Overview of CNS Online Resources

View the complimentary webinar below for an overview of the wealth of online opportunities available to residents and residency programs through the CNS.

A critical component of residency training that helps prepare residents for the primary examination, available for Residency programs to purchase. The CNS offers two types of products for institutional licenses: 

• Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (SANS): Particularly helpful for residents working toward full certification, our extensive bank of peer-reviewed questions offers a comprehensive review of clinical applications across neurosurgical specialties, as well as several non-clinical core competencies. In addition:
  • With a residency program license, you'll receive reporting that provides visibility into individual performance (strengths/deficiencies) and program performance compared to national averages, allowing you to provide one-to-one feedback, guidance, and assistance to better position residents for success.
  • Coupled with the SANS Written Boards Module Bundle, the Residency program license becomes the single most comprehensive study resource and exam preparation tool available for the primary certification exam. 
• Quality Science Curriculum (QSC): This online tool helps residents understand the importance and value of nonclinical ACGME milestones. QSC is a simple, turn-key training solution your program can implement today to address ACGME milestones in 5 non-clinical domains, via 10 narrated presentations with companion pre- and post-test question assessments. 

Ordering SANS Institutional License Products

Order SANS Institutional License Products by logging in to your CNS account.

Don’t have an account? Create a free non-member account here.

After you submit payment and your license is set up, you can access your SANS institutional license reports by:

• Logging into your account at www.cns.org.
• Going to www.cns.org/sanslicense.
• Clicking the Admin Report Access button on the right side.

Please only use the Reports tab to run reports on your residents' progress. The other tabs are for staff use only and may lead to errors if you try to add, remove, or change resident access.

To purchase or update the license, please place an order at www.cns.org/sanslicense.

Residents can view hundreds of live webinars and on-demand products—SANS products, Written Board and Oral Board preparation products, archived webinars, course recordings, and more—in the CNS Online Catalog. Many are free with special resident code 2020Res at checkout.

SANS Products

Residents can purchase individual SANS products, including:

• SANS Written Board Module: Residents can access all seven SANS Modules—a total of 700 questions—to help them prepare for the Written Board examination. Or, they can purchase each separately:
  • SANS: Functional Module for Residents
  • SANS: Pain and Peripheral Nerve Module for Residents
  • SANS: Pediatric Module for Residents
  • SANS: Spine Module for Residents
  • SANS: Trauma and Neurocritical Care Module for Residents
  • SANS: Tumor Module for Residents
  • SANS: Vascular Module for Residents
• SANS Boards App: This CNS app provides a convenient resource to prepare your residents for the ABNS Primary Examination. It contains critical information covered on the exam and is comprised of 200 questions from the following categories: neurology, neurosurgery, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neuropathology, neuroradiology, and critical care. Accessible via iPad®, iPhone®, or Android devices.
• SANS: Neuropathology for Residents: Residents will learn about the basic pathological processes, gross and microscopic disease of the nervous system, and correlations of clinical and pathological findings related to the nervous system.
• SANS: General for Residents: This product allows residents to assess the latest guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of various disorders of spine, trauma, vasculature, and tumors; evaluate medical knowledge across the various neurosurgical subspecialties, such as spine, tumor, trauma, critical care, pediatrics, cerebrovascular, epilepsy, radiosurgery, functional disorders, and medicolegal issues; and recognize the latest evidence in the treatment of various neurosurgical disorders across subspecialties.
• SANS: Indications for Residents: Through this product, residents will be able to comprehend indications of common neurosurgical procedures; identify, prioritize, and apply the correct diagnostic test; and discuss decision making in common neurosurgical cases.
  
  

In these unprecedented times, the CNS is here to support residents and help residency training programs establish a web-based educational platform through the following exciting new efforts, created to mitigate necessary cancellations of didactic sessions and visiting professor experiences. Each is complimentary for residents.

• Online Grand Rounds: To help programs develop an online residency training curriculum, the CNS is delivering recommended webinars from our online library that provide access to hours of didactic material. These webinars cover the various facets of neurosurgery, ranging from subspecialty topics to healthcare economics.
• Virtual Visiting Professor: Eminent faculty offer expertise and insights in this live, interactive lecture series. Bringing national experts to you!
• SANS Live: Residents can develop their surgical knowledge and decision-making skills through these lively webinars. Each incorporates SANS questions in a debate format while reviewing core neurosurgical content with detailed answers and discussion by subject matter experts.
• Special Symposium: Each special symposium provides a deep dive on a subject with a curriculum of integrated webinars. Currently featured: Six Methodology/Study Design recorded webinars presented with NEUROSURGERY® Publications.

Rely on the CNS as your residents' partner in career development and professional growth for every stage of their career. Our educational offerings focus on the latest clinical advancements and the development of critical practice management skills.

Explore the wealth of resources available for each of the following residency career stages:

• Junior Resident: PGY-1 to PGY-3
• Senior Resident: PGY-4 to PGY-6
• Chief Resident/Fellow: PGY-7 to PGY-8
  
  

Encourage your residents to expand their neurosurgical knowledge and enhance their leadership skills through these CNS opportunities:

• NEUROSURGERY® Publications Resident Fellowship: Provides residents the opportunity to serve on the Editorial Boards of Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery and immerses them in the strategies and mechanics of scholarly publishing.
• CNS Resident Committee: The CNS Resident Committee offers neurosurgeons-in-training an extensive array of volunteer and leadership opportunities to improve all aspects of residency. Residents serving on the committee determine new project ideas, develop the project plans, and execute those projects while engaging in the CNS leadership structure. 
• Journal Submissions: Your residents are invited to submit their work to Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery. Those interested are encouraged to read each journal's instructions for authors which include information on editorial policy, the online submission process, and requirements per article type. Please click the following links to access our instructions for authors: Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery.