Online CME: Neurosurgery

Neuroradiology Review Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...25. Awarded by....Johns Hopkins. Cost...........$1295.  Instruction Type...Video DVD, Video MP4. Target Audience...NEURO, NEUROSURG, ENT, RAD. Educational material last updated...2010. Financial support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...January 14, 2013.

Neuroradiology Review After viewing this activity, you should be able to: Accurately describe degenerative disorders of the spine using standard nomenclature; Describe the fundamentals of advanced imaging modalities in the analysis of neurological disorders; Identify the head and neck cancer spread patterns including nodal metastases and provide imaging assessments that assist in their comprehensive management; Provide a clinically helpful differential diagnosis of neoplastic, inflammatory and infectious lesions in the brain and spine; Diagnose the developmental, neoplastic, and non-neoplastic lesions of the brain, spine, and neck in children; and Recognize the indications and methods of vertebroplasty, spinal biopsy, and spinal injections.

Practical Reviews in Neurosurgery  (Sponsored Link) Last visited...8/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Oakstone Medical Publishing. Cost..........$399 per year. Instruction Type... Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...NEUROSURG. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Neurosurgery keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Neurosurgery each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 10-12 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

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American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Last visited....12/2009. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours....0.5 to 1.5 hours per course; most are 0.5 hour; about 35 courses offering about 25 hours. Awarded by....ASNR. Cost for Credit....Free to members of ASNR; $15 to $45 for nonmembers. Instruction Type....Streaming -Video with Slide accompaniment. Target Audience....NEURO, NS, RAD. Educational material last updated....2009. Financial Support...None stated.

Some newer titles are: Head And Neck Oncology: Evaluation Of Newly Diagnosed Cancer; Functional Imaging In The Aging Population; Pediatric Stroke; Socioeconomic Issues; and Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (ICAD) Imaging And Treatment.

Cleveland Clinic Neurosurgery Last visited...3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD Credit hours....5 activities offering a total of 3 hours. Awarded by....Cleveland Clinic. Cost..........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video and Slide-Audio Lectures, Podcasts, Text-Only. Target Audiences...NS. Educational material last updated....2010. Financial Support...Some activities have commercial support. CME Credit Expires...2 years after posting.

Some recent activities include: High-Risk Transient Ischemic Attacks Clinical Uses of Transcranial Doppler; Aneurysm Rupture and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Cerebral Revascularization: The Role of EC-IC Bypass in the 21st Century; Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus Guillain Barre Syndrome; and Arteriovenous Malformations Dural Arteriovenous Shunts.

Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Oncology Last visited...3/2010 Reviewed by... Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours... 4 activities offering a total of 8 hours. Awarded by... Johns Hopkins. Cost... Free. Instruction Type... Podcast, text. Target Audiences...ONCO, NS, RAD. Education material last updated... 2009. Financial Support... Various pharmaceutical companies.

This site promises CME activities concerning a wide variety of cancers, but only 4 activities are in fact present. They are: Case-Based Discussion of Emerging Evidence: Comprehensive Treatment Planning for Patients with High-Grade Gliomas (Journal Club); Case-Based Discussion of Emerging Evidence: Comprehensive Treatment Planning for Patients with High-Grade Gliomas; Monograph - Perspectives In Central Nervous System Malignancies; and Podcasts - Perspectives In Central Nervous System Malignancies.

Medscape Neurology Last visited...4/2010. Credit hours...Varies from time to time. Awarded by....Medscape and many other sponsoring organizations. Cost...........Free. Instruction Type...Text-and-Graphics, Text-Only, Slide-Audio Lecture, Slide-Video Lecture and Case-Based-Interactive. Target Audiences....NEURO. Educational material last updated...New activities posted daily. Financial Support...Many academic, specialty, and commercial sources as well as self-supported by Medscape. Expiration of CME Credit...Credit for most activities expires one year after posting.

CME activities of special interest to neurologists and neurosurgeons. Medscape contains a variety of educational formats: CONFERENCE COVERAGE - Reports of  advances presented at major medical conferences; typically includes several tracks with news stories, expert interviews, and in-depth topic overviews. CLINICAL UPDATE - Comprehensive original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic. FAST TRACK CLINICAL UPDATE – Narrowly focused original review article on scientific advances in a clinical topic. CME-LIVE - Real-time online events with streaming video, synchronized visuals, and interactive questions and answers; archived for 1 year. CLINICAL BRIEFS - Daily reports of major current medical research articles; 0.25 credits each JOURNAL CME - Articles selected from a wide selection of peer-reviewed journals. SPECIAL REPORT CME – Topic-based monthly email newsletter distributed to Medscape’s professional member database by specialty. INTERACTIVE PATIENT CASES – Original CME activity presented to the physician in an interactive, clinical case-based format. (See especially eMedicine CME Case Presentations.) CME CIRCLE – Multimedia content certified by other accredited professional education providers, typically from live symposia or monographs, and then posted on Medscape and archived for one year.

Practical Reviews in Neurosurgery Last visited...4/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...36 per year (3.0 per month). Awarded by.... Oakstone Medical Publishing. Cost..........$399 per year. Instruction Type... Text-Only; some Audio. Target Audience...NEUROSURG. Educational material updated monthly. Financial Support...None Stated. Expiration of CME credit...Two years after date of publication.

Practical Reviews in Neurosurgery keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Neurosurgery each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 10-12 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned.

SANS (Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery)  Last visited......3/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours......40 maximum per year. Awarded by......Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). Cost......$15 to 25 per hour depending on membership status. Instruction Type......Question-and-Answer. Target Audience....NS. Educational material last updated......Regularly. Financial Support...None Stated.

SANS is a required component of the American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) three-year MOC cycle (Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment). SANS represents all areas of general and subspecialty neurosurgical practice. Teaching materials consist of text, pictures, video clips and links to relevant Internet sites. Physicians answer questions in specific topic areas, reviewing their answers, and reading question critiques. There are 5 modules sections: General SANS Examination (24 hours); SANS: Pediatrics (24 hours); SANS: Spine (24 hours); SANS Competencies (10 hours); and SANS Neurosurgery (6 hours). Subscribers may only take one of the following each year for a maximum of 24 hours: General SANS Exam, SANS: Spine and SANS: Pediatrics.

SpineCME.org Online Continuing Medical Education (CME) Programs Last visited...6/2010. Reviewed by...Bernard Sklar, MD. Credit hours...16 activities; most offer 0.5 hour; total of 8.5 hours. Awarded by....Medical Education Resources, Inc., and BroadWater, LLC. Cost...........Free. Instruct. Type...Slide-Video Lectures. Target Audience...ORTHO, NEUROSURG. Educational material last updated.....2010. CME Credit Expires...One year after posting. Financial Support...Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS).

Some recent activities are: The SMISS '09 Highlights Series: Robotics and Image Guidance in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery; Contemporary Spine Surgery Series: Motion-sparing Devices - Has the Concept Come of Age?; The SMISS '09 Highlights Series: Lateral Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery VIDEO; and Contemporary Spine Surgery Series: Making Sense of Bone Graft Alternatives (Excluding BMPs).