neurophys fellowship rules - a ? for attendings/fellows/residents in the know

[dunkindona]

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So, are there any rules against fulfilling the requirements for clinical neurophys fellowship DURING residency? On the website for ABPN, it seems that "basic" training in EEG/EMG should not count towards fulfilling fellowship requirements. But what about elective/advanced training during residency?

 

[BrainBuff]

That loophole has been effectively closed and very fairly, I would say. NO training during your neurology residency will count as "fellowship" time (it does not matter how advanced you want to make it look). This means that the board won't allow you to sit for the board 's subspecialty examination. The grandfathering period that some people could claim has long passed.

The only way for you to be allowed to take the exam is by going through a formal fellowship - 1 year - after residency.

 

[Amos]

That loophole has been effectively closed and very fairly, I would say. NO training during your neurology residency will count as "fellowship" time (it does not matter how advanced you want to make it look). This means that the board won't allow you to sit for the board 's subspecialty examination. The grandfathering period that some people could claim has long passed.

The only way for you to be allowed to take the exam is by going through a formal fellowship - 1 year - after residency.

Hmmmmmm, this must be a recent thing since several programs this year boasted that you could get EEG/EMG certified and therefore not be required to do an E-phys fellowship DURING residency. Either that or there are some subtle differences in being "certified" vs. "fellowship certified."

 

[BrainBuff]

There is no question about this and the rules are clear. Subspecialty certification comes from the ABPN, which clearly states that 12 months are required in electrophysiology training (variations in the 6/6 EEG, etc are possible) and none of that time should have been spent DURING residency.

In other words: finish your residency and spent a year doing EMGs/EEG at your institution under your faculty member COUNTS, whether there is a formal "certified fellowship" in the program or not. What matters is the amount of time spent in training post residency. The same applies for the rest of the subspecialties.