Advancing Neuromuscular, Musculoskeletal, & Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Education • Training Programs

Fellowship Training Program Resources

The tools listed below have been developed to provide helpful information for fellowship program directors to develop and enhance their training program.   
 
This toolkit is comprised of:

  • Direct links to ACGME, ABPN and ABPMR
  • Examples currently being used in existing training programs
  • Documents with specific purposes that have certain limitations for use
  • Documents that are slightly modifiable to meet your specific program needs

Getting Started

Clinical Neurophysiology Program Requirements
Common Program Requirements
On the ACGME home page click on "duty hours: ACGME Approved Standards Website", click on the "approved standards" box and it will take you to a page where you can click on a pdf. You have to get there before it says "Common Program Requirements effective July 1, 2011."
Educational Guideline for EDX Training Programs
Neurology Review Committee/ACGME Update
Neuromuscular Program Requirements
Outcome Project Toolkit
Program Director’s guide to the core competencies
Program Information form
Sample Clinic Schedule
Sample Didactic Schedule

Goals and Objectives

Goals and Objectives Toolkit
Goals and Objectives: The Basics
NM Medicine Fellowship Goals by Rotation: Example
Pathology Goals by Rotation: Example

Evaluations

Evaluations of Fellow:
Evaluation by Prior Program - Evaluation of Competencies for Preliminary Year/Transfer Residents (PDF)
Under the Program Resources section.
Final Evaluation
Neuromuscular Self-Assessment Examination
RO & CA Reliability
Under the Notable Practice Category, select “Competency Assessment Tools” and in the Sub-Topic, select “Multiple=source Assessment.”
The Resident Observation and Competency Assessment – RO & CA
Under the Notable Practice Category, select “Competency Assessment Tools” and in the Sub-Topic, select “Multiple=source Assessment.”
Evaluations of Program/Faculty:
Neuromuscular Resident Rotation Evaluation
Rehabilitation and Research Rotations Evaluation Form
Report Card Neurology Faculty

Teaching Tools

AANEM Podcasts
AANEM Practice Guidelines
AANEM Products
AANEM Resources
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Other Helpful Websites:
EMG Whiz
Gene Tests
Life Curriculum
Includes Teaching Sleep and Fatigue and Stress Management.
Neuromuscular Disease Center

Preparing for a Site Visit

Preparation and Timeline
Sample Program Information Form

Board Certification

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology:
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology Board Exam
Neuromuscular Examination
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation:
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Neuromuscular Medicine

GME Committee Members

Bonnie Weigert, MD (Chair); Emma Ciafaloni, MD; William S. David, MD, PhD; Mazen M. Dimachkie, MD; Joseph H. Feinberg, MD; Jay Han, MD; Stephen Kishner, MD; Janice M. Massey, MD; Annabel K. Wang, MD


If you identify other documents or potentially helpful tools not listed on this page, please contact the AANEM Education Department at education@aanem.org or 507.288.0100.