Neurosurgeons are now, more than ever before, faced with increasingly complex choices in the appropriate treatment of patients. Each year, hundreds of articles are published that bring new insights and information about improved surgical methods to the attention of these practitioners.

The medical literature these health care professionals are expected to follow and the information they need to obtain continues to proliferate and increase in complexity. Each neurosurgeon is challenged to maintain his or her skills and to integrate new concepts as they arise. At the same time, health care professionals face growing socioeconomic and professional pressures to keep up to date in all aspects of medicine. Meanwhile, their patient loads and other professional commitments continue to increase. Added to these pressures is their expanding involvement with third-party paperwork, managed health care issues, and other administrative responsibilities.

Contemporary Neurosurgery has been published with Continuing Medical Education credits available since 1978. This activity has proved to be an excellent educational vehicle to provide neurosurgeons with up-to-date and easily read information on surgical modalities and techniques. This is supported by our 90%+ renewal rate. Subscribers to Contemporary Neurosurgery are primarily practicing, hospital-based surgeons, many of whom have CME requirements.

Needs assessment data is compiled to determine the interests of prospective CME participants. This data is submitted to the publication's editor for consideration in developing educational material, who then uses the data in selecting editorial topics to be addressed in the periodical.

Faculty and author affiliations and financial disclosure information are procured and printed prior to each CME article in each issue.

Print

The Contemporary Neurosurgery CME Program enables CME subscribers to earn up to 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM per year. The article published in each issue throughout the year is designated course reading. Those who are interested in earning CME credit for individual issues should read each article and then take the exam included in issue. To earn CME credit, you must read the CME article and complete the quiz on the enclosed form, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. Select the best answer and place a check mark or an X mark in the corresponding space on the enclosed answer form sheet. Do not fill in the answer box completely. Make a photocopy of the completed answer form for your own files and mail the original answer form in the enclosed postage-paid business reply envelope for receipt by LCMEI, Inc. by the expiration date printed in each issue. For more information, call (800) 787-8981.

Online

The Contemporary Neurosurgery Online CME Program enables CME subscribers to earn up to 39 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM per year. The article published in each online issue throughout the year is designated course reading. Those who are interested in earning CME credit for individual online issues should read each article and then take the exam included in the on line issue. To earn CME credit, a participant must read each designated CME article and complete the online quiz and evaluation assessment survey, answering at least 70% of the quiz questions correctly. A participant must elect the best answer and place a check mark in the corresponding space on the answer screen. Upon completion, the subscriber clicks the “Send” button and submits the exam for grading. Upon achieving a passing score, participants are provided with a certificate .pdf to print out on their own computers.

Eight evaluation assessment questions will be included as part of the CME Quiz. These questions ensure that we determine that each activity's learning objectives have been met, that the activity was of educational value to the target audience and was unbiased, and offer participants a method of feedback.

Each individual CME activity will expire within one year of the activity’s release date.