TY - JOUR
T1 - Accreditation and standardization of neuroanesthesia fellowship programs
T2 - Results of a specialty-wide survey
AU - Mashour, George A.
AU - Lauer, Kathryn
AU - Greenfield, Mary Lou V.H.
AU - Vavilala, Monica
AU - Avitsian, Rafi
AU - Kofke, Andrew
AU - Koht, Antoun
AU - Brambrink, Ansgar
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - The question of accreditation and standardization of neuroanesthesia fellowship training programs in the U.S. has been discussed extensively within the field. Although numerous opinion pieces have been published, there are no data indicating the level of support or opposition for accreditation of subspecialty training among specialists in the field of neuroanesthesia. To address this gap in knowledge, a web-based survey was designed and electronically distributed to members of the Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC) that were practicing in the United States (n=339). The primary question assessed support for subspecialty accreditation. In addition, the participants were asked to rate the importance of various curricular elements for a neuroanesthesia fellowship training program. Over a 1-month period, there were 134 responses in total (40% of the sample). Ninety percent of the respondents identified themselves as having a university affiliation. Of the respondents, 64% indicated support for accreditation, 20% indicated opposition, and the remainder was equivocal. Career development, neurocritical care, and intraoperative neuromonitoring were the top 3 subjects thought to be essential to a neuroanesthesia fellowship. The majority supported a 1-year fellowship training program. These data indicate measurable support among members of SNACC for a process toward the accreditation of neuroanesthesia fellowship training programs.
AB - The question of accreditation and standardization of neuroanesthesia fellowship training programs in the U.S. has been discussed extensively within the field. Although numerous opinion pieces have been published, there are no data indicating the level of support or opposition for accreditation of subspecialty training among specialists in the field of neuroanesthesia. To address this gap in knowledge, a web-based survey was designed and electronically distributed to members of the Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Critical Care (SNACC) that were practicing in the United States (n=339). The primary question assessed support for subspecialty accreditation. In addition, the participants were asked to rate the importance of various curricular elements for a neuroanesthesia fellowship training program. Over a 1-month period, there were 134 responses in total (40% of the sample). Ninety percent of the respondents identified themselves as having a university affiliation. Of the respondents, 64% indicated support for accreditation, 20% indicated opposition, and the remainder was equivocal. Career development, neurocritical care, and intraoperative neuromonitoring were the top 3 subjects thought to be essential to a neuroanesthesia fellowship. The majority supported a 1-year fellowship training program. These data indicate measurable support among members of SNACC for a process toward the accreditation of neuroanesthesia fellowship training programs.
KW - accreditation
KW - fellowship program
KW - neuroanesthesia
KW - neuroanesthesiology
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U2 - 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181d908d7
DO - 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181d908d7
M3 - Article
C2 - 20479669
AN - SCOPUS:77954089706
SN - 0898-4921
VL - 22
SP - 252
EP - 255
JO - Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
JF - Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology
IS - 3
ER -