The AANS achieves excellence in continuing medical education (CME) through educational activities built on evidence-based medicine and adult learning principles. The AANS CME program is designed for national and international general neurosurgeons, neurosurgical specialists, residents, fellows and other neurosurgical health professionals.

 

Fellow (FAANS), Provisional and Affiliate members are required to document at least 20 PRA Category 1 Credits™ each calendar year (January 1 - December 31).

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) defines joint providership as the providership of a CME activity by one accredited and one non-accredited organization. The accredited provider must take responsibility for a CME activity when it is presented in cooperation with a non-accredited institution or organization and must use the appropriate accreditation statement. An ineligible company, formerly known as a commercial interest, cannot take the role of non-accredited entity in a joint providership relationship.

In order to be considered for joint providership, you must meet each of the following requirements:

• The audience of your activity must be at least 50 percent North American neurosurgeons.
• Your organization must be a non-ACCME accredited provider.
• The mission statement, purpose or function of your organization must be congruent with the AANS CME Mission Statement.
• You must submit the AANS joint providership application at least six months prior to your activity start date.

If you do meet the above criteria, final approval will come from the AANS Education Committee. Should AANS jointly provide the meeting and find that the criteria ultimately were not met, the AANS reserves the right to charge an additional fee to the group above and beyond the regular joint providership fee.

Please contact AANS via email at epm@aans.org with questions regarding joint providership.