American Academy Of Neurology Institute

Programs: Annual meeting and regional conferences the april 2017 annual meeting in boston hosted a record of more than 14,000 people from 108 countries who experienced a meeting featuring more than 250 education programs, more than 2,800 scientific presentations, seven plenary sessions, more than 350 experiential learning session presentations, and 270 exhibitors. The third annual breakthroughs in neurology conference, presented in january in phoenix, az, was attended by 316 people, and the july sports concussion conference offered in jacksonville, fl, was well received by a diverse audience of 348 neurologists, athletic trainers, non-neurologist physicians, and others involved in the management of concussion in sports. The aan fall conference, held in las vegas in october, broke 2016's attendance record as 643 neurology professionals sought the year-end opportunity to learn the latest clinical advances in neurology and earn cme. A total of 2,756 scientific abstracts were accepted for presentation at the 2017 annual meeting. Additionally, the future researchers in neurology and neuroscience scholarship enabled up to 25 medical students to receive a $1,000 scholarship to reimburse expenses associated with attending the annual meeting. In addition to education and science sessions, the future researcher scholars attended research training and mentoring opportunities. We also expanded the number of international scholarships offered to 15, enabling young physician recipients from around the world to receive a $2,500 scholarship to reimburse annual meeting expenses. The board of directors increased the academy's investment in early career researchers to a total of $2. 8 million dollars awarded by the aan research program in 2017, including the first prestigious career development award for young investigators of $450,000 over three years. There were a record-breaking number of 151 applications for the 2018 program, well above the 139 applications for 2017 and 115 for 2016. With the help of the american brain foundation, the research program formed funding partnerships with five new funding partners. Intensive leadership training programs were expanded to eight with the addition of women leading in neurology, live well, lead well, and practice leadership program. During these multi-month leadership programs, participants receive personal development opportunities which allow for increased member engagement in the aan. The leadership engagement subcommittee was created, to continue this engagement with the aan.

clinical practice and guidelines the aan's axon registry(r) moved from its trial phase in 2016 to full roll out to us-based academy members-at no cost to them-in 2017. By the end of the year, participation included 187 practices and more than 1,000,000 patients representing over 3,100,000 patient visits. The centers for medicare & medicaid services (cms) approved the axon registry as a 2017 qualified clinical data registry. The american board of psychiatry and neurology (abpn) also approved the axon registry as a maintenance of certification part iv improvement in medical practice clinical module activity. The aan's clinical practice guidelines are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care. They are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options. The academy published five clinical practice guidelines in 2017: * practice guideline: cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential testing * practice guideline: reducing brain injury after cardiopulmonary resuscitation * practice guideline summary: sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors * practice guideline summary: use of fmri in the presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy * practice guideline summary: mild cognitive impairment in addition, 27 active guideline projects were in various stages of development by year's end. Nine guidelines were retired. In 2017, the mexican academy of neurology collaboration with the aan produced seven new spanish translations of aan guidelines, with more forthcoming in 2018.

continuing medical education programs the aan received reaccreditation from the accreditation council for continuing medical education (accme) through march 31, 2023. The accme's decision was accreditation with commendation, based on review of the aan's self-study report, evidence of performance-in-practice, and the accreditation interview. Accreditation with commendation is awarded to providers that demonstrate compliance in all criteria and the accreditation policies. The accme commended the aan on meeting the accme's requirements and for demonstrating that the academy is a learning organization and a change agent for the physicians and patients we serve. With its academic medicine initiative, the aan is actively exploring ways to effectively maximize support for academic neurology and strengthen relationships with neurology department chairs. Consequently, the aan, in collaboration with the american neurological association and the association of university professors of neurology, planed a neurology department chair summit for march 2018 to discuss the state of neurology and academic medicine and to develop tangible solutions in support of the future of academic neurology.

public and patient education the brain health fair is a free public event presented by the aan on the first day of the annual meeting to connect neurology patients, caregivers, students, and anyone interested in brain health. This year's fair drew over 2,000 people to the boston convention and entertainment center, and the mayor declared april 21 as "brain health awareness day. " there were 14 presentations, 45 exhibitors, 300 bike helmets given away, and nine disease-specific areas for attendees to speak one-on-one with a neurologist. The program offered opportunities for attendees to hold a human brain, view animal brains, interact with trained service dogs, walk through a 20-foot inflatable brain, and more. Public service announcement ran throughout the year. Plans were made to bring concussion awareness to many of the 1 million people attending the nfl super bowl and related festivities, with sports graphics covering the headquarters ground floor windows and a colorfully lit brain ice sculpture. The neuro film festival is designed to build public awareness and demonstrate the importance of neuroscience, and create brand awareness of the aan. The contest has four video categories that support the aan's neuroscience is. . . Tm program: "neuroscience is. . . Cool" (for kids ages 13-17); "neuroscience is. . . Rewarding" (for undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, and residents); "neuroscience is. . . Essential" (for patients, families, and caregivers); and "neuroscience is. . . Critical" (for advocates, patient groups, and neurology professionals). There were 41,302 video views of the promotional "2017 nff: how to submit your video. " the 2017 neuro film festival accepted 57 videos into the contest, which collectively received 23,397 views.