Methods I

Director(s): Karen Furie MD
Participants should be able to select the appropriate study design to address a particular clinical question, and understand factors that limit the interpretation of their own research and studies reported in the literature.

2BS.005: Clinical Grant Writing

Director(s): Bernard Ravina MD, MSCE, FAAN
Participants should know the basics of writing an NIH grant, the components of a clinical trial grant application, and the NIH grant review process.

2PC.004: Clinical Research Methods II

Director(s): Karen Furie MD
Participants will have gained a more sophisticated understanding of clinical trial design, approaches to study monitoring, and the utility of biomarkers.

3BS.002: Career Development for Clinician Educators

Director(s): Douglas Gelb MD, PhD, FAAN
Participants should understand which activities and responsibilities in an academic neurology department are most likely to be productive for career development as a clinician educator; how to negotiate for those assignments and for the resources necessary to fulfill them; and how to document their accomplishments and productivity.

3EC.001: Education Colloquium: International Education

Director(s): Lori Schuh MD, FAAN
Participants should have a greater understanding of the challenges, successes and opportunities of providing neurology training in India, Africa, and Latin America; a greater understanding of the role of the World Federation of Neurology; and a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities of Canadian neurology residency and fellowship programs in providing training for foreign nationals.

4EC.002: NIH Sponsored Clinical Trials in Neurology: What's Going On? How to Participate? How Can We Do Better?

2009 Annual Meeting Seminars Available for Purchase

At the 2009 Annual Meeting, two grant writing seminars, one on clinical grant writing and another on writing career development proposals were offered. In addition, a full-day Clinical Research Methods program was available. These courses are available for purchase via Marathon Multimedia.